tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043647174137249369.post8244611903923662562..comments2023-08-07T16:40:14.424+08:00Comments on BUDDHA AND ME: Smart answers do not liberate!Mahabodhiyanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782233382616919838noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043647174137249369.post-27756375838070550992010-01-21T21:59:05.026+08:002010-01-21T21:59:05.026+08:00If you think it's degrading, wait till you mee...If you think it's degrading, wait till you meet the real Zen masters. The actual person who got the comments did not think it was degrading though. The think is, people must realise, if they are capable of making wise talks, they must be equally be able to put those wisdoms into action. And not just making "wise comments" in emails. But I don't blame you for thinking so because Mahabodhiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782233382616919838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043647174137249369.post-82354871153552071402010-01-21T18:26:49.294+08:002010-01-21T18:26:49.294+08:00maybe, but yet, i dun know. the comments in red ar...maybe, but yet, i dun know. the comments in red are quite degrading.<br /><br />of cse we shd try to increase compassion, but by its very nature, compassion is quite unjudgemental. <br /><br />external actions and internal motivation may be quite different.Bodhiactivityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106128164235541143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043647174137249369.post-64127750798479190492010-01-21T18:22:04.780+08:002010-01-21T18:22:04.780+08:00But I do know the background of the person who wro...But I do know the background of the person who wrote in blue and also the person who gathered the 5 Rinpoches. And it is in fact that the person who gathered the 5 Rinpoches are truly more compassion. The other person was just talking and doing nothing. The reason why Buddhist Masters emphasise so much on bodhicitta is because it is a higher level of compassion. And we are, indeed, asked to Mahabodhiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782233382616919838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043647174137249369.post-20572111792442766702010-01-21T15:46:29.138+08:002010-01-21T15:46:29.138+08:00I thought the person who posted the message in blu...I thought the person who posted the message in blue did post something compassionate. He was trying only to console the person and yet not let him forget that impermanence. It also doesn't mean the if a person gathers 5 rinpoches, he is the only one who is really compassionate. Maybe he knew the victims or the family or maybe there was some personal link, so he had that impetus whereas this Bodhiactivityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106128164235541143noreply@blogger.com