Internet is a wonderful invention. I remember when I started martial arts as a young teenager, at that time, there was nothing to get more info from. Sure, there was “Black Belt” magazine, but you couldn´t find it anywhere on this part of the globe. You could´ve order it by mail, and after a week or two of begging permission from his parents, my friend did. And fingers crossed we sat every night, talked about it and waited, ´cause you couldn´t tell if the order application has arrived there or not, until the first number came! Whoa! We barely could read any English at the time, but we were blown away by the pictures and martial art celebrities that we saw in the mag. And of course, later on, dictionary came pretty handy and that´s how we started to learn more English. J
Nowadays it is different. If some rock band (or whatever your musical genre is) releases an album, it takes only few minutes and you have it on your iPhone or computer, etc. Same thing with Dharma talks, books and retreat info, etc. If you find an interesting book, you order it thru Amazon or whatever and it´s delivered to your door in just few days. Or if you want to participate or find more info about a retreat that´s in another country; you can easily find info from different sites. There are so many different sites about Buddhism and different genres that I´m sure everybody will find what they are looking for.
When I recently joined Twitter I found these amazing and kind people that all have common goal. And that is to practice meditation and Buddhism. Internet enables you to share your experiences about Buddhism or meditation with someone who is located another side of the world.
Especially I´m blown away by this Twitter online meditation group (OMCru), that was founded by @TheZenOutlaw. I find it amazing that you can share your practice with someone who is thousands miles away from you.
To me, that´s the beauty of Internet.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year´s Resolution
My New Year´s resolution is to continue to practice the 5 Precepts:
(Refraining from harming living creatures and practicing compassionate action;
Refraining from taking that which is not given and practicing contentment;
Refraining from harmful sexual activity and practicing responsibility in all my relationships;
Refraining from harmful speech and practicing helpful speech;
Refraining from intoxicants and caring for my body & mind; ).
Meditate daily and participate monthly to a silent daylong retreat with Sangha and to participate 2 (from 5 to 10 days) retreats.
(Refraining from harming living creatures and practicing compassionate action;
Refraining from taking that which is not given and practicing contentment;
Refraining from harmful sexual activity and practicing responsibility in all my relationships;
Refraining from harmful speech and practicing helpful speech;
Refraining from intoxicants and caring for my body & mind; ).
Meditate daily and participate monthly to a silent daylong retreat with Sangha and to participate 2 (from 5 to 10 days) retreats.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
How I got started
In the early summer of 2008 I was looking for something to read from the local library, I didn´t know what, but I´ve been reading memoirs and biographies for the last 10 years so I headed straight there. When I was going over the bookshelves on that section, I saw this one book that said “DHARMA PUNX” in big letters.
I got caught by the title so I instantly picked the book up, read it´s back cover and I thought I´d give it a chance.
After I got inspired by the book I started to study more about Buddhism. I found out things that really clicked to me. Like karma: finally somebody said how it is, that your actions have consequences. I´ve always felt that you can´t do whatever you want and get away with it with just a few prayers and that “bless me father” thing. And the fact that the Buddha was a person, just like you and me, who didn´t believe in worshiping anybody or anything and he personally asked you to question his teachings and try them out yourself. I found that awesome!
There is still so many mindblowing things and questions in Buddhism that I don´t have an answer, but at this very moment I don´t care. All I know is that practice has made me more compassionate, kind and loving towards others, and sometimes even to me, and I´m eager to learn more. Everyday…
I got caught by the title so I instantly picked the book up, read it´s back cover and I thought I´d give it a chance.
After I got inspired by the book I started to study more about Buddhism. I found out things that really clicked to me. Like karma: finally somebody said how it is, that your actions have consequences. I´ve always felt that you can´t do whatever you want and get away with it with just a few prayers and that “bless me father” thing. And the fact that the Buddha was a person, just like you and me, who didn´t believe in worshiping anybody or anything and he personally asked you to question his teachings and try them out yourself. I found that awesome!
There is still so many mindblowing things and questions in Buddhism that I don´t have an answer, but at this very moment I don´t care. All I know is that practice has made me more compassionate, kind and loving towards others, and sometimes even to me, and I´m eager to learn more. Everyday…
Saturday, December 31, 2011
New Blog
HI,
I wanted to create a site for everybody who wants to share thoughts, facts and practices of Buddhism with me. Please feel free to comment, share your point of views, or just enjoy reading posts that´s been published here.
Forgive me if my english isn´t perfect, but as much as I practice Buddha´s teachings, I try to practice the language of millions.
Today I started my day with beautiful Dharma talk about forgiveness (by Vinny Ferraro) and meditated for 40 minutes after that. I love doing heart practices (Brahma Viharas), they really work for me and in that talk there was a line that really resonated me and I want to share it with you, and I end it here: "You got to feel it to heal it"
Have a great day you all!
I wanted to create a site for everybody who wants to share thoughts, facts and practices of Buddhism with me. Please feel free to comment, share your point of views, or just enjoy reading posts that´s been published here.
Forgive me if my english isn´t perfect, but as much as I practice Buddha´s teachings, I try to practice the language of millions.
Today I started my day with beautiful Dharma talk about forgiveness (by Vinny Ferraro) and meditated for 40 minutes after that. I love doing heart practices (Brahma Viharas), they really work for me and in that talk there was a line that really resonated me and I want to share it with you, and I end it here: "You got to feel it to heal it"
Have a great day you all!
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