if you're actually mad tho it won't work out will it. you'd probably overcharge yourself then go to yourself as a different practicioner, which'd then cause further fragmentation of psyche.
In the Quran, Muslims know that all human kind throughout the historical timeline are born at Fitrah which means they are in the most pure mental state of mind and are considered Muslims and it is up to their parents to turn them away to a non Muslim religion or not. But if they die before reaching the age of puprity then they are considered Muslims and go to heaven.
Ur consciousness is given to u by God since he has the right to take it away from you at any given moment. Don't tell me it was there as a result of coincidence. Buddha had a more emotional approach to understanding one's life when infect he was not divine worshipper of Allah.
@a0578877 "Don't tell me it was there as a result of coincidence." I won't tell you anything of the sort if you promise not to let me see you're "preachings" when I look at a youtube video. in other words keep you're religious dribble to yourself.
Plenty of comments about her being hostile. I find she has the courtesy of addressing people as adults in a no nonsense manner that cuts across superstition and hocus pocus. She's dealing with a audience of westerners who are used to a logical approach and clearly is passionate about the message she brings. I like it.
@stellarshore - i found being entirely buddhist doesn't work in the idiot west, the people who are the problem use it to walk all over you. so i had to incorporate the only language they understand - tyranny and violence, and deal with the scum that way.
@stellarshore - just an observation of the possible whys that anyone following a right path in a mostly wrong environment may appear to not have benefited from that right path.
"you actually got an hours worth in half an hour because I talk fast" lol. I can see how in some ways she's so much more effective than the typical soft-spoken warm compassionate nun stereotype. At least you can say she's her own person.
As a psychology student I'm kinda of biased, but one thing I do know is that therapy is like a person trying to stare at themselves walking down the road from a balcony on adjacent building. It's the way we perceive things, obviously, but it doesn't rest on our shoulders entirely, every human lacks the skill to self perception, and it's wrong to believe that through willpower alone you can fix your major depressive disorder or any sort of pathology you might have.
@Atepethi I don't think that is what she is saying at all, "that through willpower alone you can fix your major depressive disorder..." At least that's not what I heard.
@Atepethi If one so much as accepts that it IS POSSIBLE to enhance the skill of self perception then will power can suddenly accomplish a great deal more.
Buddhism makes a lot of sense, Having watched this vid I would like to become a Buddhist (though I get the feeling that perhaps I always have been one without knowing it by name. :-)
@Winobie75 Oh god that made my day. So you were a religious person without knowing ? If I were you, I would totally invest in the self perception department.
when i found out the buddha left his wife and baby,sorry,that did it for me,and here ,regardless of whether you're wearing a monks robe or a punk outfit,if i were in this woman's presence with her sarah palin mouth,i would ask her politely to please SHUT UP!!
@snoopsie my feelings exactly at first I was impressed with her knowledge practical info but along the way listening to other podcasts I felt an uneasy feeling of her lack of kindness probably projections of myself but still .....playing with snakes always get bitten when u let your guard down
@snoopsie she has some pod casts on diydharma and her Q and A sessions were so I cant put my finger on it I turned it off for her lack of kindness is all I can say
The point people are missing is that restlessness and anxiety are easy to recognize. She has both in heaping droves, which our culture is probably so used to seeing that it forgets what true peace looks like. Look at an interview of Mingyur Rinpoche to see peace and joy. -- There's a lot of striving in this lady's voice which absolutely discredits her as a teacher of peace and the Noble Way -- Sadly once again another domain of knowledge gets 'Westernized', now we can have angry Buddhists! *sigh
@TheArboarba So true. Thats what I tried to say but some guy came along and harassed me with his comments for many days. But you have said it much more clearly than what I could.
@7Beyonder As I said in my other reply. If you are not 'done' yet, would you wish to take this to another forum where detailed replies can be given? I'd like to discuss how you are correct when you form a view in favour of the speaker and how I am being 'judgmental' If I form a view against her. Other issues can also be brought into discussion with mutual consent.
Naw, not really. Seeing how upset you are here, and your pitiful need to rally others ot your cause..... I dont think you could handle my language unfiltered in another site. I decline. I go where I want to go and I think my responses are clear.
Interesting. So because she doesnt speak in the soothing tones that you would prefer.....
she is to be discredited as a "teacher of peace??" Amazing.
