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Vaj, thankyou, i know it really shouldnt matter but i was reading a book by U Silanda and it just kinda dawned on me im getting 5 sentances of what the Buddha said, then 10 pages of what that meant... and in the long run the 10 pages are what i needed to hear anyway.

This is turning into the new testament for me.Never realized how much faith buddhist must have in their suttras. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadhi_language

Quoting someone else ,"Buddha was from the kingdom of Kosala which language was Kosalan.for that locality,the dialect is known as Magadhi or Magadhan." I dont think anyone knows.Ive been reading alot of the Pali Cannon(really liked the Jahnis) and came across this language stuff on the...

And what language are the earliest texts or suttras in ?

I am glad to see Pseudonymous back, I have not read a post of his in months...so welcome back :D

Meditation mapped in monks Scientists investigating the effect of the meditative state on Buddhist monk's brains have found that portions of the organ previously active became quiet, whilst pacified areas become stimulated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1847442.stm "Perhaps...

Maybe the "one in the many" is all they search for read this guys story for one mans search for god.Curious if you think he found god ?(the big tits up in the sky) www.drsvoboda.com/divinefury.htm

I wish I was the kind of person, my dog thinks I am.

Baby talk Congratulations Brian.My secound godson Jedidiah (thats how they spelled it) was born Saturday.I got to stay with my first godchild all weekend,with grama and stepgrandpa.They all baby-talk all the time when mom, dad and new baby came home THEY DO TOO.My 19 month old godson will...

Read,"The Way of the Pilgrim" you probably new that or Padre Pio a very intresting catholic mystic.St. Anthony of Padua also falls in the same catagory.Any Stigmata, my dad met a woman in Germany before going to Korea who bore the wounds of Christ I cant remember her name she had a great impact...

excellent post I'm waiting with baited breath to see how deep down this rabbit hole people are willing to go."Secret" information bulls**t, "tell the children the truth". Great information on this site:http://www.shivashakti.com . The basics of Buddhism are set out in the tripitaka. They...

I dont need to she lives with me and Parkinsons/dementia/Lewy Body but I will tell her I love you mommy

Founder of Aikido Love is the guardian deity of everything.Nothing can exist without it.Aikido is the realization of love. Morihei Ushiba (Shinto?I assume)

That sounds alot like the The Church of Jesus Christ of L.D.S interpretation of the godhead.Willing to bet on it.Kashmir Sivaism has a similar one-everything has a triple nature.At the highest level, this trinity can be resumed to:God(Siva),sakti-Gods creative energy(Holly Ghost),and Anu-the...

Though there are many paths At the foot of the mountain All those who reach the top See the same moon.

Feelings of the spirit?Kundalini,prana,chi,and ki those kinda feelings.Are the emotional ones you describe anger, hatred, fear, happy ect.How about the spiritual feelings of walking outside feeling the wind blow through the hair on your arms, the smell of fresh rain in the air , hearing the...

Seems like the source is in everthing, fiction,nonfiction,music,religion and our enviroment.Sometimes you can hear it speak to you-"Just breath" a trailer for the movie Cinderella staring Drew Barrymore gave me chills.I just hope Im listening well enough.I think were getting bombarded by "God"...

I always thought that the masses(ones who practice meditative diciplines)are experiencing the same thing, and the elites are the ones arguing doctrine.I have been to the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center many times,and have never observed an Elite/Masses conspiracy.Jakusho Kwong enlightened smile is as...

I have come come to understand GRATITUDE for being able to discuss forgiveness in a house with food on my computer where bombs arent falling on me.I like THich Nhat Hahns approach to forgiveness.If "I"was born in that body and went through the same expirences I would be doing the exact same...

Radiant one,this experience may dawn between two breaths.After breath comes in and just before turning up. Swami Lakshmanjoo