GSDPL-SG Dharma Discussion #3 on 22 May 2010 @ 4pm

[Palani]

Hi Everyone,

Looking forward to seeing you all there tomorrow.

Sarva Mangalam!

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[Jamie Looi]

Thank you Palani :)

Yes looking forward to attend the class again... its the 3rd one, yeah!

For all those who couldn't make it for the first 2 lessons, just feel free to come down and join us! It will be very comprehensive... so no worries on not being able to catch up. SEE YOU!! :D

 

Cheers

Jamie

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[Rose]

Good morning Palani,  Jamie,

 

any homework for discussion tomo?

[palani]

Hi Rose,

Thank you for asking this questions. 2 topics were raised last week:

1. Why do all the Buddhas always sit or stand on a lotus flower?
2. If the Dharma is so precious, why do the Gurus not teach it easily to the ignorant ones, instead of waiting for them to ask (which they do not know that they need to ask in the first place)?

See you tomorrow.

Sarva Mangalam!

On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:47:40 +0800, Rose wrote

[David Woon]

Hi all,

 

I refer to our last Sat's discussion on Buddhist Significance of the Lotus Flower.

 

I've attached the article I found from eHow website for your ready reference. 

 

You may also click on the following link to view:

http://www.ehow.com/about_5048194_buddhist-significance-lotus-flower.html

 

Another article:

 

http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/lotus.htm

 

Regards

David Woon

 

 

 

 

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Palani <Pal...@emgconsulting.biz> wrote:

[ch...@pacific.net.sg]

Interesting article. Thanks David

Quoting David Woon <david...@gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> I refer to our last Sat's discussion on Buddhist Significance of the Lotus
> Flower.
>
> I've attached the article I found from eHow website for your ready
> reference.
>
> You may also click on the following link to view:
> http://www.ehow.com/about_5048194_buddhist-significance-lotus-flower.html
>
> Another article:
>
> http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/lotus.htm
>
> Regards
> David Woon
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Palani <Pal...@emgconsulting.biz> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Looking forward to seeing you all there tomorrow.
>>
>> Sarva Mangalam!
>>
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[Elleonore Lioe]

Nice one! Thanks!

Now onto the next question. But, of course, we have one month to search for the answer ..

[ch...@pacific.net.sg]

Thanks David.

Extracted from Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture by Loden Sherap
Dagyab Rinpoche (Wisdom Publications 1995) - Chap 1 The Eight Symbols
of Good Fortune: The Lotus (padma, Skt. padma):

"The Lotus does not grow in Tibet, and so Tibetan art has only
stylized versions of it. The difference can easily be seen by
comparing these with Indians or Japanese representations. Also,
Tibetan lotues, as we know them from painted scrolls and statues, show
a considerable range of variation. In the Eight Symbols, the basic
form is employed - a white flower with slight reddish shading, with or
without a stem.
The lotus is altogether one of the best-known symbols. It is
considered to be a symbol of purity, or of pure or divine origination,
for, although it has its roots in the mud of ponds and lakes, it
raises its flower in immaculate beauty above the surface of the water.
It is true that there are other waterplants that bloom above the
water, but only the louts, owing to the strenght of its stem,
regularly rises eight to twelve inches stands for purity, especially
mental purity."

Om Mani Pahme Hum

> Hi all,
>
> I refer to our last Sat's discussion on Buddhist Significance of the Lotus
> Flower.
>
> I've attached the article I found from eHow website for your ready
> reference.
>
> You may also click on the following link to view:
> http://www.ehow.com/about_5048194_buddhist-significance-lotus-flower.html
>
> Another article:
>
> http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/lotus.htm
>
> Regards
> David Woon
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Palani <Pal...@emgconsulting.biz> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Looking forward to seeing you all there tomorrow.
>>
>> Sarva Mangalam!
>>
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[Jamie Looi]

THANK YOUs so much Ling Choong and David. The articles (and your attitudes) are so inspiring.

 

Especially the extract from Dagyab Rinpoche.......... since it comes directly from our teacher, I read the extract and hear Rinpoche's voice in my mind.. So much blessings. So inspired, thank you so much!!

 

Look v.much forward to Rinpoche's visit... oh, Rinpoche is arriving tomorrow! So excited :D

 

:) Jamie

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[Jamie Looi]

Dear Palani, Whats the clue for the sun and moon question?? :))) Give some clues?

 

By the way, I need to share this lovely verse written by Ellenore (Ting) for everyone to see :)) Cos I think it is so simple, so nice, and just describing our thoughts now! Haha...

 

O Sun and Moon,
High up in the thangkas,
One is left and one is right,
Of which qualities are you depicting?

Chirps, Jamie

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[palani]

Hi,

Tingle has penned or typed a nice poem.  Based on that poem, my clue is that the Sun and the Moon is not only high up in the thangkas alone....

On Tue, 25 May 2010 18:46:04 +0800, Jamie Looi wrote

[Elleonore Lioe]

The sun and moon is high up in the sky?

[palani]

Yes, you are on the right track.  What comes next, after this realisation...

On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:06:09 +0800, Elleonore Lioe wrote

[Jamie Looi]

Haha Pa-la.. After thinking through the night, I realised...!! Hoho...

Lotus seat' !!

Jams
Sent from my iPhone

[Elleonore Lioe]

 Hahahaha, that the yellow Sun is radiating her ray of Wisdom and the white Moon is emitting his brightness of Compassion .. 

[Elleonore Lioe]

Lotus seat .. that's nice .. 

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Jamie Looi <jami...@gmail.com> wrote:

[palani]

Ok, good!  Then what comes next....

On Wed, 26 May 2010 09:25:04 +0800, Elleonore Lioe wrote

[Elleonore Lioe]

Still got more huh .. hmm that the combination of the two form the qualities of the Buddha?