Comments on: Moment of Zen http://www.karmadude.com/2006/02/24/moment-of-zen-21/ Change your Mind, Change the World Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: KarmaDude http://www.karmadude.com/2006/02/24/moment-of-zen-21/comment-page-1/#comment-222 KarmaDude Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:38:51 +0000 http://www.karmadude.com/2006/02/24/moment-of-zen-21/#comment-222 That does raise an interesting question about the quote, whether Buddha was talking in terms of what we would become, or was he thinking more of the present---thoughts defining who we are, and not who we will become? Maybe some of it is lost in translation. But I personally feel that not only is our life shaped by our mind, but our mind is shaped by life as well. What I mean by that is, if circumstances were different for me, and I had gone through a different set of experiences, perceptions, culture, religion, and education, the state of my mind could be different, resulting in different sets of thoughts and actions, which could potentially lead to a whole different individual compared to who I am today. Will it be safe to conclude that our mind does shape our life, but the mind is not a constant, so in reciprocal, life shapes the mind? What we are today, we can evalutate, what we will become tomorrow depends on our karma. That does raise an interesting question about the quote, whether Buddha was talking in terms of what we would become, or was he thinking more of the present—thoughts defining who we are, and not who we will become? Maybe some of it is lost in translation.

But I personally feel that not only is our life shaped by our mind, but our mind is shaped by life as well. What I mean by that is, if circumstances were different for me, and I had gone through a different set of experiences, perceptions, culture, religion, and education, the state of my mind could be different, resulting in different sets of thoughts and actions, which could potentially lead to a whole different individual compared to who I am today.

Will it be safe to conclude that our mind does shape our life, but the mind is not a constant, so in reciprocal, life shapes the mind? What we are today, we can evalutate, what we will become tomorrow depends on our karma.

]]> By: the little endian http://www.karmadude.com/2006/02/24/moment-of-zen-21/comment-page-1/#comment-221 the little endian Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:39:27 +0000 http://www.karmadude.com/2006/02/24/moment-of-zen-21/#comment-221 <i>We become what we think</i> Why did Buddha say that? Was it from his own experience? Did he think he would be Buddha one day? We become what we think

Why did Buddha say that? Was it from his own experience? Did he think he would be Buddha one day?

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