Sunday, November 18, 2018
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Mount Meru is the central mountain of our universe
Mount Meru is the central mountain of our universe and 'we' our world of earth is called Jambudvipa and is to the south of Mount Meru. Depicted are the various other worlds along with levels of heavens and hells. #EarthisFlat
http://www.waykiwayki.com/
The ancient Chinese accepted the earth being a flat geocentric and that an umbrella-like covering surrounded it which was similar to the beliefs of the Greek, East Indian, Egyptians, Norse and Germanic as well as the aboriginal people of the Americas.
The Chinese astronomers believed that heaven takes its body from the yang, so it is round and in motion, and that the earth takes its body from the Yin, so it is flat and quiescent. The brilliant astronomers of China held this unchanging belief until the Jesuit missionaries came to China in the 17th century.
Alberto Rivera, a former Jesuit Priest, claimed the goal of the Jesuit Order was to create a one world religion by influencing all institutions of thought. Their goal I believe is not to make everyone belong to just one church, but for all churches to adhere to their cosmology and thought form. By taking over the sciences they can cut out any greater divine beliefs in the creation of earth.
Lawrence Krauss, physicist, cosmologist and foundation professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University states: "The laws of physics allow the earth to begin from nothing, so you don't need a deity" (god or goddess) When you think about it there have only existed two schools of thought regarding the theory of our earth. The geocentric model of a flat earth that existed from the beginning of man, embraced by all cultures and enduring up until around 500 years ago and the heliocentric earth as a globe model which has been around a relatively short period of time. In fact up until around 100 years ago the two schools of thought were still being debated.
Right now there is a growing resurgence in the flat earth model which is being embraced by people around the entire world. I attribute this to the information age which allows anyone near a computer to be able to use calculations and scientific concepts as easily as doing a Google search and then disseminating their findings to many.
Combine this with a birthing within all people around the earth of desiring nothing less than living their authentic self and you can see the perfect storm for the crashing of the quack science of the heliocentric model in favor of the common sense geocentric model that has worked since the beginning of man's story. The first needed ingredient though is a suspension, if only for a few moments, of prejudice and fear towards the concept of a flat earth.
Observable Experiments
Dr. Samuel Rowbotham dedicated his life to teaching about the flat earth. Here is a link to his 1881 edition of his book where he lays out fifteen experiments proving that the earth is a flat surface as opposed to being a globe.
This link will open to a content page. Then each experiment after that is reached via a link at the bottom of each page. I suggest clicking on the link twice, so that you can keep one page as a content guide and use the other link to read through the pages of the book. The experiments are from page 9 thru page 61 although there are a few more pages, other than experiments which are important to read as well.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/za02.htm
More Observations and Experiments
Here are some more experiments that I hope will be of help to you.
http://www.wildheretic.com//?s=cyrus+teed
Shabkar critique of Sectarianism within Buddhists
~ One of Shabkar’s most critical indictments of sectarianism in his autobiography occurs in a song sung while on retreat on Mahādeva Island in Lake Kokonor. The song suggests that Tibetan Buddhists have fallen from a golden age when all the Buddha’s teachings were
once understood as non-contradictory. In this fallen age, Buddhists are engaged in sectarian bias and rivalry:
Due to the kindness of holy forefathers of the past,
In the snow ranges [of Tibet]
Many profound Dharma teachings spread.
However, Dharma practitioners,
Having grasped [the teachings] as contradictory – like hot and cold,
Engage in sectarianism – attachment and aversion.
Some of the Holy Ones have said
That Madhyamaka, Dzokchen and Mahāmudrā
Are like sugar, molasses, and honey –Each being as good as the other.
Thus, I have listened to and contemplated
On all the teachings without sectarian bias.
Sectarian practitioners with attachment and aversion
Please do not scold me.
When the sunlight of pure perception
Spreads on the lofty white snow mountains
[That are] Madhyamaka, Dzokchen and Mahāmudrā,
It is certain that a river of blessings will arise.!
(Rime Activity of Shabkar Tsogdrug Rangdrol)
once understood as non-contradictory. In this fallen age, Buddhists are engaged in sectarian bias and rivalry:
Due to the kindness of holy forefathers of the past,
In the snow ranges [of Tibet]
Many profound Dharma teachings spread.