I might remind you...the Buddha talked with all types....that there were monks who scolded practioners in this very tone....actually hit practioners. Actually, it is the Westernizers" who view the Path as this "cotton, soft ball of peace".with no struggle.
.all gained comfortably in the softness of their air-conditoned temples.
@MrGrevy I'm not saying that Western civilization hasn't accomplished anything, I'm only saying that Buddhism and striving, or Buddhism and humanitarianism, or Buddhism and feminism, all = non-Buddhism. Americans like to take a philosophy that specifically was against technological innovation and political solutions and change the nature of that philosophy so that we can be Buddhist and be 'movers and shakers'. Really I speak as someone who's studied Buddhism as a way of dealing with a disease
@MrGrevy (continued) and that's the only reason I got interested in it because I knew that Buddhists would live very boring lives and put themselves through pain but still have peace and happiness. In the course of my study I've realized that there's a vision of Buddhism that doesn't place demands on us and just tells us to think good thoughts and not to take life too seriously, this 'Buddhism lite', doesn't have enough to bring us peace
It's interesting that your vision of "valid Buddhism" or "Buddhism lite" or "pure Buddhism" or "non-Buddhism" seems to be a harsh judgement and critique of others practices.
Are you "taking it too seriously" or "placing demands on others" "In your course of studies" did you ever hear of acceptance and detachment? The value of allowing others their process along the Path? The Middle Way?
@7Beyonder This isn't a critique of other practices but trying to support the meaning of labels. Being Buddhist and non-ascetic isn't being Buddhist. Asceticism is the natural extension of Buddhist logic, as well as removing oneself from fighting against the inevitable cycles of human suffering with technology and temporary means and replacing that with our own practice. -- This isn't about arguing from a text of authority, but just about extending Buddhist logic. A will necessarily lead to B
All that says nothing about your comment concerning the speaker unable to be a "teacher of peace."
Extending Buddhist logci..as you say. Perhaps you can expound on your comments on "valid Buddhism vs "non-valid Buddhism", or "Buddhism lite"....or "pure Buddhism".....since you say "its not about a "text of authority"
@7Beyonder If I created a philosophy and called it "happism" and the main tenet was about making us happy, and then you saw me speaking about my philosophy with a scowl on my face and just with pure anger and resentment on my face, you would say my philosophy is a sham. Think on this and then wonder why I'm critical of this 'Buddhist' lady
So you are saying that Buddhism is the equivalent of "happism?" That Buddhist should feel no pain or suffering? Or express no anger? That's rather "Western" of you.
You have to understand expedient means. This woman's teaching is for her select audience. Her methods may be needed by this audience.
Aren't you yourself "placing demands" on her teaching....that she teach in a manner that is soothing and appropriate for you?
@MrGrevy (continued) The test for the valid Buddhism is if someone can sit alone in a room and have joy radiating out of them. This lady fails the test -- But again, she may have great psychological insights that really have touched some of you, but I already know her practice by seeing her hostile demeanor. This philosophy will work for rich people with full belly's, but for people with skin diseases that they can't cure or facial deformities, they need a pure Buddhism and not this spiteful bra
@williamjsquier Id agree that she seems to have an aggressive manner. She cut across speakers without allowing them to finish. How are you supposed to offer truth without listening and respecting the heart of others?
Also, you're delivery of expression is a testimony to the fabric of a person. She strikes me as being aggressive and highly strung. Like religion, contradictions manifest themselves in many ways, often subtle.
So if you could see value of getting to know a potential true friend, you feel strongly that you have a lot to offer, then lets get to know each other message me private.
I believe that 1 or 2 good friends that wish to apply it in to there life and could truly trust and feel comfortable sharing with each other there experience while helping each other and supporting each other strongly, Have deep conversations talk psychology, search, find and apply together as close friends.
I could truly use that friend, I am the weak one who makes everyone strong, I could speak my mind in to yours and change your moods and make you smile, but I don’t practice what I preach.
