Leo was right about Buddhism

[Yimpa]

35 minutes ago, Terell Kirby said:

It's also not your mother 

Yep. God is an infinite shapeshifter that is dreaming forever. I thank Mother Cannabis for opening me up to this realization. Wahoo!

There is a vast difference between infinitely dreaming narrowly as one part of reality  compared to unifyingly 

Edited 9 hours ago by Yimpa

[hundreth]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Understanding God requires very serious questioning of all human teachings and ideas. Not just blindly following one path.

This is a sincere question, but what is the value in understanding God or expanding your understanding of God?

The reason I ask is because from all of these teachings, including yours the gist is that we are this one big non dual no thing expression of the absolute. And so then the purpose of this dream is to experience duality. We learn that the illusion is a feature, not a bug. 

Now I'm sure there are technicalities worth bickering about but if the essential purpose is to experience duality as an expression of God, then this idea can help us understand that we are all one and live more conscious lives. This becomes the value of the understanding and spirituality. So what does taking this to an extreme and trying to fully grasp or comprehend do for us really? It feels counter productive almost. We're supposed to experience Maya. 

[VeganAwake]

I had a very similar experience to what Eckhart Tolle experienced after about a year and a half of meditation (often twice a day/focusing on the breath)

One morning I got up and the voice in the head(monkey mind) was silent.

It was realized how much identification with thoughts was distracting and influencing my life. I got a lot of work done that day because I could put all of my attention on what I wanted to focus on without distraction. I could still think just fine about what I wanted to think about.

It also started becoming clear that this veganawake character I saw myself as, wasn't real. It was like a fictional roll I had been playing for a long time. The settings and the scenery had changed over time, but the character was mostly the same. It became clearer and clearer over the next couple of years. It was a very radical experience especially being sober and level headed at the time.

Later it was recognized there never was a veganawake character from the start. It only had seemed to be real.

Buddhists I'm sure experience the self character Doing meditation and trying to Attain liberation. But it's an impossibe feat because the self character illusion never finds the peace and wholeness it's longing for. It's never satisfied.

Nobody becomes liberated!

[Oppositionless]

Some Buddhist texts are better than others. 

This is from the lankavatara sutra,

"all such Notions as causation, succession, atoms, primary elements that make up the personality, personal Soul, Supreme Spirit, Sovereign God, creator are all figments of imagination and manifestations of the Mind itself."

In this case I don't see a contradiction between what Leo teaches and Buddhism, even if it ostensibly denies God, Mind in this case is the God that Leo refers to and God in this quote would be the dualistic God of religion . That's my two cents anyway. 

Still not seeing much about intelligence or love tho. 

https://youtu.be/26PCMpKc1nw?si=YJUhd9-kDYqo311U

Funny how Buddhists discourage thinking , I wonder how the people were able to write this sutra ? 

Edited 2 hours ago by Oppositionless

[Breakingthewall]

The fundamental idea of Buddhism is to completely transcend the human matrix, totally and absolutely, to release all desire and attachment, and in this way open yourself to the absolute, being it. 

This cannot be explained because any explanation would be relative. It is a fact, an action, a reality that occurs and which they call nirvana.

Their intuition is accurate and their nirvana real, but in my opinion, you can open yourself to it without becoming a Buddha indifferent to life and death.

[Eskilon]

The Budda's teachings is more deep and profound than people give credit for. 

Don't be a buddhist be a Buddha yourself

Edited 2 hours ago by Eskilon

[Jordan of the Shire]

1 hour ago, Oppositionless said:

 

Funny how Buddhists discourage thinking , I wonder how the people were able to write this sutra ? 

Buddha means the knowing quality all the time.

Buddho means the knowing quality here and there.

So with this, we can ascertain that a buddhist is one who is training the ability to know. (and one need not be a buddhist, to practice this)

This knowing can be pointed at anything. I would look at it as a skill that can be used creatively. Not always as a way to extinguish thoughts. 

Thinking skillfully I think is more the point. 

Also - I personally tend to break away from generalizations like "buddhists, daoists, hindus," etc, because it is a form. When you do the practice, one will overtime do away with rites and rituals. But I suppose one could identify with buddhist daoist etc. 

What are your thoughts on this?

Edited 1 hour ago by Jordan of the Shire

[Jordan of the Shire]

On 8/23/2026 at 2:47 PM, Leo Gura said:

If you don't understand Reality, then you can't know if Buddhism is the highest truth.

Buddhists put the cart before the horse. 

Buddhism is a profound conformity.

Hey Leo, 

I don't understand what you mean by Buddhists putting the cart before the horse. I'm curious about it. Can you elaborate?

Edited 1 hour ago by Jordan of the Shire