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 Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:18 pm
Hello all.
I have been insterested in Buddhism for a long time and i agree with its teachings, because...well one reason cause it dosent have a "mean god" you know how some people say 'you need to worship this or you will parish in the flames of hell'. So anyway, I feel that its teachings are right for me. But I do not know how to start. I have studied Buddhism as well but what I mean is that, I do not know what school to follow. I was thinking either Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhism) or Zen (Mahayana).
Do you guys have any suggestions? thx
With Gassho,
Shokai
OM MANI PADME HUM biggrin
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:01 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:37 pm
You also want to weigh how strict the different schools are. Mahayana schoolstend to be more liberal, while Teravanden ones may be stricter. ^^
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:14 am
From personal experience, if you don't like doing large amounts of meditation for long periods of time, Zen is not for you.
It really isn't for me either, since I don't like sitting all that much, but I'm stubborn and work through it. wink
I hear the Tibetans have a nice system, but I don't know much about it.
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Akanishi Makoto Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:54 pm
Akanishi Makoto From personal experience, if you don't like doing large amounts of meditation for long periods of time, Zen is not for you. It really isn't for me either, since I don't like sitting all that much, but I'm stubborn and work through it. wink I hear the Tibetans have a nice system, but I don't know much about it. Sounds interesting. There are so many systems of buddhism ^^;
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:51 pm
ya zen is nice. If you like to search out your knowledge through the absence of desire and the constant meditation. I am a zen buddhist(in training I havn't got everything down just yet)
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:23 pm
I just follow Mahayana in general. I just don't feel like I know enough about any sect at this point to know if its for me. When I go off to college I may choose a specific sect and join a sangha nearby, but that depends on if there's one around from the Mahayana tradition or not, and what school they are.
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:46 pm
You should first start by researching the beginnings of Buddhism. The Buddha's last words were: "All things must pass away. Strive for your own salvation with diligence." He did not appoint a successor after he died. He wanted his followers to find their own way. His teachings should serve only as a guide.
The Buddha's "Buddhism" consists of this:
The four noble truths; events are caused by the actions that preceed them; all things are impermanent; the illusion of a constant self is an illusion; and most importantly, teachings should not be accepted unless they are borne out by our experiences.
All fantastic deviations from this resulted from the surviving Sangha's writings, and those of later generations, not the Buddha's. The earliest Buddhist scriptures were written about 400 years after the Buddha's ministry, so nobody knows exactly what the Buddha himself said.
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:18 pm
Just a side-note that Zen =/= Mahayana, nor does Tibetan Buddhism = Vajrayana. the best way I have to explain this, is that Mahayana is a little like Catholicism within the Christian tradition, where Zen is a denomination, or in Buddhist terms, a sect of Mahayana, whereas Vajrayana is a sub-school within Mahayana, which contains sub-schools within it, one of which is Tibetan Vajrayana, which is further divided into numerous sects. Sorry for the extended, possibly confusing explanation, if you need any clarification I would be more than willing to give it.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:31 pm
Hmm..I still dont know what to do XD xd
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