Buddhist monk prays all day in the same spot for 20 years, dude left a mark in the floor. | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 553712 United States 09/28/2010 10:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One might say, "What good is enlightenment if you don't pray?" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1112324Prayer is a dualistic act-- ask and receive (or not) or a trade of faith and service for "bounties" (good stuff) in this life or the next. Prayer can only exist when there is a separation between the person doing it and the agency they expect to reach...it must be separate from themselves. Enlightenment is a non-dualistic state of consciousness in touch with the eternal being-ness behind all things. Dualistic considerations dissolve when consciousness is realized from it's origin above matter, energy, space and time. An enlightened being is truly In The World But Not Of It. Your question shows you have no understanding of Buddhism. Buddhism isn't a mythological explanation of the rules of life handed down by a god. It's totally experiential (you have to experience it YOURSELF and do the work YOURSELF). Buddhists don't channel astral entities, they laugh at them or try to teach them the way out of their suffering. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1052218 United States 09/28/2010 10:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Monk is practicing what is called Buddhist Prostrations. You move from standing, to kneeling, then to prone, then you reverse the movements till you are standing again. That is one prostration. One prostration takes about 5-10 seconds. Like many Monks, he has lived his entire life in a monastery. And except for cleaning and cooking and doing other services for the monastery, he meditates all the time. Probably 8-12 hours a day, depending upon how much he sleeps. Like many monks, he probably joined the monastery when he was a young teenager. So for most of his 70 years he's been doing 3000 prostrations every single day in the exact same spot, in the monastery temple, in front of the altar. That adds up. And the friction from his feet would easily be able to wear away the wood. |
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Smilin' Irish Eyes User ID: 656642 United States 09/28/2010 10:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As to leaving an impression in the wood what do you think a ton of sweat and body oil with pressure and friction in the same spot for several hours a day over several years will do? I do think it a little excessive to pray that much but if that is what makes him happy, he is not hurting anyone and is striving to better himself so good for him. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. -- Lord Chesterfield |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1052218 United States 09/28/2010 10:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Buddhist prostrations are not prayer in the conventional sense. It's more like a meditation. Prostration is believed to be beneficial as an act of veneration (to the teachings of Buddhism and to life and existence itself), and as an act that diminishes the ego, and as a preparation for meditation, or as a meditation itself. For our religious brethren here at GLP, imagine that you found a way to actually be in the presence of Jesus and to sit at his side and bask in the glow of the shared beatitude -- wouldn't you want to hang out there for a while? It's kind of like that. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1064365 United States 09/28/2010 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't condone wasting your life, praying to silly things, but this dude left a mark. Quoting: DNAprototype[link to mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com] I think thats awesome!!! Think of the discipline!!!! |
Seeker5 User ID: 338949 United States 09/28/2010 10:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now that's dedication. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 609135 United States 09/28/2010 11:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't condone wasting your life, praying to silly things, but this dude left a mark. Quoting: DNAprototype[link to mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com] However, you probably go to work each day doing 'silly things' (for your master either a boss or a bank) and will not leave a mark when your gone... |
dereistic User ID: 846424 United Kingdom 09/28/2010 11:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't condone wasting your life, praying to silly things, but this dude left a mark. Quoting: DNAprototype[link to mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com] What a waste of 20 years. "And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention" |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1052218 United States 09/28/2010 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For our brethren here at GLP who do not believe in prayer and meditation, or think it a waste of time, or think this Monk has wasted his life, consider this. It takes all kinds to make a world, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to each his own, right? How much time have you spent watching TV in your life? Or reading? Or playing sports? Or having hobbies? This Monk has taken all that time you "wasted" : ) and has instead spent it meditating in blissful awareness, both for the experience and to help keep the teachings of Buddhism alive. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1113073 Canada 09/28/2010 11:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For our brethren here at GLP who do not believe in prayer and meditation, or think it a waste of time, or think this Monk has wasted his life, consider this. It takes all kinds to make a world, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to each his own, right? How much time have you spent watching TV in your life? Or reading? Or playing sports? Or having hobbies? This Monk has taken all that time you "wasted" : ) and has instead spent it meditating in blissful awareness, both for the experience and to help keep the teachings of Buddhism alive. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1052218What about spending your life making the world a better place as a result of having been in it. Much more spiritual that is. This is about as impressive as looking at the callouses on the hands of a carpenter. In fact, that is more impressive as they have done something useful for the community where this monk has been self absorbed for 20 yrs. |
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Truthseekr User ID: 1092360 United States 09/28/2010 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't condone wasting your life, praying to silly things, but this dude left a mark. Quoting: DNAprototype[link to mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com] Now how did he waste his life? Buddhist meditation can make you feel extremely good, better than most weed lol. Are you saying his life would have been spent better in the states making cheeseburgers all day long? I was just playin' I too have spent many a' pastlife groveling on floors. I've earned the right to joke about it. yea tell me about it. all is part of the progress of the spirit. this guy is coming back as a positive person forsure |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1052218 United States 09/28/2010 12:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What about spending your life making the world a better place as a result of having been in it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1113073Much more spiritual that is. This is about as impressive as looking at the callouses on the hands of a carpenter. In fact, that is more impressive as they have done something useful for the community where this monk has been self absorbed for 20 yrs. As a Monk, he works to preserve the Monastery and its Buddhist teachings -- for the community. Buddhist monasteries are the spiritual heart of most Asian cultures, they are very valuable to the community and are prized by the people. Isn't that something spiritual that makes the world a better place for his having been in it? |
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TraderRob User ID: 1103480 United States 09/28/2010 12:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thought I'd seen everything but that's amazing. The praying is pointless, however. Quoting: DNAprototypeI'm still suspicious of the claims, but it is possibly true. Good thing the floor in the front of my toilet is not so easily impressionable... dont' know wtf I ate yesterday... but my God... Have a nice day = GFY. GFY = Go Fuck Yourself. If this offends you then have a nice day. |
DNAprototype (OP) User ID: 955590 United States 09/28/2010 01:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What good is being enlightened if he spent most of his waking hours praying ? Quoting: ºº SPOT ººYou misunderstand enlightenment. Before enlightenment: rake the leaves, do the dishes. After enlightenment: rake the leaves, do the dishes. |
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