tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post8079485685624079453..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): proselytizinggenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-13906114193555424642011-03-26T01:42:22.840-04:002011-03-26T01:42:22.840-04:00like a blonde who likes to give stupid relpies.. i...like a blonde who likes to give stupid relpies.. i still gotta do to capture my own stupidity.<br /><br />as per buddhist-style evangelism, i find that it is imperative in modern era to keep moving on from one place to another, as there are simply, too many around.<br /><br />in the past the buddha would sit somewhere and people will come to him, because firstly he did what was impossible, i heard, and they will stay there for days.<br /><br />i would say that the reason why i would visit this blog is because at least it is peaceful and the articles get my brain thinking, but having been a punk-ish dude who doesn't keep his precepts 24/7, what suited me most is anonymity.<br /><br />What anonymity then? The kind where, also rather zen-ish, suggests that the Buddha are just ordinary beings like all other humans. I am so ordinary that my name and face does not matter, my understanding of buddhism .. is also.. sadly to say, just a topic amongst the tonnes of religions out there.<br /><br />i would confess to u frankly that i am discouraged as of late, as being a somewhat esoteric buddhist in a capitalistic city state, firstly my friends see me as a ghost, and it's not because i preach, but because i believe in precepts.. precepts that somehow or rather, serve to protect everybody too. i'm out, or so i think. i need to work, and i am so tempted to just ask my potential new employer if there are tonnes of christians in the new workplace, then a thought struck me, why bother, when they are everywhere.<br /><br />it is not that there are no buddhists, but buddhists simply, shuddafugup else ullbe breaking thefourthprecept ofvaintalk.<br /><br />the city environment i am in, pushes me in a direction towards being a buddhist for a few months, then a capitalist for a few years, then back again. i end up converting more communists that the total number of taoists to christians combined.<br /><br />then my local teacher will say, it's ur karma. i never liked it, and i know it's a ego thing because buddhism is sooooo good! :)<br /><br />/\Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-66648191053446967182011-03-25T12:20:11.032-04:002011-03-25T12:20:11.032-04:00Buddhism may be a very good thing, but it is up to...Buddhism may be a very good thing, but it is up to individuals to find that out and to express that goodness. Without that, Buddhism becomes another tin-pan religion and a cause for subtle and gross wars.<br />Thanks for this. I am one who spent (wasted) many years in various Christian religions each of which prided itself on holding “the” truth. Apart from telling its members’ that questioning the “truth” (their) was dangerous, how I should vote, what we should read, what music to listen to, etc., the most important and constant reinforcement was that we alone were truly saved and everyone else was truly fucked. In true Evangelical tone we were encouraged to “Go tell as many as possible, it’s your obligation!!” What a relief to be now outside the walls and be, in their opinion, one of the fucked, salvation wise that is. If someone had approached me promoting Buddhism I would have run a mile and have never looked back. I came to where I am on the spiritual path without a Sangha (being in a remote location), my only Sangha is via the online community of like-minded individuals. I may never meet a Buddhist in the flesh and while my walk may be a little lonely at times I wouldn’t have it any other way, I am free.Tullikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524256855855014534noreply@blogger.com