Forget the Buddha

be yourself

from JoeUser Forums

Good Morning All,

Sometimes we can "know" the Buddha too much. We read his words, study his life, and think we have an idea of what it is to be a Buddha. This is the precise moment we should kill him, cut him into little pieces and spread him on the ground to serve as compost.

Keeping the Buddha prevents you from being a buddha. He becomes a mouthpiece only, so you cannot speak, but to mouth his words, dry and stale as they might be, and offering little nourishment to the world. Or maybe he becmes your clothes and you wear him like a talisman on your body.  Forget him. Be yourself.

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An Offering

 

Time to get naked. 

Time to let yourself come out. 

It is you, afterall,

Who is the real Buddha,

Not some dusty words on paper,

Or puke from a teacher's mouth.

When the teacher teaches, run.

Find your own place in the sun.

Then open your self ---

And be.

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See ya.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Great post man! Smile. :)

Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi Sodaiho,

Do you recommend blogger.com or joeuser.com? Can't post to this with FireFox. Hmm...breathe...

 

Cheers,

f

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

You know, if Christians thought this way it'd be a better world.

~Zoo

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Zoo -

Christians can't think that way. Drawing close to Jesus is the best thing for any Christian. It makes a Christian real, the kind of Christian you would never say anything like that about. If you met a Christian who was living close to Jesus, you would think that ever Christian should think like that.

Instead, Christian will exchange the complete obedience Jesus demands for a partial obedience of going to church, serving, tithing, taking communion, reading the Bible, praying. And with the rest of their life, doing whatever they want.

That's the kind of Christian whose thinking needs to change, but it's not about getting away from Jesus - it's about getting closer to Him.

I have a feeling most, if not all, Christians are guilty at some point of offering a partial obedience instead of their heart.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Dear f:

As a straight blog, Blogger.com is very good...JU is a wonderful blogsite though.  For example, if I Goggle my name a ton of my JU blog posts come up, wheras I get few from Blogger or Yahoo 360 or Multiply.com.  Each has its own audience, though.  I tend to post my daily messages on multiple blogsites for this reason.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Christians can't think that way. Drawing close to Jesus is the best thing for any Christian. It makes a Christian real, the kind of Christian you would never say anything like that about. If you met a Christian who was living close to Jesus, you would think that ever Christian should think like that.
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Hello J,

 

I quite agree.  Christians should live close to Jesus, they should follow his way, as he asked.  His way was a setting aside of self for the Infinite, done through lovingkindness for humanity.  Setting after labels, such as Buddhist, Jew, or Christian sort of gets in the way of this.  Then the work is all about maintenance of affiliation to a concept.  Better to set aside the concept and be the thing itself.

 

Be well.

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
I quite agree. Christians should live close to Jesus, they should follow his way, as he asked. His way was a setting aside of self for the Infinite, done through lovingkindness for humanity. Setting after labels, such as Buddhist, Jew, or Christian sort of gets in the way of this. Then the work is all about maintenance of affiliation to a concept. Better to set aside the concept and be the thing itself.
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No greater love has a man than this - to lay down his own life for his friends.

Or something like that.

And:

If you love me, keep my commandments.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Christians can't think that way. Drawing close to Jesus is the best thing for any Christian. It makes a Christian real, the kind of Christian you would never say anything like that about. If you met a Christian who was living close to Jesus, you would think that ever Christian should think like that.
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Heh, if only more of them were real then I reckon I would change my attitude.

~Zoo
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
For me, the Buddha's teachings are all about learning how to practice. And that's a never ending process if we want to eliminate suffering in our lives.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Heh, if only more of them were real then I reckon I would change my attitude.
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You're right.