tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658606.post115717274063746003..comments2023-10-26T09:15:28.561+01:00Comments on The Mystic Traveller: Awakenings At A Zen TempleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198295802920751216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658606.post-1157586320707433072006-09-07T00:45:00.000+01:002006-09-07T00:45:00.000+01:00WHACK!!! (Zen Stick) ;)WHACK!!! (Zen Stick) ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658606.post-1157560269382809862006-09-06T17:31:00.000+01:002006-09-06T17:31:00.000+01:00lovely story (:lovely story (:Johnie1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01271954291599570052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658606.post-1157278916707704562006-09-03T11:21:00.000+01:002006-09-03T11:21:00.000+01:00Gandhi was also married and had children, and whil...Gandhi was also married and had children, and while he was a noble, great man, it appears that he was a lousy husband and father.<BR/><BR/>I like very much the Mahayana belief in Bodhisattvas - beings who have become enlightened, but refuse to enter Nirvana until all other living beings have been helped to reach the same state. That is a wonderful selfless position. Even if it is all hokum, if everyone tried to live by such an ethos the world would most certainly be a better place. The aspiration is more important than the result.<BR/><BR/>You sound like a devoted and wonderful mum, and that is something that can never be taken away from you.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/><BR/>El-BrandenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198295802920751216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658606.post-1157241654739740912006-09-03T01:00:00.000+01:002006-09-03T01:00:00.000+01:00Buddhism caught my eye, a little later in life tha...Buddhism caught my eye, a little later in life than yours. When I was studying religion in University, age 19/20/21 ish. So much of it made sense, or at least made me THINK! I was brought up Catholic by a dad who was once a monk and a priest(catholic), and he was son to a church of England vicar-quite a loaded family history! Organised religions always lose me at some point because of the human error factor. Budhism I thought, great, no man-conceived god! But then I found out the Budha was a married man with a child when he decided to go of and search for enlightenment. I mean, I just think, what if his wife had had the same impulse at the same time? Who would have taken care of their child? Is every quest in life a selfish one?<BR/>On the other hand, each of us lives but one life, the next time round we're a totally different person!<BR/>And I realise I'm talking myself in circles here!<BR/>I hope to do my travelling in a few years time, when my kids are old enough to be left or join me at their own will. But they still need me now, and without responsibility-there is no freedom!<BR/>Tia xsamsarajadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10591059479669856526noreply@blogger.com