October 31st recommended threads

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October 31st recommended threads

10-31-2012, 01:13 PM

I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

Taigu on Fukanzazengi 8 ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10294-Fukanzazengi-8

Are all sentient beings Bodhisattvas? ...

Are all sentient beings Bodhisattvas? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10301-Are-all-sentient-beings-Bodhisattvas

Dear all, In the Pali canon ‘Bodhisattva’ appears to refer to the Buddha before his full awakening (the personality of the Jataka Tales, for example). But in the Mahayana all who have taken the Bodhisattva vows are Bodhisattvas. My question is: if all sentient beings are Buddhas-to-be, does that mean that ALL sentient beings

More Blah, Blah, Blah ... when to talk, when to be silent, and Silence ...

Blah, Blah, Blah. - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10298-Blah-Blah-Blah

Sometimes I find myself talking for the sake of talking, no content conveyed. No content in the action of talking and no content in the words spoken, just discursive thought, expressed in words. I think my ego does this to affirm that it exists. As long as I can engage myself with thought or engage others in my thoughts, I

I Want! (you to read this thread if you want) ...

I want! - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10295-I-want%21

I wonder why some are more attracted to things than others. My mother told me that one of the first sentences I uttered was "I want!". I like to think that as an infant, I was born with a clean slate, so "I want must" must of come from her. Thinking back a couple of generations, the "I want" may

And while our hearts go out to those suffering on the US East Coast from Hurricane Sandy, a reminder of some other places in dire need ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10296-Hurricane-Sandy-Metta-Request&p=88876&viewfull=1#post88876

ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
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