There is a difference between stern and anger...we need stern direct logic in this world the airy fairy passive aggressive is the repression and allows people to walk all over us and the earth with destruction, buck up lil buddy...AND GUESS WHAT? YOU ARE ALL WRONG INCLUDING ME AND YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. . . WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU MAY NOT FOR ANOTHER SO STOP THE PISSING MATCH, GROW UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN LIFE INSTEAD OF BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR PITTY PARTY.... SMILE :)
" There is a difference between stern and anger...we need stern direct logic in this world the airy fairy passive aggressive is the repression and allows people to walk all over us and the earth with destruction, buck up lil buddy."
So much great info here ... enjoyed Q&A section the most!
Robina has a beautiful clear way of speaking it as it IS.
The concept that 'All thought is creative' was highlighted MOST effectively ... EVERYTHING starts & ends in our mind ... the hidden patterns behind neurotic delusions causing our pain/fear/anger... and that our thoughts are locked into the feeling level of our awareness ~ luv it!
I notice Separation Trauma (experienced at birth) is a powerful hidden element behind much suffering.
@grenda5 I think the lesson I learned from Buddha and this woman is don't, or do think hard about life and your responsibilities, but always do what you set your mind on. Sure enough if you can think it, you can certainly accomplish it.
@mikeb5963 yes,truth in what you say,but i am weary now of jesus and buddha and spirituality talk,i am becomming agnostic naturally because there is no way to prove any of their claims,we exist in a universe we know hardly anything about,we don't even know why we exist,or who we are,i can no longer blindly believe claims the dalai lama,jesus or buddha made,and i am finally getting relief from letting these "concepts" go,but thank you for your reply,cheers.
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Regarding the language that Buddha spoke, it was Prakrt.which is a vernacular hybrid Sanskrit. then as monks traveled hither and fro, it became written down in local languages. Pali was the language to which the Theravadin Suttas were transcribed. It perhaps is the oldest transcription of Buddha's words, from an oral tradition.
I might be wrong but let me say it, I can sense a lot of restlessness in her voice, the way she speaks at breakneck speed and the way she projects stress in her speech I find it difficult to imagine she has found any peace.
@7Beyonder You have a right to your views just as I have to mine. As I mentioned in my comment, I might be wrong. My comment is based on my perception and evaluation. I felt the stress and anxiety in her speech, that is what she gave me, hence I said what I said. When did I ever say that I am the prime arbiter of peace, if there is any such thing in the first place? Please refrain from using such accusations. Peace.
Your entire post was an "accusation" based on your perception of "she has not found any peace." And you continue with "stress and anxiety in her speech."
Practice what you preach. Walk with an individual on a regular basisl, then make the observations.
@7Beyonder Instead of being angry, read my comment again. Do you seriously suggested that I come half way across the world and stay with a person before saying a thing on a youtube video? Telling me 'practice what I preach', what did I ever preach in my comment?? There was no preaching whatsoever, it was just an observation. You are the one who started off accusations like 'prime arbiter of peace' and 'practice what you preach'. Relax man! And I stand by my view. Stop arguing needlessly.
Heh...heh...you call this "angry?".....its just simple typing into a keyboard to me....unless you have emotion-perception software you can't truly say Im angry, just like you can't say the speaker "has not found any peace."
Be mindful when you condemn others and accuse them...your initial comments states...."I find it difficult to imagine she has found any peace."
My response was only to point out that you cannot ascertain that based on her vocal tone in a video.
@7Beyonder Just so that you get it I shall write it in Caps: I HAVE A RIGHT TO MY VIEWS. STOP TRYING TO PROVE ME WRONG. By going on and on with your thing you are just being an opposite of what an honest and respectful person who really cares about any spiritual progress would be.
I stand by what I said, I won't change my views just because somebody like you thinks he can intimidate me. If you are sincere about Buddhism at all, you would stop being stupidly annoying like this.
If you are intimidated, LOL...or "annoyed"....., then that's a problem within you. IM NOT BUDDHIST, and I dont need some SELF-RIGHTEOUS person questioning my "sincerity." about anything.
You call yourself "honest and respectful???" Yet you question someone else's concept of peace? Then you try to control when and to whom I post to?
Im annoying, but still you keep responding with more insults.....you really dont read your own posts much, do you?.
@7Beyonder Hmm... First off its not me but you who is acting self-righteous. If I consider someone's state of peace, it does not mean I am being dishonest and disrespectful. You surely are being all that as is evident by all your posts.
Secondly, I am not 'controlling' your posting at all! What are you saying?? You certainly are acting childishly.
