MEDITATION IS NOT THE POINT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- If meditation is not the point, then why are we meditating? What is the point of meditation in the Buddhist path to enlightenment? Recorded in Washington DC, May 2015.
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You call him Dr. Jones!
. Please allow me to interrupt. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. In Pidhauli (Vaishali) the local deity is Bardiha Baba. Bardiha means the Baba who didn't allow us to stay where he was staying. Bardiha Baba is the Buddha no doubt because he didn't allow the crowd of Lichavies to stay with him in Bandagama. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to Buddhists.
I don't get it. Why declare *_"MEDITATION IS NOT THE POINT"_* (Upper Case is like a string of exclamation marks.)
*_"Not the point"_* here is misleading ... over-loaded with implications.
_Isn't the main event?_ :-)
Hi Ben, thank you for raising the question. I realize that the all caps is a style for distinguishing title from text on the post but I understand the way it might come across for some people. I realize this has been used since the beginning of the channel and it will probably continue for consistency. I looked at the video description and the video itself and I think Rinpoche explains his statement. Like everything, it can definitely be taken in different ways. thank you for reaching out. We appreciate your thoughts and I hope we can continue engaged in this way and hopefully meet in person in the future.
@@ponloprinpoche (Asst Chief of Staff? _Chief of Staff? _*_E.Ma_**_!)_* Greetings!
I suppose common usage has moved in that direction, especially on the wealthy platforms that remain more primitive than what we had in late 1990s, enabling us emphasis only sometimes and only here and there.
Oh my ... in future ... something I haven't turned my mind to in quite a while. _(Mind pictures waving to Rinpoche at HFX airport. 1994?)_
wishing you all-ways well
--Karma Chöpal
p.s. The notion _"not the point"_ has //definitely// been on my mind lately: having submerged deeply in my doubts and contrary thinking I surfaced into a bright (pelucid?) appreciation of Mahamudra's every aspect. So, tantra, _over and above all this?_ I can't find an experiential basis for that! Hence ""What's the point of higher aspirations?" cheers / best
Addendum: Oh! The description! Looking at the page layout / format, that first sentence is so complete and seems to comprehensive I never thought of clicking =more=! thanks for the gentle nudge but I'm afraid "What is the point of meditation in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?" doesn't really address the clarification I was looking for. HeyHo
@@BenTrem42 "the clarification I was looking for" puts a non-stable entity in a craving position hoping for a non-stable entity that will solve the frustration - no use to entertain something on a non-identifiable mind...
@@djoniebieHello - I'm afraid I can't discern your meaning here.
_"puts a non-stable entity in a craving position hoping for a non-stable entity that will solve the frustration"_
I never get it when people such as this say "what is actually going to free us is our own mind" - no, surely it's the lack thereof! Why do so many speakers say this basic communicative error? Dumbfounding.
It may be that you've mistaken the meaning of their words. I'm quite sure they actually do mean _"What will allow me happiness _*_free from the roots of suffering?!"_* --KC:
Do you think there is no mind?