tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post594038017614955841..comments2024-03-27T23:37:20.556-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: The Love That Never FailsShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-83075365598803362082015-10-18T07:11:42.782-07:002015-10-18T07:11:42.782-07:00Good day Bhante, I was touched by Ksitigharba stor...Good day Bhante, I was touched by Ksitigharba story when I was in search for the few answer when I was a Catholic. And I turn to buddhism immediately, so I guess Ksitigharba is the one who initiate me into Buddha's teaching. <br /><br />Ksitigharba's compassion and love is one of the reminder and guidelines I hold on until now. I also wish to say that this buddhistta's chinese name is Di Zang Wang Pu Sa. Di Zang can be translated to Earth Store or Earth Treasure. In one of the Mahayana Sutta, Buddha says we must be still and calm as the Earth, no matter how ppl treat the Earth, the Earth also accept them with open arms, and then the store or richness which refers to our gems of wisdoma and potential of becoming a Buddha that is in each of us. Gary Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553732953304525698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-38169597135277789272015-05-13T18:19:44.480-07:002015-05-13T18:19:44.480-07:00Dear Gui Do, you either contradict or disagree wit...Dear Gui Do, you either contradict or disagree with everything I post on my blog, and yet you have been reading it for several years now. I’m sure we’d get on well if we ever met.Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-65397942830958247032015-05-03T19:45:34.720-07:002015-05-03T19:45:34.720-07:00Regarding the point made by Gui Do, I think many o...Regarding the point made by Gui Do, I think many of the teachings in Mahayana are not based on logic but are "illustrations" or "personifications" of experiential truths. Ksitigharba I would think is the "personification" of the Bodhisatta compassion or love.Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473139174740412105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-28033753323689041682015-05-03T06:56:29.988-07:002015-05-03T06:56:29.988-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473139174740412105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-67533602712675202392015-05-03T02:43:03.207-07:002015-05-03T02:43:03.207-07:00The story is illogic. If the purgatorical state de...The story is illogic. If the purgatorical state depends on one's own doing, it should be impossible to descend there by decision. It is either a personal (subjective) state where no one else can be found, or a realm, but then it must be local. This locality is nowhere to be found. Ksitigharba could therefore only enter his own, self-made hell or a certain place in the world.GiDohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037285400565881820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-32617833787366369342015-04-24T08:41:18.525-07:002015-04-24T08:41:18.525-07:00When I hear this story of Ksitigarbha, I think of ...When I hear this story of Ksitigarbha, I think of the "Buddha Bar" that was opened in Dubai some years ago. After all the tut, tutting and pseudo (not really) outrage from the Buddhist community, at least from the one that I know, it almost perfectly matched, symbolically at least, the legend of Ksitigarbha. Imagine if you will, in the heart of an Islamic country that reviles Idolaters such as Buddhists and tapping a Cop on the shoulder could see you encarcerated in a cockroach infested hell hole until you Paya- da-money or await your fate held in the hands of the Islamic scholars that always look as if they have limp, damaged hair and terminal acne, you haplessly stumble upon the Dubai chapter of The Buddha Bar, licensed Restaurant. This establishment is well patronized by the usual German backpackers, Americans, loud Aussies and respectful Japanese and all happy to enjoy the "alkywhole" that is served with the meal. Unusual in an Islamic country. This scene is silently presidided over by a serene, monumental Buddha statue. Few, if any of the visitors take any real notice of it, but I sometimes speculate that if even one person looks upon that Buddha Rupa from their somewhat pleasant, intoxicated state and is caused to wonder about it's serene message and at some later time is caused to seek the answer to this question, isn't this a little bit like the Ksitigarbha story?brahmaviharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882669862432841797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-55595303958150876512015-04-23T19:16:35.404-07:002015-04-23T19:16:35.404-07:00"If I dont enter hell to save the beings ther..."If I dont enter hell to save the beings there, then who will..?"<br /><br />Famous Ksitigarbha saying.Patrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742100926160179457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-25247159293050396972015-04-22T02:38:26.838-07:002015-04-22T02:38:26.838-07:00Done, Bhante! :)
http://srednjiput.rs/tumacenja/s...Done, Bhante! :)<br /><br />http://srednjiput.rs/tumacenja/sravasti-dhammika-kamma/dhammika-razmisljanja-o-dhammi/ljubav-koja-nikada-ne-odustaje/Brankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229092332643242333noreply@blogger.com