Thirdly, its you who is insulting not me. You are the one who thinks he can hammer his point of view into others. Be respectful of others' views!
"Be respectful of other's views?" That's what you're saying? LOL
Like you were "respectful" of the video speaker's views and state of peace? Read your initial post, and then you will come to awareness of what I speak.
But then again, I dont expect that to happen. You just dont see your own words.
Im not Buddhist, or "inner developed" or none of your trendy catch phrases. Im not your assumptions or projections.
@7Beyonder It seems you wish to gain some kind of egoistic victory over me in all these posts of yours. If you were a person who were interested in inner development you would not act like this. Its plain and simple.
You should look inside yourself, what is the real feeling behind your posts? Is it not directed at achieving an egoistic victory over me? Again I say, learn to respect other people's views. They have a right to their views.
@7Beyonder Judgement is not wrong if its based on simple observable facts of universal human experience. Therefore by your words like "LOL" or "ha ha" or "Checkmate!" and by your phrases "If you are intimidated, LOL...or annoyed....., then that's a problem within you" its obvious what I am saying. You are trying to get an ego satisfaction out of defeating me in an argument. Look at your words, 'You are a self-centred and vain'. And this because I refuse to be cowed down?
And you are trying to get "ego satisfaction" by labeling others as "angry" according to your own narrow perceptions.
All monks dont have to talk like Thich or the Dalai Lama. But you wouldnt know that because you probably learned Buddhist principles online.
Simple truth: Releace your expectations of others. It is your craving of her and others to speak differently to you......., which could be the source of your suffering.
@7Beyonder I expressed my final stand repeatedly but you do not seem to understand. I repeat that I sense a lot of stress and anxiety in the speech in the video. This is plainly visible and can be sensed easily. Many other people have seen this too. You will have to learn to live with this fact. Once again I repeat myself for your benefit that I stand by my view and howsoever you try to 'shit upon me' (by your own admittance in one of your comments) my view is not going to change.
@7Beyonder For the record let me say again, I feel a lot of stress and anxiety in the speech in the video. Based on this its my opinion that the speech does not come from a deeply peaceful heart. One can watch videos of Thich Nhat Hanh or Dalai Lama on many others and see how deep inner tranquility reflects in speech.
This is my view and whatever you say in your posts, does no change it.
@7Beyonder Comparisons? You've compared me with the notions you have about right and wrong. Judgements? Were you without judgement in trying to prove me wrong? Cravings and attachments? What about your desire to win over me? You just could not let go! Wrongful view? What about your irrational idea that nobody has a right to differ and those who do don't deserve respect?
Its good that you are finally done. Don't do this to anybody else. You have troubled me a lot and gained bad karma in process.
Are you stressed out over words in a electronic medium? TSK
Nope, that guilt trip is not working here. You troubled yourself with the judgements of the speaker in the video. Thats your karma. Stop playing victim. LOL. You just fucked with the wrong person.
But DO NOT tell me what to do to anyone. (there's that control issue again). You are not my parents. Now you can call me "childish" or "lacking spiritual development" or whatever you soothes your spirit.
@7Beyonder 1.So you are not done yet, are you? The desire to score a victory is still there?
2. And of course you would not feel guilty even when you started the totally pointless argument.
3. I am not a victim, don't think that if you troubled me I am a victim. No sir.
4. About the control issue, did you forget that you are trying to stop me from my views?? YOU are the one who has control issue. Read your own posts man!
@7Beyonder 5. About the inner development issue. If you are not interested in all that what are you doing here? You say I have my own 'brand' of 'spiritual dev', what are your ideas exactly? For the record all my views are just plain old common sense.
6. I am ready to have a really proper and monitored common-sensical argument with you on some larger forum where detailed and focussed replies can be given.
Who are you? Are you his boyfriend? Or are you one of his friends, here to defend him, cause he's getting shitted on? Or are you listen2 in a different identity?
Mind ya fuckin business. Grownups are talking here.
It is true the sense of I is at the core of our suffering. It is the grasping (Upadana)of the I and I related phenomena that creates dis ease.The total freedom comes from letting go, but this isn't suppression or annihilation.Until things cease, if we can develop a space around things through mindfulness and abide there, instead of grasping and becoming we are at peace.The desire to get more and more can be enslaving and doing things free of self, bring peace. Keep letting go if it feels good.
