Comments on: Why I am a Buddhist, part 1

By: soundofrain

soundofrain — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:26:58 +0000

You can’t go wrong.

By: Shanghai Slim

Shanghai Slim — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:53:03 +0000

I’m sticking with LOLcats.

By: soundofrain

soundofrain — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:59:27 +0000

We do indeed. Preferably over alcohol. (In moderation, of course.)

I was confused about that one for a long time. I think I understand better now, and there’s an article coming on the subject.

In the meantime, rest assured that the goal – insofar as Buddhism can be said to have a “goal” – is to be fully engaged with and in the world.

By: absurdbeats

absurdbeats — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:40:53 +0000

Thanks for (the partial) history of your Buddhism.

As we’ve discussed, I’ve tried sitting, but it didn’t work. What I didn’t mention, however, is that I have difficulties with the notion of detachment.

Not detachment itself, but some notion of distance from suffering, from the world. I have so much trouble already attaching myself to the world—detachment is too easy, dangerously easy.

But I also know that it’s a particular kind of detachment. It’s not a Zen ‘whatever’, but something else. I just don’t know what that ‘something else’ is.

We really do need to have a conversation about this.