Comments on: Hi Buddha! http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/19/hi-buddha/ My life as a father, Buddhist, Japanophile and Koreaphile. Tue, 29 May 2012 07:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/19/hi-buddha/#comment-2325 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:23:35 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1777#comment-2325 Marcus: Thank you. :)

Suvro: Work is indeed just a chore, but I try to remind myself it keeps my little girl fed and clothes, so I suffer willingly, I suppose. :)

Warrior Two: I wish I had videotaped it, but c’est la vie.

Loden Jinpa: Welcome to the L8B! I’d say your teacher was right on the money. :) I learned it the hard way when I struggled with parenting at first, but in time, I found that I had to stop getting into self-centered habitual thinking, and just do my part. It helped.

]]> By: Loden Jinpa http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/19/hi-buddha/#comment-2324 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:25:56 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1777#comment-2324 My teacher is quite find of saying at the end or retreats. “If you go home and do not take better care of your family, then your retreat has been unless”. Meaning the purpose of retreat is to develop functional states of mind such as love and compassion. This then translates into caring for others more than oneself.

Thank you for your post.

]]> By: Warrior Two http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/19/hi-buddha/#comment-2323 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:39:01 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1777#comment-2323 OMG that is freaking adorable. I’m gonna start doing that too. :D

]]> By: Suvro Chatterjee http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/19/hi-buddha/#comment-2322 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:27:04 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1777#comment-2322 Doing the dishes can indeed be very rewarding meditation, as many masters of good living have averred.

On the other hand, any kind of work, from counting cash at the teller’s counter to removing cataracts, making business deals and writing software can be irritating and distracting and just a chore.

]]> By: Marcus http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/19/hi-buddha/#comment-2321 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:53:40 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1777#comment-2321 Another GREAT post. Thank you so much Gerald.

“Just forget your own self-centred need for…………”

Wonderful.

Wonderful.

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