https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Dharma#Three_ages_in_East_Asian_Buddhism

https://www.cttbusa.org/shurangama/shurangama2.asp.html

We are definitely in the Dharma Ending Age. I just posted two links, but it is a recurrent theme not only in the Mahayana Sutras, and meat eating is referred to as one of the signs of such degeneration. As for the meaning of that, each school gives its interpretation: for Zen folks, it just means it is harder to reach enlightenment; for the Pure Land sects, it means it is almost impossible, so it is better to wish to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land.

Actually, every guideline strongly suggests that both vegans and vegetarians should take a B12 supplement.

Already downloaded on iOS, looks really promising! I’m gonna add some places looking on what’s missing comparing to other apps. If I add a place to OSM would it be available on this app too?

This statement is often misunderstood, and it doesn’t mean that you should follow what a teacher or the scriptures say. Instead, it means that you should ALSO verify everything by yourself and put into practice the teachings before calling someone fake or true. This can take a lot of time, especially for the most complex ideas and concepts, but that’s what sets Buddhism far from other religions: you have to practice; reading texts or hoping only in an external help isn’t enough for “reaching nirvana and ceasing suffering”.

Dalai Lama isn’t perfect only because it is considered a manifestation of Avalokitesvara, and he does sometimes eat meat for medical reasons, although I, as a physician, don’t know of any condition that forces someone to eat meat. Anyway I’m not from a Tibetan tradition, so I don’t know much about spiritual leaders in that branch of Buddhism.

I’ve been using Ecosia for years and it’s only improved over time. Their commitment to environmental activities is sincere and you can check everything they do through their blog. I think using it is a no brainer.

Although Shikantaza is the pivot of Dogen’s practice, he still emphasized the importance of keeping the bodhisattva precepts (and the monastic rules of course) Also in the Maka Hannya Haramitsu, he said that keeping the precepts, reciting sutras, prostration etc. all are prajna

All the downvotes lol I’m an Apple user myself, but lately Apple lost everything that used to make it different from competitors (and also lost the AI race). This was a great video, thanks!

Nice share! Mistral also shared data about one of its largest model (not the one that answer in LeChat, since that one is Medium, a smaller model, that I guess has smaller energetic requirements)

https://mistral.ai/news/our-contribution-to-a-global-environmental-standard-for-ai

I think we should start with better understanding how much life is complex in general. Our ideas and our way of being are a product of education, culture, society and the historic period we live in. But still ideas don’t exist themselves like an entity, they just illusions and products of mind. When we see other acting or thinking in a way we perceive as wrong, we should always remember that right and wrong aren’t absolute and never changing things. We can agree that right view, right action and right speak are conductive to the path of enlightenment in a Buddhist sense, but still those aren’t absolute and should be pondered case by case. For being compassionate towards others, we should first of all not be attached to our own idea of right or justice, and then understand why people may think in a specific way, and how often we too can get attached to our own ideas, even if these are for the benefit of the others.

No, this is a part where he was explaining how mind-perception works

Of which one? Anyway, for example, being more focused and seeing things clearly for sure, not being bothered too much about things (although it always depends of course) However none of these practices exist for the sake of immediate results, their just consequential and transient too

I practice shikantaza and nembutsu, and throughout the day, I mentally recite in my mind whenever I remember it. I’ve found that these two practices are complementary, which is also a widely practiced combination in mainland Buddhism. Nembutsu plays a role in connecting with the Pure Land of Amitabha and my own Buddha Nature at the same time. Shikantaza, on the other hand, embodies realization itself and, in a more Chan/Zen sense, the here and now Satori (practice of no-practice).

You may wonder why I practice both the Pure Land and Chan. The answer is that Chan points to our inherent nature, but it doesn’t mean that after truly realizing emptiness we instantly attain the same level of enlightenment as a fully realized Buddha, not even higher grades Bodhisattvas. Therefore, for me, the Pure Land serves as a kind of assurance for continuing my practice even after this body dissolves.

Yes it’s the right one. The guy’s name is Yōkan, however he was commonly known as Eikan, it said on the Temple page too

Pure Land Buddhism is quite different between Mainland and Japan, I think it is always better to go to the source, aka the Pure Land sutras. Saying once in full sincerity is in theory enough, since Amida Vows are already fulfilled since it became a Buddha, so a practitioner’s rebirth “already” happened.

Eikan stopped reciting since he was amazed by the sight of Amida, so Amida told him to keep moving and reciting

Nothing else, this was the first thing that came to my mind

As for Silent illumination, I would say not-looking into a mirror

MobiOffice is US located according to App Store information, does anyone know more about this?

And yet you get hurt when you touch fire. Is that a just dream? The point is understanding emptiness of practice, ideas, interpretations and reality. But it doesn’t mean everything is only illusion (at least not in our common way of understanding it). Both conventional and ultimate true coexist, but until we think and not directly experience non-duality, we’re caught up in duality. The Diamond Sutra really is the master in showings the dialectics of non-duality.