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Influences: The Path to Liberation: the Buddhist Way of Life, is one way that includes all ways. Buddha is more than the name of an historical person; it describes the highest state of being achievable. All have the capacity to become Buddhas, the Thus come One, The Awakened One. The historical Buddha, Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gautama, discovered that all human beings have the power for enlightenment. Like a rosebush in winter, one's dormant flowers still have the potential to bloom. Similarly, by tapping one's potential, one discovers unlimited wisdom, courage, hope, confidence, compassion, vitality, vision, and endurance. Instead of avoiding fearful problems, one learns to overcome them with joyful vigor, confident in one's ability to transcend suffering and transform poison into medicine and challenges into opportunities. Buddhism can therefore be interpreted to mean the practice of an enlightened life condition.Buddhism allows one to understand life and how to live. Through the eternal process of inner transformation or human revolution, one fulfills purpose. The Buddha intended his philosophy to be a practical one, aimed at the happiness of all creatures. While he outlined his metaphysics, he expected all to verify these insights for themselves, to see clearly and to seek the truth within themselves. Buddha left a clear path and observations about how to live life wisely. The core of this teaching is faith, practice, and study. Thus, Buddhism is not so much a religion as a way of life by which one experiences actual proof of transformation through benefit. In Buddhism, faith is based on experience, the expectation that as one practices, benefit will manifest in one's life and in the lives of others. To develop faith, one must take action to actualize Buddhahood everyday in concrete ways. Cultivation of wisdom and compassion enables one ultimately to attain a state of enlightenment. Study of the tenets of Buddhism advise the way to practice.Buddha nature is more than a happy feeling or existential bliss; it is an actual state of life based on the Mystic Law of the universe. Laws of nature do not require understanding or belief. Although one cannot see the law of gravity, one can attest to its power. Similarly, one's life essense has no real beginning nor end. One lives many lifetimes, repeating the cycle of birth and death. When one dies, life function may cease, but the essence of eternal identity continues in a form that cannot be seen. Death then becomes the potential for life.Everything until this moment adds up to who one is. This is the law of cause and effect expressed in the symbolism of the lotus flower, which blooms and seeds at the same time. This is karma, causes made through thoughts, words, and actions that yield effects in simultanaeity. The moment a cause is made, an effect is registered like a seed planted in the depths of life. When the correct conditions appear, the effect will transform from potential to actual. Karma is changeable in this lifetime.One way Buddhism explains life is through a concept known as 'the ten worlds,' ten states or life conditions experienced in all aspects of of life. Each possess all ten worlds and shift aming them at any moment, according to one's interaction with the environment. Thus there are a thousand realms in a single moment of time. The state of suffering is hell. Hunger is insatiable desire, animality is ruled by instinct, anger controlled by ego, hamanity or tranquility is a passive state of life, and heaven or rapture is intense joy stemming from fulfillment of a human desire. These six psths to the lower world are governed by externals. The next two states, learning and recognition, arise in seeking lasting truth. These two worlds plus Bodhisattva and Buddahood together are called the four noble worlds. Bodhisattvas aspire to achieve enlightenment for themselves and for others. And Buddhahood is a state of perfect freedom characterized by infinite compassion and boundless wisdom. A Buddhist sutra (teaching) describes the Buddha's life as true self, freedom from eternal karmic bonds, a life purified of illusion, and absolute happiness.Life and environment are inseparable. There exists no inside nor outside. There is only being. Therefore, enlightenment cannot be found in circumstance. 'Buddhaland' is the act of freedom from control by circumstance. Thus, environment encomoasses the whole dimension of space. And one is a galaxy within a galaxy wihtin a galaxy... One is all.Such is the path of this pilgrim. I honor the light in you. Echoes from my past of Gallegass and Knights Templar, early Scot-Irish love
of Earth, the elements, and things known and felt yet inexplicable, are evidenced by a long history of monks and seekers.
Vata You are Vata. You are most likely a creative, joyful person who is drawn to a life of freedom and generosity. You're very sensitive to touch , sight and sound. You enjoy movies and music, anything creative. Your mind is always racing, sometimes to the point where you have difficulty expressing just how excited you are about something. Though you can be worrisome and anxious at times, you approach life with a lot of energy and positivity.
What Faery are you? (Beautiful drawings by Amy Brown!)
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.:Earth Faery:.
You are the Earth Faery. You love the outdoors and you're very intouch with yourself. You go outside whenever you can. You're very smart and people love your easygoing personality. Many people think you have natural beauty, too.
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Baby, what's your sign? (Celtic Zodiac):
You are were born under the willow. This tree was sacred to the Moon and, in Celtic lore, the Universe was hatched from two crimson serpent eggs (which contained the Sun and the Earth) hidden among the boughs of the Willow. In general, Willow individuals are basically articulate, strong-willed, resourceful and possessed with excellent memories. Willow people respond quickly to situations but are prone to sudden mood changes, which can make them difficult to get to know. As a friend, the Willow individual can be a powerful ally...on the other hand, he or she can make for a formidable enemy. Willows have a type of passive tenacity and can be extraordinarily wise counselors and extremely nurturing parents who are protective of loved ones. The Willow person is often reluctant to forgive and forget, which can lead to permanent rifts with friends and family. very responsible positions but find it hard to settle upon a definitive career. If the career choice should be in the field of education, however, they are counted among the best teachers. Willow individuals seldom express a controversial opinion in public (which makes them appear very amiable) but privately, their views are usually strong one way or the other. They are possessed with an overactive imagination and tend to fret needlessly about health matters.
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