Comments on Buddhism doesn't believe in a soul, which is fine with soulless meTypePad2017-10-21T21:56:14ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2017/10/buddhism-doesnt-believe-in-a-soul-which-is-fine-with-soulless-me/comments/atom.xml/Spencer Tepper commented on 'Buddhism doesn't believe in a soul, which is fine with soulless me'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201bb09d17740970d2017-10-28T01:13:35Z2017-10-29T02:34:57ZSpencer TepperNo individual soul. Yet reincarnation, yet Karma. Budha rejected Atheism, the notion that we do not continue after death. Anatta...<p>No individual soul.<br />
Yet reincarnation, yet Karma. <br />
Budha rejected Atheism, the notion that we do not continue after death. <br />
Anatta is without individual soul. So what is it that lives in and carries Karma from reincarnation to reincarnation? </p>
<p>If you took all the coverings of Karma away what is left? Nothing individual. The drop and the ocean are the same. </p>
<p>This is not nothing. Just nothing that could be defined individually as separate from everything. </p>
<p>Pure Sant Mat. </p>Spencer Tepper commented on 'Buddhism doesn't believe in a soul, which is fine with soulless me'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201bb09d17684970d2017-10-28T00:56:00Z2017-10-28T00:56:00ZSpencer Tepper"33. Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind — so fickle...<p>"33. Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind — so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.</p>
<p>34. As a fish when pulled out of water and cast on land throbs and quivers, even so is this mind agitated. Hence should one abandon the realm of Mara.</p>
<p>35. Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind, so difficult to subdue, ever swift, and seizing whatever it desires. A tamed mind brings happiness.</p>
<p>36. Let the discerning man guard the mind, so difficult to detect and extremely subtle, seizing whatever it desires. A guarded mind brings happiness.</p>
<p>37. Dwelling in the cave (of the heart), the mind, without form, wanders far and alone. Those who subdue this mind are liberated from the bonds of Mara.</p>
<p>38. Wisdom never becomes perfect in one whose mind is not steadfast, who knows not the Good Teaching and whose faith wavers.</p>
<p>39. There is no fear for an awakened one, whose mind is not sodden (by lust) nor afflicted (by hate), and who has gone beyond both merit and demerit. [6]</p>
<p>40. Realizing that this body is as fragile as a clay pot, and fortifying this mind like a well-fortified city, fight out Mara with the sword of wisdom. Then, guarding the conquest, remain unattached.</p>
<p>41. Ere long, alas! this body will lie upon the earth, unheeded and lifeless, like a useless log.</p>
<p>42. Whatever harm an enemy may do to an enemy, or a hater to a hater, an ill-directed mind inflicts on oneself a greater harm.</p>
<p>43. Neither mother, father, nor any other relative can do one greater good than one's own well-directed mind."</p>
<p> The Dhammapada, chapter 3</p>
<p>And Basic Sant Mat</p>Spencer Tepper commented on 'Buddhism doesn't believe in a soul, which is fine with soulless me'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b8d2b8b93e970c2017-10-27T23:53:05Z2017-10-27T23:53:05ZSpencer TepperBuddha attained freedom from bondage. 'In the Vanapattha Sutta (Majjhima, chapter 17)[3] the Buddha describes life in the jungle, and...<p>Buddha attained freedom from bondage.</p>
<p>'In the Vanapattha Sutta (Majjhima, chapter 17)[3] the Buddha describes life in the jungle, and the attainment of awakening. After destroying the disturbances of the mind, and perfecting concentration of mind, he attained three knowledges (vidhya):[4][5]</p>
<p>Insight into his past lives<br />
Insight into the workings of Karma and Reincarnation<br />
Insight into the Four Noble Truths<br />
Insight into the Four Noble Truths is here called awakening.[6] The monk (bhikkhu) has</p>
<p>...attained the unattained supreme security from bondage.[7]'</p>
<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi</a></p>
<p>Not your western filter of "nothing", just nothing you have any knowledge of. <br />
</p>777 commented on 'Buddhism doesn't believe in a soul, which is fine with soulless me'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b7c92cc9bf970b2017-10-23T10:41:47Z2017-10-23T21:48:32Z777- To say No God ( Buddha) or everything is God (Hinduism) is the same thing ! - 777 PS...<p>-</p>
<p>To say No God ( Buddha) or everything is God (Hinduism) is the same thing !</p>
<p>-<br />
777</p>
<p>PS<br />
Best info comes after becoming Him </p>
<p>It is easy with the help of a Jeeva who already realized Him and human, so He can easily be loved</p>
<p>Love God straight away on our own would burn us to ashes</p>
<p>PS2<br />
""that hope is going to be still unfulfilled on our death bed."""<br />
Just be the Shabd 24/7 and remain That and you <br />
amusingly see some lovely transfer of energy</p>
<p>-<br />
No death for an enthousiastic RSSB Lover<br />
Of course almost nobody understands this !</p>
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</p>vinny commented on 'Buddhism doesn't believe in a soul, which is fine with soulless me'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201b7c92c8477970b2017-10-22T09:29:02Z2017-10-22T09:29:02ZvinnySoul or no soul , nobody can deny the etheric realm of energy which is powering the whole universe. Himalayan...<p>Soul or no soul , nobody can deny the etheric realm of energy which is powering the whole universe.<br />
Himalayan mystics have been saying this since ages , now physics is validating what they said.</p>