However, Dharma practitioners,
Having grasped [the teachings] as contradictory – like hot and cold,
Engage in sectarianism – attachment and aversion.
Some of the Holy Ones have said
That Madhyamaka, Dzokchen and Mahāmudrā
Are like sugar, molasses, and honey –Each being as good as the other.
Thus, I have listened to and contemplated
On all the teachings without sectarian bias.
Sectarian practitioners with attachment and aversion
Please do not scold me.
When the sunlight of pure perception
Spreads on the lofty white snow mountains
[That are] Madhyamaka, Dzokchen and Mahāmudrā,
It is certain that a river of blessings will arise.!
(Rime Activity of Shabkar Tsogdrug Rangdrol)
Sunday, November 11, 2018
The Eightfold Path is the means by which enlightenment may be realized
The Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path is the means by which enlightenment may be realized. Buddha Shakyamuni explained the Eightfold Path in the first sermon after his enlightenment, preserved in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. There he sets forth a middle way between the extremes of asceticism and sensual indulgence.
The Eightfold Path is:
1. Right View - an accurate understanding of the nature of things, specifically the Four Noble Truths
2. Right Intention - avoiding thoughts of attachment, hatred, and harmful intent,
3. Right Speech - refraining from verbal misdeeds such as lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and senseless speech
4. Right Action - refraining from physical misdeeds such as killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct,
5. Right Livel - avoiding trades that directly or indirectly harm others, such as selling slaves, weapons, animals for slaughter, intoxicants, or poisons
6. Right Effort - abandoning negative states of mind that have already arisen, preventing negative states that have yet to arise, and sustaining positive states that have already arisen,
7. Right Mindfulness - awareness of body, feelings, thought, and phenomena (the constituents of the existing world),
8. Right Concentration single-mindedness.
The Path is divided into three main sections: wisdom, ethical conduct and mental discipline.
Wisdom: Right View and Right Intention are the wisdom path. Right View is not about believing in doctrine, but in perceiving the true nature of ourselves and the world around us. Right Intention refers to the energy and commitment one needs to be fully engaged in Buddhist practice.
Ethical Conduct: Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood are the ethical conduct path. This calls us to take care in our speech, our actions, and our daily lives to do no harm to others and to cultivate wholesomeness in ourselves.
Mental Discipline: Through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration we develop the mental discipline to cut through delusion. Many schools of Buddhism encourage seekers to meditate to achieve clarity and focus of mind
The Eightfold Path is the means by which enlightenment may be realized. Buddha Shakyamuni explained the Eightfold Path in the first sermon after his enlightenment, preserved in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. There he sets forth a middle way between the extremes of asceticism and sensual indulgence.
The Eightfold Path is:
1. Right View - an accurate understanding of the nature of things, specifically the Four Noble Truths
2. Right Intention - avoiding thoughts of attachment, hatred, and harmful intent,
3. Right Speech - refraining from verbal misdeeds such as lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and senseless speech
4. Right Action - refraining from physical misdeeds such as killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct,
5. Right Livel - avoiding trades that directly or indirectly harm others, such as selling slaves, weapons, animals for slaughter, intoxicants, or poisons
6. Right Effort - abandoning negative states of mind that have already arisen, preventing negative states that have yet to arise, and sustaining positive states that have already arisen,
7. Right Mindfulness - awareness of body, feelings, thought, and phenomena (the constituents of the existing world),
8. Right Concentration single-mindedness.
The Path is divided into three main sections: wisdom, ethical conduct and mental discipline.
Wisdom: Right View and Right Intention are the wisdom path. Right View is not about believing in doctrine, but in perceiving the true nature of ourselves and the world around us. Right Intention refers to the energy and commitment one needs to be fully engaged in Buddhist practice.
Ethical Conduct: Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood are the ethical conduct path. This calls us to take care in our speech, our actions, and our daily lives to do no harm to others and to cultivate wholesomeness in ourselves.
