ShenLung Posted January 1, 2013 The need to escape from the cycle of life, suffering, death, and rebirth. This is one of the principle motivators of Buddhism. One of the issues that I have is this: The Buddha, being an illumened being, would not abandon the world after his own enlightenment, but return, again and again to aid others in their quest to be relieved from suffering. Any person, in the quest to achieve enlightenment, upon approaching that goal, will desire instead of release, to return, to aid others in the quest to be relieved from the karmic chains. When I regard my daughter, I am looking upon a being that has been incarnated many times before. She has endured immeasurable hardship, and promotted the ideal of the Bhodisatva in her actions many times in order to be born in this incarnation, in the care of myself, I remind her of her true nature, and hope to aid in her advancement of spiritual perfection, as well as the encouragement to attain to the perfection of all sentient beings. She is, my honored elder. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve Posted January 10, 2013 I've been giving a lot of time lately to thought and practice in a Buddhist vein. There are very many inherent paradoxes and mysteries in this existence and it is utterly fascinating to see how the mind reconciles that with concepts, Buddhist and otherwise. This particular perspective you've shared above is quite beautiful. thanks for sharing that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
