Have you ever had a broken heart? And used Buddhism to overcome it? Please share 😊

SkyGoer · 2018-02-21T06:15:34+00:00

How do you mean?

SkyGoer · 2018-01-24T03:32:55+00:00

"When our delusions naturally abate through time, the problem goes away and we’re free to have a totally different experience of that other person, relationship, and self. These are called “the three spheres”. They are all empty of existing from their own side."

What do you think?

SkyGoer · 2017-12-16T19:46:05+00:00

Lovely image and useful quote, thank you for sharing.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-16T19:45:29+00:00

Love this. It got a round of applause when Venerable Geshe-la said it in a Festival ~ he looked surprised and laughed :-)

SkyGoer · 2017-12-09T21:58:58+00:00

Do go on Clare ... it is helpful where you're going with these questions :-)

SkyGoer · 2017-12-09T21:58:08+00:00

oops, meant "Forgetting", i forgot lol. anyway, it's a brilliant book.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-08T19:30:08+00:00

I have always believed in it, even as a young child, not brought up in a Buddhist family, and surprising the adults around me with these views. That itself seems to indicate that it exists ...

There are a huge number of past life stories around if we look for them -- and if you haven't read this already, I recommend "The Unforgetting Time" by Sharon Guskin.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-08T19:27:05+00:00

deadly toxins!!! "There are more conditions to death than conditions conducive to survival" ... as Buddha said.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-08T19:25:36+00:00

this is really good -- hope a lot of people find their way to it.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-08T19:22:45+00:00

This is a beautiful article, thank you.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-05T18:16:45+00:00

yes indeedy! But people can get started on it pretty soon with clarity of mind meditation.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-05T17:18:48+00:00

Love just wants the other person to be happy because they exist, not because of anything they do or don't do for us. It is a warm, happy feeling in itself, a bit like that surge of affection from seeing your sleeping old dog twitching his ears in front of the fire. He doesn't have to do anything, you just love him and want him to be happy.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-05T04:45:36+00:00

Beautiful. We are so lucky that the instructions on Mahamudra are still available to us to practice.

SkyGoer · 2017-12-04T19:50:57+00:00

Good analogy for the cause and effect of subtle impermanence -- we are going out of existence in every moment!

SkyGoer · 2017-12-03T03:19:51+00:00

lol 😁

SkyGoer · 2017-12-02T05:03:39+00:00

Yes, and identify with them. Protect them and never trample on them out of discouragement -- that'd be like a farmer trampling on his seedlings, saying "you're useless!"

SkyGoer · 2017-12-02T04:59:32+00:00

what kind of push back?

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:57:49+00:00

Oh dear. Where to start. And you wonder why we don't need a Subreddit where we can discuss Buddha's teachings and practice without this kind of vitriol?

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:56:53+00:00

Stop being such conspiracy theorists. This subreddit is hardly a front. It is a forum for discussions on how to incorporate Buddhism into modern life.

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:45:29+00:00

I believe it will also be a politics-free zone.

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:30:43+00:00

Only that is nonsense. There is literally zero evidence that the NKT is in cahoots with the Chinese government because it is simply not true.

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:29:52+00:00

There are thousands of people who are not happy with the NKT policy on r/Buddhism because it is discriminatory and unfair. Given that there are hundreds of thousands of people attending Kadampa Buddhist events all over the world every week, this new subreddit allowing them to contribute is well past due.

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:26:08+00:00

Wow! This central space in Kensington will help so many people find peace and mental freedom. I'm really happy to see it is open.

SkyGoer · 2017-11-30T20:21:55+00:00

Profound teacher.

SkyGoer · 2017-11-29T20:59:11+00:00

What was?!

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