FROM MY NDB...GOOD AND EVIL; DEVIL...IN BUDDHISM, GOOD AND EVIL ARE CONSIDERED INNATE, INSEPARAPABLE ASPECTS (739 hits)
OF LIFE. THIS VIEW MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LABLE A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP AS ALL "GOOD" OR ALL "EVIL". EVERY HUMAN BEING IS CAPABLE OF ACTS OF THE NOBLEST GOOD OR THE BASEST EVIL. MOREOVER, GOOD AND EVIL IN BUDDHISM ARE SEEN NOT AS ABSOLUTES BUT RELATIVE, OR RELATIONAL. RATHER THEN BEING DETERMINED BASED ON ABSOLUTES RULES OF CONDUCT, THE GOOD OR EVIL OF AN ACT IS UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF ITS ACTUAL IMPACT ON OUR OWN LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS. EVIL ACTIONS ARE THOSE BASED ON A NARROW SELFISHNESS, THE DELUSION THAT OUR LIVES ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THOSE OF OTHERS AND THAT WE CAN BENEFIT AT THEIR EXPENSE. EVIL VIEWS LIFE AS A MEANS TO BE EXPENDED, NOT AN END IN ITSELF. GOOD IS THE WHICH PROMOTES CONNECTION BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OTHERS, THAT GENERATES HEALING AND RESTORES BONDS AMONG HUMAN SOCIETIES.
Great analogy! Do you have comparisons for love and hate taken to the extreme level?
Tuesday, March 26th 2013 at 2:26PM
Helen Lofton
LIFE IS A 'PROCESS' THAT CHANGES FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT...EXPERIENCE TO EXPERIENCE. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
IN BUDDHISM WE SEE ALLTHINGS AS A BALANCE AS WE ARE ALL HAVING A ROLE TO PLAY...AND ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS COME FROM BEING BORN, GETTING SIC, GROWING OLD AND DYING...IN BETWEEN IF WE CAN FIND BALANCE WE WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO OVER COME ANY AND ALL PROBLEMS...
AS FOR ME, I STILL SEE ALLRELIGIONS I HAVE STUDIED HAVE ONE TING IN COMMON, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS LIFE TIME...BUT TOO MANY RELIGIONS DWELL ON HAVING A GOOD AND NOT ON LIVING A GOOD LIFE...TIS IS WHY WE NDB SAY OUR RELIGION SEERVES US NOT WE SERVE IT, BECASUE IT TEACHES US HOW TO BE THE BEST PERSON WE CAN BE IN A HUMANISTIC WAY NOT IN AN AUTHORATIVE MANNER OR BY CONDEMNATION OR FEAR...
SINCE YOU THE INDIVIDUAL ARE THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR OWN SHIP OF LIFE.IF IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU :SAFE, HAPPY CONTENT THEN DON'T DO IT.(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@HELEN ABOUT THE ONLY WAY I CANANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS TO SAY LIFE CHANGES WITH EACH EXPERIENCE. example, SOME PEOPLE I LIKED BEFORE I DON'T LIKE ANY MORE AND ALL FOR DIFFERENT REASONS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLES.(S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
HELEN , I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN NDB TERMS BUT IT IS HARD TO DO BECAUSE OF SO MANY WORDS YOU WILL NOT BEABLE TO RECOGNIZE...BUT HERE GOES LOL!!..BOODAHOOD IS NOT AN ABSTRACT AIDEA, IT REVEALS ITSELF TANGIBLY IN OUR DAILY BEHAVIORSAS HUMAN BEINGS...ND IT IS WHAT WE STRIVE TO REACH IN OUR LIFE TIME BECAUSE BUDDAHOOD IS OUR ORIGINAL NATURE WHICH ACCORDING TO NICHIREN, WE CAN ACCESS THROUGH CHANTING NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO...TO BE HAPPY, SAVE AND SECURE AND NO ONE CNA TAKE IT AWAY.(HELEN DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE CHANT MEANS IN ENGLISH STILL?
WE CHANT TO GET OUR LESSER SELF INTO OUR GREATER SELF AND THIS WE CALL OUR HUMAN REVOLUTION AND THE EXTREME LOVE, HATE IS NO PROBLEM ANY MORE...
