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July 2009 
What was the most difficult promise you made?
Posted on Dec 2nd, 2008
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Shameslaya
Shameslaya
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for December 02, 2008:
My Bodhisattva Vow. I'm always bleedin' well breaking it.....and lest ye think I'm breaking it through that mild slice of profanity in the last sentence, I'd remind ye that Buddha never admonished profanity but he did advise against using harsh words......so I didn't use "bleedin' well" harshly just then...or did I?....have i just created negative karma for myself and broken that thar vow?
And am i using skilful means to bend the rules justifiably? Is a middle path not being steered? Oh shi.......ahem.....
Yep it's a tuff one that Mahavrata.
J xx
And am i using skilful means to bend the rules justifiably? Is a middle path not being steered? Oh shi.......ahem.....
Yep it's a tuff one that Mahavrata.
J xx
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Damn, Jon, that's a good one. I'm not big on mollification either. Is that part of the vow?
Pondering. A good one for the IMG. Shall return.
xxoo,
Michael
From what I know of Buddhism, aren't Bodhisattva vows supposed to occasionally be “broken?” Isn't part of taking the vow “falling” and getting back up, forgetting the fall and focusing only on the walking again?
The Buddha also taught the middle path, so maybe, relax? Then again, I am meditationally challenged so who I am to speak :-P