She comes across as one of them tough-love Catholic nuns. It doesn't, therefore, surprise me that she, at one point in her life, had aspired to be a Catholic nun. I jest. What I like (as an English-first speaker), is that she delivers that teachings of Buddhism to a wider array of audiences--that being, "Westerners," if you will.
Very Inspirational . The lecture made me a bit too conscious about my own materialistic ambitions and thoughts. I now have a keen interest in Rubina's thoughts and Buddhism .
in anger there is peace, in peace there is anger (See T'ien T'ai's explanation of 3,000 realms in a single moment of life .... or Nichiren Daishonin's ichinen sanzen). As without, so within. If you see hate, anger or rage, you may want to have a closer look at yourself. In any case, I bow to the inner essence, the Buddha nature within you.
@desertbodhi I'm not going to buy that all of the people who sense 'anger' from her are just really angry individuals. Cmon, is that all you got to defend this politicized self-help 'Monk'?
@linksysrouted - i wouldn't call it "anger" so much as "energetic" ... maybe even "passionate" ... anger is quite different ... very negative ... something one does NOT get from her
One of the things that will strike those who are familiar with Buddhist philosophy, is her anger! I haven't seen anything like this from all of the Buddhist talks I've heard--it actually discredits whatever message of peace and 'equilibrium' she's mentioning when she talks with the force and almost anger of a Fox news presenter. Sad that people are willing to draw such different standards for men and women--this lady is no more a Buddhist monk than Rush Limbaugh is.
Shes not angry,rather she was emphatic about the subject of happiness&suffering.She understands suffering because she has experienced it and has seen it in others.And being that we will all some day die,she is emphasizing the urgency for us all to get it together and work on this. I have been fighting cancer for over 4 years now and have had multiple surgeries,radiation&chemo&a lot of pain.I choose to be happy and work very hard every day for myself and others.
Wow - That's the first time I ever heard a Buddhist monastic call someone "stupid and arrogant" for asking a simple, sincere question. This is one aggressive nun!
@NewtonsMom She was just honest. There is no non sense with thi woman. The person tried to make her sound like a fool and she was straight forward with him.
I watched this many times and turned it in to an MP3. I hated at first, thought there was a few points the second time and after a dozen times, still pick up new things. She put so much into such a small amount of time. It's so nice to hear a person say that you need to be critical of everything. An astronomer was on Coast to Coast AM and said the Dali Lama told him, "We are not pushing dogma on others, we are learning from your science." Buddha was a scientist.
I watched this many times and turned it in to an MP3. I hated at first, thought there was a few points the second time and after a dozen times, still pick up new things. She put so much into such a small amount of time. It's so nice to hear a person say that you need to be critical of everything. An astronomert was on Coast to Coast AM and said the Dali Lama told him, "We are not pushing dogma on others, we are learning from your science." Buddha was a scientist.
Alcoholic Part?.... Basic Buddhism principle is Cause and Effect.. So the cause here is Short time enjoyment , Xtra tax dollar help. But the Effect is hangover n damage in Liver if not control. So list all negative n positive. Sometime negative negative = +
I think it is difficult for people to think theifself a different man, who does not mean the same. And so If human rethink to do somewhat, It is okay for me to need look upon by other eye.
@chennu no truly Gelugpa.it seems you are not aware of the different Tibetan Buddhist lineages and their characteristics. th are Kagyu,Nyingma,Sakya and Gelugpa.Gelugpa specialize in an intellectual approach to Dharma.lots of study, logic and debate.th have some tantras but are mostly mahayana. the others all have alot of tantra. they also have highest mind teachings, Dzogchen for the Nyingma and Mahamudra for the kagyu.
@kchuk1965, thanks for msg. I haven't studied them, but am aware of the intellectual side. Have been to dharmasala and was in a tantrik initiation with the Dalai lama and meditations. I prefer tantra. Besides God can't be understood by just intellect. He's beyond that. That's where all the intellectual arguments end. There are people following loving devotional, and they look more soft and loving. Different schools and ideologies.
Most amazing thing is: when you have the patience and the willingness to look at any terrible emotion, once you get the mind on to here and now and breathe into the emotion and observe it as an emotion rather than 'my emotion' this will weaken it. Gradually the emotion looses it's power and viola you are free. Of course this will take decades or more depending on how good(proficient) one is.
