QUESTION: This may seem a bizarre question but one I would like a Buddhist view on.is suicide a sin,in Christianity to commit suicide is a total sin considered evil and completely against all it teaches but in Japanese culture from the past a way of
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier el 23 de enero de 2017 en “Questions in the Sand”
PREGUNTA: Tuvimos una discusión interesante acerca de la sílaba sagrada OM utilizada en tantas religiones (Hinduismo Jainismo, Budismo…). Alguien dijo que, en un mantra, OM
Read more…Me emociono al leeros porque ayer lo experimenté con mucha claridad: estábamos 13 mujeres en un taller trabajando las cosas de la plenipausia, me tocaba ponerme al servicio de ellas, cuidarlas... y eso me proporcionó tanta plenitud, amor y felicid
Read more…(Publicado por David Brazier el 4 de enero de 2017 en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: Quisiera saber cómo podría tratar el mal karma y los engaños que me causan gran dolor, si existen o no prácticas o formas de canto para recibir beneficios en es
Read more…(Por David Brazier, 9 de diciembre de 2016 en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: De los tres venenos, entiendo muy bien los conceptos de codicia y odio, pero me resulta más difícil darle sentido al de engaño o ignorancia. ¿Podrías decirme algo más
Read more…(Publicado por David Brazier , el 22 de enero de 2017 en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: En tu libro haces la siguiente afirmación:” La vida y la muerte son lo mismo.” ¿Podrías explicar esto en más detalle?
RESPUESTA CORTA: Sólo es una cosa tras
Read more…(Por David Brazier, publicado el 16 de enero en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: ¿Podrías decirme algo más acerca del versículo ”Infunde ayuda y felicidad sobre todos los seres, y secretamente deja sobre mí todo su daño y sufrimiento (Los ocho v
Read more…Quels sont exactement le sens et la fonction d'un mantra? Les mots utilisés dans un mantra et la syllabe OM en particulier, n'ont-ils qu'une valeur arbitraire ou sont-ils d'ordre sacré?
Réponse de Dharmavidya:
Je pense qu'aucune de ces positions ne c
Read more…QUESTION: I think I broadly understand deathless. The state of no rebirth and therefore no more death? How does deathless differ from immortal. If there is no more birth and no more death surely this is immortality?
SHORT ANSWER: The Deathless is ni
QUESTION: We had an interesting discussion about the sacred syllabe OM used in so many religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism...) Someone said that in a mantra, OM could be replaced by any other sound since we are the ones who give a sacred power to
Read more…QUESTION: In your book you make the statement "Life and death are the same". Could you explain this in more detail?
SHORT ANSWER: Just one thing after another.
LONGER ANSWER: One way of understanding the key point in the Buddhist message is as the ab
Read more…QUESTION: Can you tell something more on the verse “Bring help and happiness to all other beings, and secretly take upon myself, all their harm and suffering” (The eight verses off Geshe Langri Thangpa in the Nien Fo book off Amida order): People say
Read more…QUESTION: As a vow 22 student, just starting., I've been asked to look at the trikaya and make some comments. I'm researching the answer but find many answers on the subject. Not all the same and can differ considerably.
Could you give me your interp
QUESTION: I wanted to know how I could deal with the bad karma and delusions which cause me great pain in this life, whether or not there are practices or ways of chanting to receive benefits within this life.
SHORT ANSWER: Nembutsu brings measureles
Read more…QUESTION: From the three poisons, I understand the concepts of greed and hate very well, but find delusion or ignorance more difficult to make sense of. Could you say something about it?
SHORT ANSWER: Delusion is pride.
LONGER ANSWER: Delusion is the
Read more…QUESTION: Here is a quotation from Cesare Pavese. "We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds; we can all do good deeds, but few of us can think good thoughts." Is this true? If so, what are the implications for the relat
Read more…QUESTION: Dear Dharmavidya,… As you were used to travel a lot, to go where you're asked, to be in groups, to give workshops and talks...what is it to have to stay on the same place, in a little community or alone, as now? What is it for you to 'miss'
Read more…QUESTION: Is religion in conflict with reason?
SHORT ANSWER: This shibboleth has bogged our culture down unnecessarily.
ANSWER: As always, it depends what one means - in this case, what one understands by ‘religion’ and by ‘reason’. If you approach th
QUESTION: How can one achieve lasting happiness?
SHORT ANSWER: Happiness is neither the goal nor the means, it is a side show.
LONGER ANSWER: Happiness is a frequent, but not essential, side product of a wholesomely productive life, but one does not ac
QUESTION: It is said that awareness is the epitome of the Buddhist life. Do you agree?
SHORT ANSWER: Not the epitome, one element.
LONGER ANSWER: Awareness refers to alert consciousness. Alert conscious is one part of life and is valuable, but it