NOW LETS TAKE ON THE CHRISTIAN VERSION OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT LOVE AND HATE TAKEN TO THE EXTREME...LETS USE THE SINNER FOR BOTH EXTREMES
HELEN IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE A SINNER DOES IT COME FROM INSIDE OF YOU OR FROM THE OUT SIDE BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD YOU ARE A SINNER...AS A NDB, I WOULD CALL THIS AN EXTREME BECAUSE WE BELIEVE ALL COMES FROM INSIDE OF US...I AM NATURAL ALL OF MY BODY FUNCTIONS WORK AND WE SAY WE HAVE 9LEVEL OF CONSCIOUS THAT ALLOWS ALL TO COME FROM INSIDE OF US...
TTHE FORST 5 LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESSCORRESPOND TO OUR FIVE SENSORY ORGANS---EYES, EARS, NOSE, TONGUE AND SKIN...THESE GATHER AND PERCEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD AND PAS IT TO THE SIXTH CONSCIOUSNESS, THE MIND-CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH INTRGRATES THE INFO INTO COHERENT IMAGES, ASSESSES IT AND FORS RESPONS. SUPOOSE SOMEONE IS YELLING AT YOU. YOU PERCEIVE THIS INFORMATION THROUH YOUR FIVE SENSES, AND YOUR SIXTH CONSCIOUSNESS INTERPRETS IT, CONCLUDE THE PERSON IS ANGRY AND CONSIDEERS AND INITIATE A RESPONSE
THE SIXTH CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS AT WORK IN SUPPORT OF OUR DAY -TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.MEMORY, IMAGINATION AND DREAMS ASLO TAKE PLACE ON THIS LEVEL. SO HE MIND-CONSCIOUSNESS CAN BE AT WORK EVEN WITHOUT IMMEDIATE INPUT FROM THE FOVE SENSES.
IMPULES ARISING FROM THE SEVENTH AND EITH LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS EFFECT THE WAY THE FIVE SENSES PERCEIVE INFORMATION AND HOW TH EMIND INTERPRETS IT. EMOTIONS DEEP-SEATED ATTITUDES AND SELF-ATTACHMENT CAN CHANGE OR SCREW OUR PRECEPTION. BY PURFICATION OF THE SIX LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, WE ARE ABLE TO PRECIEVE ALL THINGS IN THEIR TRUE LIGHT.
THE SEVENTH-CONSCIOUSNESSDOES NOT DEPEND ON THE OUT SIDE DIRECTLY ON THE EXTERNAL WORLD. IT IS THE INTERNAL, SPIRITUAL, INTUITIVE REALM OF LIFE WHERE SELF-ATTACHMENT AND THE ABILITY TO DINGUISH ONESELF FROM OTHERS, CAPACITIES NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL, RESIDE.THIS SUBCONSCIOUS DRIVE TO DDIFFENTIATE SEL FROM OTHERS, HOW EVER, IF STRONG, GIVES RISE TO ARROGANCE, INSECURITY, CONFLICT AND MISERY.
THE EIGHT CONSCIOUSNESS IF THE UNIVERSAL BANK SO TO SPEAK. IT IS WHERE YOU REACH HUMAN REVOLUTION IF YOU CAN GET ALONG WITH YOUR FELLOW MAN IN PEACE AND HARMONEY AS YOUR CHOICE...EVERY THING MUST BE YOUR CHOICE...BE CAUSE BE YOU ACCEPT SOMEONE OUT THERE DEFINING YOU AND YOUR WORTH AND CHOISING YOUR IDENTITY...THESE NATURAL 8 CONSCIOUSNESS YOU WERE BORN WITH AND YOU CAN KEEP IT UNDER YOUR CONTROL IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO...LIFE WILL HAVE UPS AND DOWNS EITHER WAY...
ME, I CHOOSE TO BE MY OWN PERSON SINSE I REFUSE TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MY FELLOW HUMAN BECAUE AS HUMAN THEY ARE MY EQUAL AND VICE VRESA...BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN I ALLOW HTEM IN MY LIFE IF I CHOOSE NOT TO DO SO...
HELEN , ANY THING THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME: HAPPY, SAFE AND SECURE I DON'T ALLOW INTO MY LIFE AND I SURE SON'T ALLOW BEING PUT SOWN INTO MY LIFE BECAUSE I LOVE AND RESPECT ME TOO MUCH...
BEEN THERE DONE THAT YOU AER BEING SELFISH BIT
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