This is a great fucking presentation. She so incisively relates to what so many of us here experience: the hating of ourselves, our anger, our rage, our wanting to hurt and even kill others -- the strangling state of our neuroses, and the suffering and damage it causes.
She doesn't hold back and I admire her for that. I found this to be incredibly inspiring.
@elightened1 Hehe, you're cute. "Just how old ARE you????" I used it because t felt like the appropriate emphatic expression in that particular moment. :-) Now breathe...it's going to be alright.
so if she wa gentle and nice you would believe her. Her whole point is to look for the truth not the mask or illusion. You dont need to be a greasy kind thing to be nice. Beware of nice people I would say its often an art to get something.
This is an excellent talk about buddhishm. Buddha is the master of the mind. Buddha is a teacher. We can learn buddhist teachings, and transform ourselves to be better, help reducing/eliminating our sufferings....
This video is so powerful and made me look at my life as a whole. I feel empowered!!!!!!
abstroint 2 days ago
if you're actually mad tho it won't work out will it. you'd probably overcharge yourself then go to yourself as a different practicioner, which'd then cause further fragmentation of psyche.
NWOareScum 4 days ago
Great lecture! I didn't even realize that all my life philosophy reflects budda's teachings, at least in Rabina's interpretation.
springstern 6 days ago
In the Quran, Muslims know that all human kind throughout the historical timeline are born at Fitrah which means they are in the most pure mental state of mind and are considered Muslims and it is up to their parents to turn them away to a non Muslim religion or not. But if they die before reaching the age of puprity then they are considered Muslims and go to heaven.
a0578877 3 weeks ago
Ur consciousness is given to u by God since he has the right to take it away from you at any given moment. Don't tell me it was there as a result of coincidence. Buddha had a more emotional approach to understanding one's life when infect he was not divine worshipper of Allah.
a0578877 3 weeks ago
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@a0578877 "Don't tell me it was there as a result of coincidence." I won't tell you anything of the sort if you promise not to let me see you're "preachings" when I look at a youtube video. in other words keep you're religious dribble to yourself.
sellout87 2 weeks ago
Plenty of comments about her being hostile. I find she has the courtesy of addressing people as adults in a no nonsense manner that cuts across superstition and hocus pocus. She's dealing with a audience of westerners who are used to a logical approach and clearly is passionate about the message she brings. I like it.
pablo123orange 3 weeks ago 2
shes quite aggressive or tense or quite tightly strung. an odd testimony to buddhism?
stellarshore 1 month ago
@stellarshore - i found being entirely buddhist doesn't work in the idiot west, the people who are the problem use it to walk all over you. so i had to incorporate the only language they understand - tyranny and violence, and deal with the scum that way.
NWOareScum 4 days ago
@NWOareScum What? I dont think I get you.
stellarshore 4 days ago
@stellarshore - just an observation of the possible whys that anyone following a right path in a mostly wrong environment may appear to not have benefited from that right path.
NWOareScum 4 days ago
"you actually got an hours worth in half an hour because I talk fast" lol. I can see how in some ways she's so much more effective than the typical soft-spoken warm compassionate nun stereotype. At least you can say she's her own person.
Maarilat 1 month ago
As a psychology student I'm kinda of biased, but one thing I do know is that therapy is like a person trying to stare at themselves walking down the road from a balcony on adjacent building. It's the way we perceive things, obviously, but it doesn't rest on our shoulders entirely, every human lacks the skill to self perception, and it's wrong to believe that through willpower alone you can fix your major depressive disorder or any sort of pathology you might have.
Atepethi 1 month ago
@Atepethi I don't think that is what she is saying at all, "that through willpower alone you can fix your major depressive disorder..." At least that's not what I heard.
williamjsquier 1 month ago
@Atepethi If one so much as accepts that it IS POSSIBLE to enhance the skill of self perception then will power can suddenly accomplish a great deal more.
Buddhism makes a lot of sense, Having watched this vid I would like to become a Buddhist (though I get the feeling that perhaps I always have been one without knowing it by name. :-)
Winobie75 5 days ago
@Winobie75 Oh god that made my day. So you were a religious person without knowing ? If I were you, I would totally invest in the self perception department.