Mental Discipline: Through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration we develop the mental discipline to cut through delusion. Many schools of Buddhism encourage seekers to meditate to achieve clarity and focus of mind
Vajravarahi via The Yogini Project https://www.facebook.com/TheYoginiProject/photos/a.226085187434845/2090718980971447/?type=3&theater
"On a secret level, she is seen as the manifestation of fundamental aspects of phenomena and the mind, and so her power is intimately associated with the most profound insights of Vajrayana meditation. In this her most essential aspect, she is called the formless wisdom nature of the mind itself. On an inner, ritual level, she is a meditational deity, visualized as the personification of qualities of buddhahood. On an outer, subtle-body level, she is the energetic network of the embodied mind in the subtle channels and vital breath of tantric yoga. She is also spoken of as a living woman: she may be a guru on a brocaded throne or a yogini meditating in a remote cave, a powerful teacher of meditation or a guru's consort teaching directly through her life example. Finally, all women are seen as some kind of dakini manifestation."
~ From the "Dakini's Warm Breath" by Judith Simmer Brown
Image of Vajravarahi - www.dakiniasart.org/shop/
~ From the "Dakini's Warm Breath" by Judith Simmer Brown
Image of Vajravarahi - www.dakiniasart.org/shop/
The Prayer to the Three Great Stūpas of Nepal by Düdjom Rinpoché, Jigdrel Yéshey Dorjé Translated from the Tibetan by Erick Tsiknopoulos
The Prayer to the Three Great Stūpas of Nepal
by Düdjom Rinpoché, Jigdrel Yéshey Dorjé
Translated from the Tibetan by Erick Tsiknopoulos
At the summit of Ox Horn Mountain in Nepal, a place of powerful accomplishment,
The blessings and relics of the past Victorious Ones manifested;
To the amazing Self-Arisen Stūpa,
Renowned as Swayambunath (P'akpa Shingkün), I pray.
The blessings and relics of the past Victorious Ones manifested;
To the amazing Self-Arisen Stūpa,
Renowned as Swayambunath (P'akpa Shingkün), I pray.
When Śākyamuni was the prince Heartfelt Courage,
He gave his own body to a hungry tigress;
And at that site, the relics of Great Enlightened Conduct manifested:
To the Stūpa of Great Enlightenment (at Namo Buddha), I pray.
He gave his own body to a hungry tigress;
And at that site, the relics of Great Enlightened Conduct manifested:
To the Stūpa of Great Enlightenment (at Namo Buddha), I pray.
Jadzima's four builder sons maintained their karmic connection,
And in accordance with their altruistic aspirations, embraced the disciples of the Snowy Land (of Tibet);
To the Stūpa that liberates upon sight, known as Jarungkhashor (the Great Stūpa of Boudhanath),
Which completely fulfills all wishes, I pray.
And in accordance with their altruistic aspirations, embraced the disciples of the Snowy Land (of Tibet);
To the Stūpa that liberates upon sight, known as Jarungkhashor (the Great Stūpa of Boudhanath),
Which completely fulfills all wishes, I pray.
Through the merit of prostrating, making offerings, and performing circumambulations, with devotion,
To the Three Great Stūpas which are meaningful for all those connected with them,
May the negative karma, misdeeds, and obscurations of myself and others be fully purified;
And may we quickly attain the excellent fruition of Complete Liberation and Enlightenment!
To the Three Great Stūpas which are meaningful for all those connected with them,
May the negative karma, misdeeds, and obscurations of myself and others be fully purified;
And may we quickly attain the excellent fruition of Complete Liberation and Enlightenment!
So it was that at the request of my disciple, the diligent practitioner Rigzang Dorjé, I, the Śākyan (Buddhist) Upāsaka (Buddhist lay follower), Jigdrel Yéshey Dorjé, wrote this before these Supreme Spiritual Supports (of the Three Great Stūpas of Nepal); while generating the Mind of Enlightenment (bodhicitta).
This 'Prayer to the Three Great Stūpas of Nepal' was prepared and printed by Khenpo Shedup Tenzin (mkhan po bshad sgrub bstan ‘dzin) at the Continuation of the Buddhist Teachings Publishing House of Shri Guatam Buddha Vihara Monastery (Kathmandu, Nepal); so that all those with faith (in the Three Great Stūpas of Nepal) may recite it.
(Translated from Tibetan by Erick Tsiknopoulos, at the request of Khenpo Tenzin Shedup, in March 2012. Revised in November 2018.)
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frestinemptinessembraceallform%2Fposts%2F2471471526226699&width=500" width="500" height="204" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)