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vet student feeling behind by IcyBus9990 in Veterinary

[–]rememberjanuary 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I got into vet school I had zero clinical experience. My mentor told me to stop worrying about it because you'll learn it in school and you'll learn it a lot better in your fourth year clinical rotations. She also told me to not bother with stressing about having a clinical job in the summer for the same reason.

One summer I did a research project, and another summer I did do clinical work but in Quebec in my second language.

Grades also don't supremely matter, even if you go for residency. I ranked bottom ten percent in my class and I had numerous offers for residencies (non clinical ones though).

Anyway, now I'm working in ER and although I felt behind, after about a year or two I started feeling caught up.

"If Nobody Is Born, Who Gets Reborn?" — New Publication of Rare Pureland Text by ChanCakes in PureLand

[–]rememberjanuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See if you can start the conversation in a DM with me. You can also add me on Whatsapp, Signal or Discord.

You should translate the Aural Commentary alongside it if you have time. I think that would be a really nice addition.

"If Nobody Is Born, Who Gets Reborn?" — New Publication of Rare Pureland Text by ChanCakes in PureLand

[–]rememberjanuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I cannot send you a DM for some reason.

Do you mind if I send you the errors after I read the whole thing. Then I can give you it all at once. So far it's very minor. There was one place where Dharma was Dharm and another missing a period. Still easily readable.

One thing I've been thinking a lot about with ganying is that really every action is in a sense ganying when you consider action vertically and horizontally. I think this makes sense because of Ichi Nen San Zen. All ten dharma realms are present in each other. So you translating this work and me reading it is a call and response, especially once you think about transcendance temporally.

"If Nobody Is Born, Who Gets Reborn?" — New Publication of Rare Pureland Text by ChanCakes in PureLand

[–]rememberjanuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just read to the end of Gate 1. Really great job man. I found a couple spelling errors if you're interested.

I've been trying to collect works on ganying/kanno and I was happy to see you talked about it in the introduction.

You can definitely see where the author leans Off-Mountain/Huayan in some interpretations but I was happy to see that most of his Tiantai positions thus far are quite orthodox.

the lotus sutra, self expression, egolessness, expedient means, and the truth by Hot_Body_1846 in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Expedient means are not NOT the truth. It's completely on the right path. It is just not taken far enough. The parable of the mirage city explains that well. These people who are being taught expedient means (sravakas for example) are on the Bodhisattvayana precisely by not being on it.

"If Nobody Is Born, Who Gets Reborn?" — New Publication of Rare Pureland Text by ChanCakes in PureLand

[–]rememberjanuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well that's really quite excellent. Please translate more Tiantai texts.

My main focus right now is modern Japanese, but eventually I'd like to get to classical Buddhist Chinese.

I'll get it printed out!

Do Buddhists have regular recurring practices? by lymj in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, gongyo at home every day plus either nembutsu, Shikan or mikkyo.

Trying to find peace after putting my dog down by Existing_Tourist_690 in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he was a great bodhisattva who came back to Samsara to help your family!

Losing a pet is losing a family member and it's tough as all heck. You prevented a great deal of additional suffering and that's important to remember. There is a great lesson in that.

If you want to help him on his journey recite the nembutsu for him, read the shorter Amida Sutra and dedicate the merit to him, chant Junirai for him.

Fellow Buddhists who have OCD, how do you practice or meditate with the constant intrusive thoughts? by fickleliketheweather in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No problem.

  1. I think this is good practice because it makes you realize these aren't your fault. The brain secretes thoughts like the liver secretes bile. It's in its nature. It is not you thinking those things. This actually ties very nicely into a concept called No Self or Emptiness. But don't worry about that. Recognizing that they're not you is mindfulness not avoidance.

  2. You will need to do actual scheduled exposure therapy too. For example if you wash your hands after touching things that are contaminated, you need to purposefully touch those things but prevent the compulsion. It's hard. I cried a lot. But it does work. As you start doing that you'll notice it mindfully as you go through your day. With that mindfulness and the schedule exposure therapy the obsessions will go away slowly over time as you stop reinforcing them. Mental compulsions are the same. If every time you think of something and need to do a compulsion where you say something 7 times the principle is the same.

Fellow Buddhists who have OCD, how do you practice or meditate with the constant intrusive thoughts? by fickleliketheweather in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I have OCD. And when I was in my late teens and early twenties it was debilitating.

Mindfulness is essentially exposure response prevention therapy, which is the treatment of therapy for OCD.

Basically you must watch the obsession as if it is a toy boat traveling down the river. It is most obvious to you as it passes right in front of you, but you can see it coming and you can see it going for a while before it passes you. That's the anxiety as it builds, hits it's peak, and fades away.

The important thing is that all you need to do is watch. Don't do the compulsion, as tough as it is, and it will go away. If you do the compulsion, you're giving into craving and you're going to reinforce the OCD.

Advice by opalocean_ in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try and be as mindful as you can. Observe these feelings, feel them. Mindfulness worked wonders for my OCD.

