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  6. Posted

    Hello Scott,

     

    Welcome at TTB! :)

    Hope you will enjoy your time here.

    When you will have enough approved posts, you will be able to put the link of your blog in your signature. It looks like an interesting resource.

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    Obviously, the Firefox/Seamonkey CPU and RAM problem is still a pending issue for all Mac users.

     

    I have tried all the browsers for MAC. I finally found Sunrise browser. It looks more user-friendly than Roccat and it is very light. I can't say anything about security and privacy though. This point remains to be seen but I am not sure that one can rely on a browser for that.

     

    You can download it here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/17569/sunrise

     

    The developer's site is here :https://code.google.com/p/sunrisebrowser/

     

    This is my final note. Good luck :)

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    Thanks! memory Fox is nto available for Osx snow leopard ... I wonder if there's analternative ... but have got others and am trying Firefox again...

     

    thanks so much for the advice.

     

     

    I haven't found an alternative. But I found this that may help a bit:

     

     

    Firefox runs in 64-bit mode by default (at least on Mac anyway). I’ve noticed that Firefox uses up almost double the ram in 64-bit mode compared to when running in 32-bit mode. Also, some plugins (like Silverlight) are not yet compatible with the 64-bit mode of Firefox.

     

    Here’s how to run Firefox in 32-bit mode (by default) on Mac OS X:

    1. Using Finder, navigate to your Applications folder and locate the Firefox app.
    2. Command+Click (or Right-Click if you have a 2+ button mouse) and go to: “Get Info”.
    3. Check the box that says: “Open in 32-bit Mode” and close the Firefox Info box.
    4. Quit and then Relaunch Firefox.

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  13. Posted

    Hi Lin,

     

    I have a question :)

     

    How can we accumulate true good deeds if our mind is not pure already? Ven Chin Kung explains the difference between true good deeds and false ones (when you expect something in return). But to expect nothing in return would mean being totally selfless which is a high realization already.

     

    Amituofo

  14. Posted

    Hi There Adept!

     

    Pure Land, ripped from traditional cultures and views, is very direct in approach. Think of it as "one being a little bug caught trapped in a stalk of bamboo. It climbs its way trying to get to the top, and then realizes all it has to do is eat its way out from the left or the right. Then, it is free." - ( a nondirect quote from Master Xuan Hua. Some what worded slightly different from lack of memory)

     

    The Pure Land Dharma Door, spoken very briefly, cuts through the "dust" of the mind, and false views that were there, and or developed over time through and not through cultivation.

     

    Its not just recitation of the Buddha's Name (Amitabha), but a changing of one's habits, and being sincere in doing so. PL is nothing like the heavens of Christian, Catholic belief, in that it isn't a heaven, and not some place to get to when you have done enough good, or praise.

     

    For example, if the heart is sincere in practice, the mind focused on the goal, then there is re-birth, as long as the cultivator is in accord with the methods of practice for it. What is this re-birth? It is simply raising one's vibrational level to resonate with that of Amitabha, meaning the vibrational level that resonates with the proper and pure mind. Thus, a response is received. This response is a re-birth in Amitabha's Buddha Land.

     

    Has anyone ever seen it before? I could not say, but I will not doubt its place, due to my own experiences which mean nothing. If I were to even post them, but probably cause more false thinking.

     

    My experience living in a PL Temple in China for a few months: When those who were ready to pass on, who did not wish to be in a hospital, came to the temple, everyone, monks and lay people living there, placed the person in a room, and we recited for them until they were gone. On many accounts have I seen the actual arrival of the PL Triple Jewel come and guide the dying cultivator away. (The only time I will say this).

     

    After, the body of the deceased was warm, didn't smell, and was not stiffened, even after several days. After cremation, some of them left sharira, some didn't, but they all had the same response as a "proof" of being led to the PL of Amitabha Buddha.

     

    In terms of practice, many will hold their own views as to why they want to be born there. In truth, regardless of one's views, the method is quite direct, and as long as the cultivator is in accord with the method and its requirements, one will succeed.

     

    What it basically entails is vows, faith and practice. Vows means to take the vow that "I vow to be reborn in Amitabha's Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss'. Faith isn't blind faith here. It is faith in the Buddha's teachings, faith in one self having the Buddha Nature, and faith that one will indeed succeed. Practice means to actually practice the methods of single minded recitation of the Buddha's name, and carry such into one's daily life. Practice also means changing one's habits of body mouth and mind. If one is able to, Taking Refuge in the Triple Jewel is also advised, as well as taking the 5 Precepts. But remember, its if one is ready and able to. Don't take vows unless it can be upheld. Practice taking them for a while till there is strength in it, then consider taking them formally.

     

    There are many ways to apply the methods. Some use bowing, some use walking recitation, some use sitting recitation, visualization, mudras, and a combination of any of them, or all of them.

     

    The fact is that no matter the combination or not of any method within the PL teachings, single minded application of the mind is present in all of them and having already stated the vow to be reborn there, as well as having faith in the teachings, and oneself in practice, especially on the goal, one will get there.

     

    The 6th Patriarch, Hui Neng, stated the PL is right here. Meaning, it may be said to be millions of worlds away, but if the mind is pure, the land is pure. Thus, no reason to try to run away from this life. use it accordingly and things present themselves properly. Then the result will be realized.

     

    So much more on this. But lets get things moving first. :-)

     

    Thank you for this Dharma teaching !

     

    Amituofo!

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  21. Posted · Edited by sati

    Sometimes it works, mostly it still doesn't. Not sure when/why it works when it does.

     

     

    The same for me, but it doesn't bother me.

     

    Edited to add: I can't sign out with IE, but I can with Chrome

  24. Posted

    I just want to get a firm understanding in the fundamentals so I can apply these teachings more thoroughly.

     

    Geshe Tashi Tsering wrote several little books that explain in a systematic way the fundamentals. They serve as a basis for a course ( Foundation of Buddhist thought ) he offers at Jamyang Buddhist Center in London, and also in a online format.

    These books are available at amazon in a printed format and also in Kindle format.

    The first of the series is this one : the Four Noble Truths

    I found the ones I have quite clear.

     

    You can also have a look at H.H Dalai Lama 's Four Noble Truths book. I have read it a long time ago and don't have it handy now so I can't really say how good it is, but H.H. DL 's books are quite good generally speaking. I would be able to get it back in a few days (Sunday) and tell you more about it. I remember it is a quite thick book.

     

    If you want a Theravada taste and don't have it already, you can find here an online version of Walpola Rahula What the Buddha Taught. But I resonate more with the Tibetan Mahayana way of explaining the Dharma.

     

    My opinion is that reading is only useful in so far as you relate what to read to your own personal experience and don't accept what you read as a dogma if you don't find it your life.The Kalama sutra is the essential guide here. :)

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