Buddhism and Magical Powers
The following is about Moggallana who was one of the Buddha's chief disciples as well as examples of the Buddha.
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Any thoughts? |
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Myths do have their purpose for some, but not for me.... |
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So more pick and choose which teachings to believe? |
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Drop all beliefs! There is only now and much better places for ones attention. |
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You have to do the work. |
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You ask ' Any thoughts ' and when I post my thoughts you become irritated. You show time and time again that you are very much attached to the idea that everyone should believe what you believe. Yes I do pick what Teachings are of value to my life which like the ripples from a pebble also affects the lives of others and Magic/Mystical are not of interest to me personally. |
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Drop all beliefs is a belief :smile: There is nothing wrong with beliefs if they give value to your life... |
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I am not irritated. It was an honest question is all. I just wanted to know your view beyond myth when it comes to Buddhist teachings. Honestly I don't expect anyone to believe such teachings. Just more interested in everyone's view is all. |
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I would say the opposite. You are already doing the work. You have to stop doing the work. The work is creating and asserting this "person" with it's beliefs and opinions and assertions and demands. There are 7 billion persons on this planet. One less will not be missed. Now I'm not saying don't fully exist and live. I am saying just stop being a person. Too many already. You and me have spent hundreds of incarnations and thousands of years sustaining these persons we become. Look where it has got us! Back on earth as another person. I say it's a good time to stop this cycle of birth and rebirth right now. It's been raining here for a week and today is warm and sunny. I went to the park and saw a toddler get out of his parents car and run across the green grass squealing with delight. That child, in that moment of joy, was not a person. They were not focused on any ideas or beliefs or religious or spiritual dogma. They were not thinking of something they needed to do. Our minds are so burdened with these ideas we are not ok, we need to meditate, pray, practice this or that.... the original premise we accept is wrong. That we are not ok! Yes we are unhappy, and aggressive, and full of desires and sufferings, but that's all because we are a person. Drop that and all is solved. This is what enlightened teachers were pointing at. This is the whole point of something like the Satipatṭhāna Sutta. But the person reads the Sutta....and so stays lost. |
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Thank you, but your end results and what true being is, is not an accepted view by any tradition. |
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