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Those with eyes can see your arrogance.

Like the stars you see in the sky.. We are twinkling.. But not really there The star died millions of years ago all we see is the light, that finally reached our eye consciousness which is only a temporary thing.. Temporary things are temporal...impermanent Only THE REAL is permanent... What is THE ...

The Profound Definitive Meaning by Milarepa English version by Marpa Translation Committee Original Language Tibetan For the mind that masters view the emptiness dawns In the content seen not even an atom exists A seer and seen refined until they're gone This way of realizing view, it works quite we...

The best seeing is the way of "nonseeing" -- the radiance of the mind itself. The best prize is what cannot be looked for -- the priceless treasure of the mind itself. The most nourishing food is "noneating" -- the transcendent food of samadhi. The most thirst-quenching drink is ...

Dennis Mahar wrote:All she talks about is causes/conditions like it was significant or something.
me me me me me

plebeian phobia

Dennis Mahar wrote:The dreaming mind is empty.
junk.
the voice is telling you to get up for a leak.
cross the ocean.
too much wine.

Which would indicate that her mind was full ...needing to be emptied :) [voided] lol

Why did you post that link? Relax and read it...then you'll know :) This is a discussion forum. Yes, and the title of this thread is "Enlightenment", which is being discussed. Sometimes during discussions other forms of information (links relevant to the discussion), can be used. I though...

movingalways wrote: Why did you post that link?

Relax and read it...then you'll know :)

you need to think first, not just "feel" what is true. I do both ! I use my intuition and logic ! :) I know I'm not as experienced as you in critical thinking skills, but sometimes you are too critical (think too much ) ? Maybe you could try using a little intuition now and then ? :) Anyw...

Hello, Kunga. (: <3 Logic is universally human, is it not? If we agree on this point, there should be no reason we can't understand each other's thinking given it's expressed logically, right? In that spirit: Yes, but sometimes ones logic only makes sense to oneself, not others :) I want to think o...

Everything is an illusion because it does not inherently exist. Phenomena is interdependent. Doesn't exist inherently. A tree or person didn't just pop into existence without a cause. But there is one thing that is causeless, it has no begining or end. Some call it The Tao, some call it God. Some c...

Hey Diebert, why don't you put down in words, your statement of what Enlightenment is so we can pick your brain apart ? You are the dishonest one here, I only speak from my mind what I feel is true. I'm not trying to bamboozle anyone. If I sound incorect or ignorant, so be it...it is where I am righ...

Everything is an illusion because it does not inherently exist. Phenomena is interdependent. Doesn't exist inherently. A tree or person didn't just pop into existence without a cause. But there is one thing that is causeless, it has no begining or end. Some call it The Tao, some call it God. Some ca...

You know that's meaningless as we can say that of nearly everything doing something. You're drowning out thought with that old trick! Or are you saying "enlightenment" is a thing then with properties, actions, existing somewhere? Probably not. So better not talk about it that way then? Di...

Everything is suffering so there cannot be any bliss. But ignorance is bliss and indeed the Buddha bliss is a form of ignorance. It's when you make the Buddha not a Buddha. You may as well call it permanent and bliss. Everything that is conditioned suffers. The UNconditioned is blissful because the...

The act of knowing, doing and being is person-hood. Was the heart trained to beat ? Yet it knows how, it's doing it, in it's beingness :) This claim only makes sense if you met him before and after :-) No. When you know what Enlightenment is, then you can understand that statement I made: "Whe...

Diebert van Rhijn wrote:Which is why you can't completely know or experience it any more than everybody is already doing

That's why I didn't say "I" was Enlightened !
That's why I didn't make reference to it as a person.

When Buddha realized Enlightenment, he was no longer a human.

When everything is known (Omniscent),present everywhere (Omnipresent), and can do anything (Omnipotent)...it has to be Enlightened. The Infinite or Absolute is everything, if it is everything, it knows everything,does everything,is everywhere. If it is Infinite and Absolute, it can also be nowhere, ...

Enlightenment to me, is Omnipresent, Omnipotent, and Omniscient.

movingalways wrote:Darkness = uncertainty. Light = certainty.

Therefore, enLIGHTenment to me is certainty.

And you can thank the Darkness for the Light :)

Can we step away from Buddhism for a moment and define what enlightenment is to one another? Not what we have been told, but what we have reasoned for ourselves. If you are game, I can start if that is your wish. This exchange does not have to go any further than our definitions. We can speak them ...

Kunga wrote: A Buddha does not experience suffering. Because he's not there to experience anything. He died. No matter if you take that literally or symbolically, How about when he was there [alive]. Anyways, the "self" as existing or not, was a question the Buddha was silent on when aske...

movingalways wrote: if one were to react while in a state of mental or body pleasure I would seriously doubt their claim to be without mental illness.

A Buddha does not experience suffering.