"Like the great ocean has only one flavor, the flavor of salt. Also my teachings have only one flavor, the taste of freedom. " Buddha.
i was looking for information about Buddism on the internet and i found a very interesting page, which talks about meditation, the truth is that i remain fascinated by this article. Before talking about the history of Buddhism I would like to put what I found. This article is contributed by Sunada. Sunada teaches the online meditation courses at Wildmind, including the Level 2 course “Change Your Mind,” which explores various ways to work with negative emotions like what she discusses in this article. She is also a Life Coach and helps people navigate the choppy waters of their own spiritual journeys. Here it is:
Anxiety, depression, anger… Paths to purification?
Any time we feel those negative emotions come up, it’s a voice from deeper within ourselves asking to be heard.
Contrary to what you might think, negative emotions are not “bad” things we need to get rid of. Sunada sees them as gold mines – opportunities to learn more about ourselves and walk the path toward uncovering our innate purity.
Meditation is supposed to help us become calm, peaceful, and happy, right? But then when we sit, all this other stuff seems to get in our way – anxiety, worry, depression, irritation, hateful thoughts … So we try harder to get rid of them because, after all, meditation is supposed be about freeing ourselves of all these ugly states of mind, right?
Well, let me stop you right there. Meditation isn’t about willfully fighting and pushing our way to calm and peace. If you go back and read that last sentence, maybe you can sense the incongruity of the whole idea. It’s like going to war in order to enforce peace. There may be short term gains, but there will likely be long-term costs. Also, the struggle itself creates a negative sort of energy that feeds into the situation, making matters only worse.
The kind of unencumbered joy doesn’t come about by battling with ourselves. It comes by accepting all of ourselves (yes, even the hateful sides!) with patience and loving-kindness, and giving them all the care and attention they need, so they become our peaceful allies and friends. OK, sounds nice you say, but how do we do that? The best teaching I’ve found on this comes not from the Buddha, but from Rumi, the beloved Sufi poet from the 13th century.
THE GUEST HOUSE
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of furniture,still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sentas a guide from beyond.
- Jelaluddin Rumi (Sufi poet, 1207-1273)
if you liked or interest the article you can continue reading on:
http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/paths-to-purification
back with the history of Buddhism!
Normally we believe that religion is believing in a divine manifestation, however in Buddhism does not mention God at all.
Buddhism sees life as a process constantly changing their practices and try to take advantage of this principle of inherent things. This means that one can change for the better. The decisive factor is to transform the mind and Buddhism has developed many ways to work with the mind. A key is meditation, which is a way to develop more positive mental states characterized by calm, assembly, conscience and emotions such as friendship, happiness and equanimity. Using the mind clear and positive that develops in meditation, it is possible to have a better understanding of oneself, others and of life itself.
The Buddhists do not seek "evangelize" or coerce others to adopt their religion, but put his teachings available to anyone interested. People have the freedom to make little or as much for what they feel ready. Many people take the practices of meditation or philosophy of life of Buddhism to improve their lives without being strictly even Buddhists.
Throughout its long history, Buddhism spread to all countries in Asia. Where appeared, the interaction between the local indigenous culture and new lessons that came from Buddha caused profound effects on both. In many cases Buddhism gave rise to a cultural renaissance in these cultures to arriving. In some situations, as happened in Tibet, became even harbinger of culture. As Buddhism spread, was undergoing changes and in turn came to adapt to the specific circumstances of each cultural area, this so we can directly express their principles. So now we distinguish the Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Russia and Japan (including some historians believe, based on recent archaeological finds important that countries in Middle East also had a period in its history Buddhist), and within these we can see a vast and bewildering variety of traditions, schools and subescuelas. The question that arises is which, among this range, is the true Buddhism and in turn what they have in common all these different approaches.
Women in traditional Buddhism has played a complex role. In fact the disciples of the Buddha men have had more prominence. But the Buddha was categorical on the fact that women can achieve Enlightenment as much as men. So I have no doubt that the Buddha in having women disciples, and admitted women in their order
Anxiety, depression, anger… Paths to purification?
Any time we feel those negative emotions come up, it’s a voice from deeper within ourselves asking to be heard.
Contrary to what you might think, negative emotions are not “bad” things we need to get rid of. Sunada sees them as gold mines – opportunities to learn more about ourselves and walk the path toward uncovering our innate purity.
Meditation is supposed to help us become calm, peaceful, and happy, right? But then when we sit, all this other stuff seems to get in our way – anxiety, worry, depression, irritation, hateful thoughts … So we try harder to get rid of them because, after all, meditation is supposed be about freeing ourselves of all these ugly states of mind, right?
Well, let me stop you right there. Meditation isn’t about willfully fighting and pushing our way to calm and peace. If you go back and read that last sentence, maybe you can sense the incongruity of the whole idea. It’s like going to war in order to enforce peace. There may be short term gains, but there will likely be long-term costs. Also, the struggle itself creates a negative sort of energy that feeds into the situation, making matters only worse.
The kind of unencumbered joy doesn’t come about by battling with ourselves. It comes by accepting all of ourselves (yes, even the hateful sides!) with patience and loving-kindness, and giving them all the care and attention they need, so they become our peaceful allies and friends. OK, sounds nice you say, but how do we do that? The best teaching I’ve found on this comes not from the Buddha, but from Rumi, the beloved Sufi poet from the 13th century.
THE GUEST HOUSE
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of furniture,still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sentas a guide from beyond.
- Jelaluddin Rumi (Sufi poet, 1207-1273)
if you liked or interest the article you can continue reading on:
http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/paths-to-purification
back with the history of Buddhism!
Normally we believe that religion is believing in a divine manifestation, however in Buddhism does not mention God at all.
Buddhism sees life as a process constantly changing their practices and try to take advantage of this principle of inherent things. This means that one can change for the better. The decisive factor is to transform the mind and Buddhism has developed many ways to work with the mind. A key is meditation, which is a way to develop more positive mental states characterized by calm, assembly, conscience and emotions such as friendship, happiness and equanimity. Using the mind clear and positive that develops in meditation, it is possible to have a better understanding of oneself, others and of life itself.
The Buddhists do not seek "evangelize" or coerce others to adopt their religion, but put his teachings available to anyone interested. People have the freedom to make little or as much for what they feel ready. Many people take the practices of meditation or philosophy of life of Buddhism to improve their lives without being strictly even Buddhists.
Throughout its long history, Buddhism spread to all countries in Asia. Where appeared, the interaction between the local indigenous culture and new lessons that came from Buddha caused profound effects on both. In many cases Buddhism gave rise to a cultural renaissance in these cultures to arriving. In some situations, as happened in Tibet, became even harbinger of culture. As Buddhism spread, was undergoing changes and in turn came to adapt to the specific circumstances of each cultural area, this so we can directly express their principles. So now we distinguish the Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Russia and Japan (including some historians believe, based on recent archaeological finds important that countries in Middle East also had a period in its history Buddhist), and within these we can see a vast and bewildering variety of traditions, schools and subescuelas. The question that arises is which, among this range, is the true Buddhism and in turn what they have in common all these different approaches.
Women in traditional Buddhism has played a complex role. In fact the disciples of the Buddha men have had more prominence. But the Buddha was categorical on the fact that women can achieve Enlightenment as much as men. So I have no doubt that the Buddha in having women disciples, and admitted women in their order
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