Atepethi 3 days ago
I have found in my own life that when we change the way we look at the things , the things we look at change.
boybuddha 1 month ago
My experience of this syster was somewhat devoid of heart, feeling, and softness. I found her frenetic and a bit too full on harsh. ? :)
ruthshivani 1 month ago
yeah - makes a lot of sense - change the way you THINK - it's kind of a science...cheers mr buddha ;-)
jamiepbuh 1 month ago
Why do Bhuddist shave their heads when Bhudda himself had long hairs?
SikhVoice 1 month ago
If you want to become your own therapist, take some psychedelics.
jordanp529 1 month ago
when i found out the buddha left his wife and baby,sorry,that did it for me,and here ,regardless of whether you're wearing a monks robe or a punk outfit,if i were in this woman's presence with her sarah palin mouth,i would ask her politely to please SHUT UP!!
grenda5 1 month ago
this lady has a lot of great information, but I can't help but get an uneasy feeling from her
snoopsie 2 months ago
@snoopsie my feelings exactly at first I was impressed with her knowledge practical info but along the way listening to other podcasts I felt an uneasy feeling of her lack of kindness probably projections of myself but still .....playing with snakes always get bitten when u let your guard down
ktemenos 1 month ago
@snoopsie she has some pod casts on diydharma and her Q and A sessions were so I cant put my finger on it I turned it off for her lack of kindness is all I can say
ktemenos 1 month ago
I found this realistic and enlightening. Thank-you.
ramchip07 2 months ago
The point people are missing is that restlessness and anxiety are easy to recognize. She has both in heaping droves, which our culture is probably so used to seeing that it forgets what true peace looks like. Look at an interview of Mingyur Rinpoche to see peace and joy. -- There's a lot of striving in this lady's voice which absolutely discredits her as a teacher of peace and the Noble Way -- Sadly once again another domain of knowledge gets 'Westernized', now we can have angry Buddhists! *sigh
TheArboarba 3 months ago
@TheArboarba So true. Thats what I tried to say but some guy came along and harassed me with his comments for many days. But you have said it much more clearly than what I could.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
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7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder As I said in my other reply. If you are not 'done' yet, would you wish to take this to another forum where detailed replies can be given? I'd like to discuss how you are correct when you form a view in favour of the speaker and how I am being 'judgmental' If I form a view against her. Other issues can also be brought into discussion with mutual consent.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
Naw, not really. Seeing how upset you are here, and your pitiful need to rally others ot your cause..... I dont think you could handle my language unfiltered in another site. I decline. I go where I want to go and I think my responses are clear.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
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7Beyonder 2 months ago
@TheArboarba
Interesting. So because she doesnt speak in the soothing tones that you would prefer.....
she is to be discredited as a "teacher of peace??" Amazing.
I might remind you...the Buddha talked with all types....that there were monks who scolded practioners in this very tone....actually hit practioners. Actually, it is the Westernizers" who view the Path as this "cotton, soft ball of peace".with no struggle.
.all gained comfortably in the softness of their air-conditoned temples.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Wow you're an embarrassment. As if having a/c is relevant to enlightenment??
MrGrevy 3 months ago
@MrGrevy
As if you understood any of the points presented.
Again, you've added nothing.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder It may seem complex and mystifying to you, but it's not that way to me. I assure you I understand perfectly well. You are very bizarre.
MrGrevy 3 months ago
@MrGrevy
Again, you've added nothing to the topic. Now go play.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@TheArboarba Oh yes, what has western civilization ever accomplished?? God you're insane.
MrGrevy 3 months ago
@MrGrevy I'm not saying that Western civilization hasn't accomplished anything, I'm only saying that Buddhism and striving, or Buddhism and humanitarianism, or Buddhism and feminism, all = non-Buddhism. Americans like to take a philosophy that specifically was against technological innovation and political solutions and change the nature of that philosophy so that we can be Buddhist and be 'movers and shakers'. Really I speak as someone who's studied Buddhism as a way of dealing with a disease
TheArboarba 2 months ago
@MrGrevy (continued) and that's the only reason I got interested in it because I knew that Buddhists would live very boring lives and put themselves through pain but still have peace and happiness. In the course of my study I've realized that there's a vision of Buddhism that doesn't place demands on us and just tells us to think good thoughts and not to take life too seriously, this 'Buddhism lite', doesn't have enough to bring us peace
TheArboarba 2 months ago
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7Beyonder 2 months ago
@TheArboarba
It's interesting that your vision of "valid Buddhism" or "Buddhism lite" or "pure Buddhism" or "non-Buddhism" seems to be a harsh judgement and critique of others practices.
