Nov 17, 2004 · However, I do not feel that I am doing enough to be a practicing Buddhist. Buddhism stresses that we should relinquish our desires, but I am having a difficult time with that. I see so much pain in this life, too much I cannot just look away from. I have not been happy in such a long time, and to be Buddhist is to always be happy.

May 5, 2004 · You know, nowadays, I do not think any of my friends are even Buddhist anymore. When we were kids, many of us claimed to be Buddhist, but as we grew up, more and more of us have either converted to Christianity or have become atheist. Mostly older people are Buddhist and not many young people even care.

As part of my university course this year I had to translate some stories from Tibetan Buddhist texts into English. The Buddhist text the stories are from are majoritively translated directly from Sanskrit and the Tibetans were rather strict about keeping things authentic even down to using the Sanskrit languages word order in some cases as ...

May 29, 2005 · Would you say that one form of buddhism is the better than another? If you would, which of these three would you say is best, mahayana, theravada,...

Feb 8, 2006 · From what I understand, a long time ago, communities of Buddhist monks lived in collective temples with no personal property ownership, etc., in pursuit of nirvana. They wanted to escape the "samsara" of the city. In doing this, they also forfeited some of their safety, as living far away from larger villages was dangerous.

Jul 24, 2004 · i also saw some sticky hands videos, a man who defended himself against a sword attack, the attacker lounged a sword at him, and he simply stuck out his hand (open palm), laid it on the sword and brought it to the ground, and kept it there! even with the attacker trying to take the sword back, all while with an open palm, WHOO it was nutty

Sep 9, 2004 · Indeed. Muay Thai is surrounded in Buddhist culture, although you don't really see a lot of it unless you train in Thailand. From what I can gather, Muay Thai has similar philosophies to most other traditional martial arts, betterment of …

Jul 14, 2006 · Hi, I am researching on Muslim Internal Martial Arts, could people please list them for me, I already know about Ba-ji and Xinyi Liuhe Quan. And...

Dec 27, 2006 · For instance, by introducing the study of Ancient Sacred texts, the practice of Eastern meditative and Qigong forms as well as Martial Art training, mainly Taoist, Buddhist and Muslim arts. This approach would certainly help kids to understand the importance of nurturing and strengthening their spirits at a young age where their minds are still ...

Aug 14, 2008 · But since GM IHS states in his own biography that he studied many different things from many different sources before taking his MA public, may cause one to stop and wonder if the exercises so similar to yoga that we do in KSW come from his experience with a buddhist monk (ergo the "thousand years of divergence" comment by ember) or whether ...