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 Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 2:20 pm
This has been troubling me since yesterday. I am recently learning about Buddha name recitation with all hopes and sincerity but the thing is I honestly do not want Theravada and I fear that I will fall into Theravada.
Please know, I have nothing against Theravada, I like its teachings for being right down to earth, but I like Mahayana better and Pure Land practice, it is easy but yet hard >_<"
I went to beliefnet.com and took the Belief-o-matic test....this is like the 3rd or 4th time I have taken it and for the 3rd or 4th time, I keep recieving Theravada 100%. I answer the questions honestly as I can and I get Mahayana at 86%
I like Theravada but I honestly dont want to practice...
What to do?
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:55 pm
*blinkblink*
Why is the label so important? In the end, you're going to be doing the same thing anyway - living by the five precepts, following the Eightfold Path and being generally much more mellow for it.
Who cares which end of the spectrum you do it by?
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:34 pm
I've got a couple of apples in a bowl here. This one's red. This one's yellow.
Only really familiar with the Mahayana end of Buddhism. Is the difference in Theravada really that big? confused
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:20 pm
Not really, Kagerou - the only serious difference is thus: Theravada feels the path to enlightenment is easiest through the development of a perfection of concentration, and Mahayana holds it's through perfection of loving kindness. In the end, both agree that those two and the rest of the ten perfections all work out, as perfecting one causes perfections of the others.
So really, one apple is the same as another. Just a matter of if you prefer tart or sweet. xd
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Akanishi Makoto Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:22 pm
Wakun complained when he saw a picture of the bearded Bodhidharma:
`Why hasn't that fellow a beard?'
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:35 pm
Ha! I think I have been worrying over nothing. I like the analogy of the apple.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:35 pm
i dont think labeling yourself should mean anything,
either way i took the quiz myself for fun and came out
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
4. Neo-Pagan (83%)
5. Hinduism (80%)
6. Liberal Quakers (76%)
7. New Age (76%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Jainism (70%)
10. Taoism (68%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
13. Scientology (62%)
14. Secular Humanism (56%)
15. Sikhism (55%)
16. Bah�'� Faith (46%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
18. Reform Judaism (42%)
19. Nontheist (35%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
25. Islam (15%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (8%)
27. Roman Catholic (8%)
lol catholic is last? and thats what my family consists wholy of except for me xp
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:24 pm
[ Message temporarily off-line ]
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:55 pm
[ Message temporarily off-line ]
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:47 am
well that really is intereting 3nodding all three of us have catholic last, perhaps this only means that catholisism (sp?) is a bit more closeminded? gathered from the fact that all our top numbers are stereotyped as "overly" openminded at times... wink
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:14 pm
Looks to be the case. Though would probably wanna see non-former-Catholic results to make sure we're not just holding a grudge against the folks. wink
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:16 pm
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (97%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Secular Humanism (86%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
7. New Age (83%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
9. Jainism (69%)
10. Taoism (66%)
11. Sikhism (62%)
12. Reform Judaism (61%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
14. Hinduism (53%)
15. New Thought (51%)
16. Nontheist (51%)
17. Bah�'� Faith (50%)
18. Scientology (45%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (31%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (25%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
26. Islam (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)
Was brought up catholic wink
By my grandparents on the religion though, not by mother
Neo-pagan, my foot surprised
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:21 am
bluewolfcub Neo-pagan, my foot surprised I got that one in a rather high place too. Seemed like an odd pairing for an atheist. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:35 pm
Actualy if you check your list, youll see that roman catholic isint alone at the bottom, most of us have it tied with islam and eastern orthodox. Plus we all have the UU pretty up thier, if not top. I guess we all share alot of similar belifes about the world.
Then again UU is sort of like a liberal other catagory.
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:18 pm
You only fall into Theravada if your views change.
The refuge of Middling Beings is Theravada - to only aid yourself. If you keep in mind to aid others be free from suffeirng, and wish they ebcomer buddhas, and that you also may become a Buddha to benefit them, and believe that is the way to Liberation, you will not fall into Theravada.
Also having faith in your Guru is important, as faith opens the door to taking refuge.
There are 2 kinds of faith, and 3 kinds of beings.
- Sherab
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