i am listening to derezzed while writing about buddhism, it's a little crazy. i am in a cafe that charges 20 rupees an hour. loud trucks rumble up the hill making it difficult to hear. cows pass too.
i got some time because zoe is in hindi class, which today takes place in lower dharamsala as shopping. as much as i love shopping i did not go, also there is nothing else to do in that town.
this morning we went over to our (monk) friend's place and we made him pancakes. they took a while to cook all the way through, but they were completely worth it. he liked the pancakes a lot, especially with some maine maple syrup!
it is so much fun talking to him about tibetan traditions. for example: say there are three brothers in one family. the oldest gets married first, but the wife is shared/sleeps between all three of the brothers. when the eldest brother makes enough money, he moves out and his wife goes with him. from the time he moves out his wife just sleeps with him, there is nothing more with the two younger brothers. then the next oldest brother gets married, and again, until he moves out he shares his wife with his younger brother. then he moves out and so on.... weird right? he also mentioned that cousins never get married which is unlike the chinese.
kind of shocking? it is still practiced today in tibet.
hungry for some tibetan buddhist philosophy?
tibetan buddhism explains the beginning of our existence does not existent. in other words there's no beginning. easy to say but try to completely wrap your mind around that. when western scientist approached the dalai lama with the theory of the big-bang, the dalai lama completely agreed, however, he said it was simple not the first one. buddhism suggest that life has existed forever in many forms
currently, our time is a low point for all life as we have sunk to become humans and experience so much suffering. for a long time such as maybe before the big bang life existed but without the need for a physical existence or body. one explanation for evil people is that since we are at a low point it is easier to get a human body for rebirth even if had terrible karma in the previous life.
there is good news about being at a low point. it is easier to practice. when beings are at a high state tibetan buddhism suggest that these beings become ignorant and too proud of themselves, or too much bliss. so when your stuck in the muck here on earth in a human body that gets sick and old, don't worry! it is much easier to accend to a higher state of being from this middle realm, between animals and "light beings" or gods if you are into that. remember even light beings and gods can fall. buddhas (who are seperate) are the only ones who stay in the same realm or who can choose their realms.
fun? ask me questions about it, it's a lot of info and i only touched the surface.
i got some time because zoe is in hindi class, which today takes place in lower dharamsala as shopping. as much as i love shopping i did not go, also there is nothing else to do in that town.
this morning we went over to our (monk) friend's place and we made him pancakes. they took a while to cook all the way through, but they were completely worth it. he liked the pancakes a lot, especially with some maine maple syrup!
it is so much fun talking to him about tibetan traditions. for example: say there are three brothers in one family. the oldest gets married first, but the wife is shared/sleeps between all three of the brothers. when the eldest brother makes enough money, he moves out and his wife goes with him. from the time he moves out his wife just sleeps with him, there is nothing more with the two younger brothers. then the next oldest brother gets married, and again, until he moves out he shares his wife with his younger brother. then he moves out and so on.... weird right? he also mentioned that cousins never get married which is unlike the chinese.
kind of shocking? it is still practiced today in tibet.
hungry for some tibetan buddhist philosophy?
tibetan buddhism explains the beginning of our existence does not existent. in other words there's no beginning. easy to say but try to completely wrap your mind around that. when western scientist approached the dalai lama with the theory of the big-bang, the dalai lama completely agreed, however, he said it was simple not the first one. buddhism suggest that life has existed forever in many forms
currently, our time is a low point for all life as we have sunk to become humans and experience so much suffering. for a long time such as maybe before the big bang life existed but without the need for a physical existence or body. one explanation for evil people is that since we are at a low point it is easier to get a human body for rebirth even if had terrible karma in the previous life.
there is good news about being at a low point. it is easier to practice. when beings are at a high state tibetan buddhism suggest that these beings become ignorant and too proud of themselves, or too much bliss. so when your stuck in the muck here on earth in a human body that gets sick and old, don't worry! it is much easier to accend to a higher state of being from this middle realm, between animals and "light beings" or gods if you are into that. remember even light beings and gods can fall. buddhas (who are seperate) are the only ones who stay in the same realm or who can choose their realms.
fun? ask me questions about it, it's a lot of info and i only touched the surface.
i'm so impressed that you still have that jug of maine maple syrup!
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