Ether

I like that he may or may not think of him as superior but still talks with his fans. If i become a rapper, I would still like to not change that part of me.

@Prabhaker I almost cried with Angulimal one hha

@Leo Gura You love your drugs, dont you, Leo?

Whats stopping you?

@Prabhaker Wonderful. Keep em coming

@Prabhaker Do you have more stories?

I dont know if i will sleep but I would like to take a walk at night. Never tried it without my dad.

@Faceless Dont consideer yourself as anything.

nah, on a bed I meant, doing what I want.

Yes, I havent awakened but i do feel crazy... calm.

15 year old me couldn't but 18 year old Ether can relate

@Faceless Where?

@Faceless Yeah, Im spending more time outside. Where do you sleep?

Lmao

I mean, add by doing activities such as sports or taking a bath. But i understand that you mean in a self-destruction type.

Yeah, i must have had an awkening cuz this is third straight week where I feel calm. Now i just want to add more energies.

no.

Yes, the end of suffering with happiness and peace is really miserable.

@Prabhaker I thought Buddha died at 85? Well, at least he got it! I read some say Ananda lived till his 100's. Hey, 20 years of pure freedom, Id love that shit. But, well, Im still pretty young.

Life works in funny ways, doesnt it? How old was he?

Not true. Yes, the need to do work will dissapear. But you can do what you please. @TheSomeBody You dont need a girlfriend. Its optional.

@Prabhaker Funny, I heard this story today morning. Did Ananda attain liberation?

Funny joke

Buddha’s early life Greco-buddhist representation of Buddha Shakyamuni from the ancient region of Gandhara, eastern Afghanistan. Greek artists were most probably the authors of these early representations of the Buddha. India at the time of the Buddha was very spiritually open. Every major philosophical view was present in society, and people expected spirituality to influence their daily lives in positive ways. At this time of great potential, Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha, was born into a royal family in what is now Nepal, close to the border with India. Growing up, the Buddha was exceptionally intelligent and compassionate. Tall, strong, and handsome, the Buddha belonged to the Warrior caste. It was predicted that he would become either a great king or spiritual leader. Since his parents wanted a powerful ruler for their kingdom, they tried to prevent Siddharta from seeing the unsatisfactory nature of the world. They surrounded him with every kind of pleasure. He was given five hundred attractive ladies and every opportunity for sports and excitement. He completely mastered the important combat training, even winning his wife, Yasodhara, in an archery contest. Suddenly, at age 29, he was confronted with impermanence and suffering. On a rare outing from his luxurious palace, he saw someone desperately sick. The next day, he saw a decrepit old man, and finally a dead person. He was very upset to realize that old age, sickness and death would come to everyone he loved. Siddharta had no refuge to offer them. The next morning the prince walked past a meditator who sat in deep absorption. When their eyes met and their minds linked, Siddhartha stopped, mesmerized. In a flash, he realized that the perfection he had been seeking outside must be within mind itself. Meeting that man gave the future Buddha a first and enticing taste of mind, a true and lasting refuge, which he knew he had to experience himself for the good of all. Buddha’s enlightenment The Buddha decided he had to leave his royal responsibilities and his family in order to realize full enlightenment. He left the palace secretly, and set off alone into the forest. Over the next six years, he met many talented meditation teachers and mastered their techniques. Always he found that they showed him mind’s potential but not mind itself. Finally, at a place called Bodhgaya, the future Buddha decided to remain in meditation until he knew mind’s true nature and could benefit all beings. After spending six days and nights cutting through mind’s most subtle obstacles, he reached enlightenment on the full moon morning of May, a week before he turned thirty-five. At the moment of full realization, all veils of mixed feelings and stiff ideas dissolved and Buddha experienced the all-encompassing here and now. All separation in time and space disappeared. Past, present, and future, near and far, melted into one radiant state of intuitive bliss. He became timeless, all-pervading awareness. Through every cell in his body he knew and was everything. He became Buddha, the Awakened One. After his enlightenment, Buddha traveled on foot throughout northern India. He taught constantly for forty-five years. People of all castes and professions, from kings to courtesans, were drawn to him. He answered their questions, always pointing towards that which is ultimately real. Throughout his life, Buddha encouraged his students to question his teachings and confirm them through their own experience. This non-dogmatic attitude still characterizes Buddhism today. “I can die happily. I have not kept a single teaching hidden in a closed hand. Everything that is useful for you, I have already given. Be your own guiding light.” – The Buddha, while leaving his body at the age of eighty