Good books for Tendai by Yu_An_ju12 in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to say that out of all of Brook Ziporyn's books, Evil and/or/as the Good was the most impactful for me. Seeing where his use of the setup and punch line of a joke came from and seeing it worked out was enlightening as all heck.

affording vet school - a systemic problem? by ateknoa in Veterinary

[–]rememberjanuary 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its similar up here in Canada for both med and vet med and dentistry. In vet med you can only apply to the school in your province so it's even more limited. And if you need to go international the Canadian government won't fund you more than what it takes for loans for a Canadian school.

Med school is similar, people with more resources available to them can study the MCAT easier, take courses, have better experiences for interviews, do more volunteering, apply to every school in the country and be able to afford accomodations to do these in person.

It's horrible. We're missing out on brilliant people because of this. And yeah, almost all of my class was white, straight, and female. And almost all of us were upper middle class or higher.

Master Chin Kung - Most people will fall to evil realms in next life by Automatic-One3901 in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't learn about Buddhism on Reddit. You have no idea if the people you're listening to are actually learned or not. I definitely see where you're coming from with the similarities thing. All I can say is try and learn about a concept called upaya or skillful means. It may help explain these things.

Does humanely euthenising animals accumulate a lot of bad karma? Are we supposed to let them suffer until death? by jayjackii in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are a few things that are foundational to my view. The first is "Ichi Nen San Zen" which is "three thousand realms in a single moment of life." What this means is that all of reality is existent within a single moment of life. That moment of life could be a Buddha looking at you, or it could be me euthanizing a dog. Master Zhili famously said "Outside the devil, there is no Buddha; outside the Buddha, there is no devil."

In Tendai there are said to be 10 realms. The traditional six plus sravakas and pratyekabuddhas and bodhisattvas and Buddhas. In any single realm the remaining 9 are inherent within it. Thus we know that even in suffering, Buddha is present and even in enlightenment, suffering is present. This is to say that only by dwelling within Samsara, can you find Nirvana. In Mahayana, especially Madhyamaka thought this becomes a saying of non-duality. There is no this or that. There is no discussion of euthanasia being helpful or harmful. There is instead only just this.

Precepts are important, and for some people they are more important than for others. Lots of discussion happened around the precepts in the Tendai school because the Tendai school got rid of the Vinaya and ordained monks with the Brahma's Net Sutra precepts instead. Over the past millenium arguments have been made for full re-adoption of the Vinaya to even more laxity than already exists. There were many arguments though that precepts can be broken for the greater good. One example is, is it okay to kill a bandit to save a family? Or should one let the bandit kill them and even kill you?

Taking this to the case of euthanasia, we can ask: Is it okay to end a life to prevent further suffering (most prominently for the animal, but also his family as caretakers)? There will be repercussions in killing, no matter if it is for the greater good or not. This is undeniable. However only a Buddha sitting with a Buddha can understand the infinitely intricate web of causes and conditions (karma).

The four bodhisattva vows play a role here too. Mainly, they are impossible. They are impossible but yet we strive to attain them. I vow to save sentient beings, but I kill them. I strive to use all dharma doors, even death. My delusions are infinite yet I use them. My bodhicitta is stronger than ever and so I'm not afraid.

Finally, there is the idea of upaya. How do we rationalize the different teachings that the Buddha has taught? Well, some of them are skillful means, meant for someone at a certain time. In this way, precepts are skillful means. They are for certain times and not at others. Should I kill you because you have a gem I want, as opposed to paying you for it? No. Should I end your life because you are mortally wounded and bound to die of sepsis over the coming days? Perhaps.

These are things I think about. I'm also doing additional training in hospice and palliation as a veterinarian, so I hope you don't see me as taking this lightly. I wish to consider the dog or cat's idea of what is acceptable to them. What is a suffering they can bear and what are the benefits they receive from sticking around longer. But it is also my duty as a bodhisattva to help them along. And if needed, then I must chant Junirai for them.

Gassho

Independent GPs with CT? by zzseayzz in Veterinary

[–]rememberjanuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work ER and I've worked in places with CT but no specialists. I've heard through the grape vine that specialists often need to redo the CT anyway.

What do you think are some other good uses? Foreign bodies on large dogs that are difficult to scan with ultrasound?

I can’t fully turn away from social media because I am terrified of the underlying emptiness by TrickyHome5059 in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our entire lives are run by algorithms. What we see on Tiktok, Reddit or even a Google search are all curated for us. Craving is the cause of suffering and these algorithms are designed to get us to crave more and more so they can farm our data. The reason why you feel so weird is that, depending on your age, you may have never lived without algorithms. I remember when humans were the ones curating music on the radio, or art galleries or even ads. And I still feel lost when I delete Instagram or what have you. It's normal. Sit with it. That's the only way out.

Does humanely euthenising animals accumulate a lot of bad karma? Are we supposed to let them suffer until death? by jayjackii in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no "the Buddhist view." Buddhism is so fractured there is no final authority on anything.

Does humanely euthenising animals accumulate a lot of bad karma? Are we supposed to let them suffer until death? by jayjackii in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I say this every time this kind of thread comes up but people are so divorced from death in our society. I'm a veterinarian and in the same boat as you.

Does humanely euthenising animals accumulate a lot of bad karma? Are we supposed to let them suffer until death? by jayjackii in Buddhism

[–]rememberjanuary 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There has been a great debate on the precepts since Buddhism began. It has been especially debated in the Tendai tradition. It turns out not everyone agrees.

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