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Old 20-05-2018, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sky123
'There is a difference between instruction and how to practice.'

This part is interesting as I personally have been instructed to practise Buddhism in a certain way which I found to be an insult to Buddha's teachings, instructed with Metta so they said
I don't believe Buddha instructed as I mentioned to Gem previously but rather advised. If I had folowed the instruction given in the Sangha I attended then I most certainly wouldn't have been practicing ' Metta ' .
Would I have been practising Buddhism..... in their eyes yes I would but not according to Buddha's teachings.




I don't regard it as according to Buddha's teachings but according to something universally true of the heart. The notion of enlightenment is universal in the sense that truth of nature is true of all beings, making refuge deeply connected to life abiding in its presence. In the definition of 'Buddha' to mean the quality of enlightenment, taking refuge, accepting whatever's true in the universal sense because it is true of you - (and equally true of everyone else).
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