What are you practising for?

[Haribol]

A lot of people here on daobums, myself included, do spiritual practises. But I have to ask... what are you practicing for? 

 

Ill answer for my self first, as is polite. Well, I dont really practise, but I am supposed to. By that I mean, I have been told/adviced to do certain practises by quite a lot of people. Some of them, truth be told, strike me as truly illuminated beings. I also has experimental evidence that the process does indeed work (for me). However, I am also very "obsternasig," in lack of a good sounding english word. So I let google translate that very funny sounding word, and it chose "cheesy nosed." So I dont really practise regulary. Hope that make sense. 

 

(the main practise of my cult is chanting the mahamantra)
(also obstinate is the correct translation it seems, but ill let cheesy nose stay)

Edited yesterday at 09:16 AM by Haribol

[Tommy]

I do not believe myself to be religious by any measure. Grew up with religious instructions. Learnt about Jesus and somewhat of the Bible. But, have distanced myself from actual church. Got exposed to Buddhism or rather Zen Buddhism. Liked it cause it said to actually try it for yourself. So, practised sitting meditation on and off from young teen to retirement. I do not believe it has made much difference in my understanding of the world around me. But, learning about Buddhism has shaped my  way of looking at life. So, guess that I practise so I can become a better person. And yes, there are days that I wish that I was not trying to become a better person. Stuff happens.

Edited yesterday at 11:42 AM by Tommy

[Haribol]

50 minutes ago, Tommy said:

I do not believe myself to be religious by any measure. Grew up with religious instructions. Learnt about Jesus and somewhat of the Bible. But, have distanced myself from actual church. Got exposed to Buddhism or rather Zen Buddhism. Liked it cause it said to actually try it for yourself. So, practised sitting meditation on and off from young teen to retirement. I do not believe it has made much difference in my understanding of the world around me. But, learning about Buddhism has shaped my  way of looking at life. So, guess that I practise so I can become a better person. And yes, there are days that I wish that I was not trying to become a better person. Stuff happens.

Judging by the humility, honesty and philosophy of that comment, I’m tempted to say it has been a great success

[oak]

To find some balance and sanity in this crazy world we live in.

[Cobie]

 

12 hours ago, Haribol said:

... what are you practicing for? I’ll answer for my self first …

 

I cannot find the answer in the rest of your post. 
 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Cobie

[Cobie]

I practice to become one with God.

[oak]

14 hours ago, oak said:

To find some balance and sanity in this crazy world we live in.

Note:

I won't let my ambition to be bigger than that.

[Haribol]

14 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

 

I cannot find the answer in the rest of your post. 
 

 

I can’t either 

 

 

[Cobie]

 

59 minutes ago, oak said:

I won't let my ambition to be bigger than that.

 

I never had any ambition, I went with the flow and found what I found.

 

 

[oak]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

 

 

I never had any ambition, I went with the flow and found what I found.

 

 

 

That is it!

[Haribol]

My ambition is to be a heavenly cow. 

[stirling]

I am no longer practicing, but actualizing enlightenment. One can actualize enlightenment by dropping all contrived thoughts, ideas, and practices. From the viewpoint of awareness it can be seen that all appearances in consciousness, including the "self", thoughts, and other worldly phenomena arise and  When you practice in this way even the walled-in concept of enlightenment drops away. 

 

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To study the way of enlightenment is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind, as well as the bodies and minds of others, drop away. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly. - Dogen, Actualizing the Fundamental Point

 

 

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We need less practicing and more actualizing! - Robert Thurman (in a conversational exchange we once had)

 

[Haribol]

«If you see the Buddha, kill the Buddha»