Are you "taking it too seriously" or "placing demands on others" "In your course of studies" did you ever hear of acceptance and detachment? The value of allowing others their process along the Path? The Middle Way?
Who gives the test for a "valid Buddhism"? You?
7Beyonder 2 months ago
@7Beyonder This isn't a critique of other practices but trying to support the meaning of labels. Being Buddhist and non-ascetic isn't being Buddhist. Asceticism is the natural extension of Buddhist logic, as well as removing oneself from fighting against the inevitable cycles of human suffering with technology and temporary means and replacing that with our own practice. -- This isn't about arguing from a text of authority, but just about extending Buddhist logic. A will necessarily lead to B
TheArboarba 2 months ago
@TheArboarba
All that says nothing about your comment concerning the speaker unable to be a "teacher of peace."
Extending Buddhist logci..as you say. Perhaps you can expound on your comments on "valid Buddhism vs "non-valid Buddhism", or "Buddhism lite"....or "pure Buddhism".....since you say "its not about a "text of authority"
Im just summarizing what you have said. Expound.
7Beyonder 2 months ago
@7Beyonder If I created a philosophy and called it "happism" and the main tenet was about making us happy, and then you saw me speaking about my philosophy with a scowl on my face and just with pure anger and resentment on my face, you would say my philosophy is a sham. Think on this and then wonder why I'm critical of this 'Buddhist' lady
TheArboarba 2 months ago
@TheArboarba
The Buddha taught...... not any "ism", but the 4 Noble Truths. First truth is.....there is suffering.
It would be hypocracy if so-called "Buddhists" walked around all day forcing a smile, or speaking in dulcet tones every single minute.
You are critical of this woman because on one video. She may be a very happy and content person in her normal life. You don't know that.
consider the stress of the modern day....and tell me you don't have moments of anger and resentment.
7Beyonder 2 months ago 2
@TheArboarba (CONT.)
So you are saying that Buddhism is the equivalent of "happism?" That Buddhist should feel no pain or suffering? Or express no anger? That's rather "Western" of you.
You have to understand expedient means. This woman's teaching is for her select audience. Her methods may be needed by this audience.
Aren't you yourself "placing demands" on her teaching....that she teach in a manner that is soothing and appropriate for you?
Please expound on what is "pure Buddhism"
7Beyonder 2 months ago
@MrGrevy (continued) The test for the valid Buddhism is if someone can sit alone in a room and have joy radiating out of them. This lady fails the test -- But again, she may have great psychological insights that really have touched some of you, but I already know her practice by seeing her hostile demeanor. This philosophy will work for rich people with full belly's, but for people with skin diseases that they can't cure or facial deformities, they need a pure Buddhism and not this spiteful bra
TheArboarba 2 months ago
@TheArboarba Mindfulness is all that is needed. The rest is nonsense.
MrGrevy 2 months ago
@TheArboarba
so you assume thru one video on youtube.......that you already know her entire life's practice?
Who's test has she failed? Yours? If so, that is fine.
I just dont see the need for denouncing someone's entire practice....over a Youtube presentation.
The Buddha taught many skillful means. It just shocks me, that after all your "training" that you need to tear into another instructor's methods.
7Beyonder 2 months ago
@TheArboarba Hostile demeanor? I guess you are seeing something that many of us are not.
williamjsquier 1 month ago
@williamjsquier Id agree that she seems to have an aggressive manner. She cut across speakers without allowing them to finish. How are you supposed to offer truth without listening and respecting the heart of others?
Also, you're delivery of expression is a testimony to the fabric of a person. She strikes me as being aggressive and highly strung. Like religion, contradictions manifest themselves in many ways, often subtle.
stellarshore 1 month ago 2
So if you could see value of getting to know a potential true friend, you feel strongly that you have a lot to offer, then lets get to know each other message me private.
GiftedJoel 3 months ago
I believe that 1 or 2 good friends that wish to apply it in to there life and could truly trust and feel comfortable sharing with each other there experience while helping each other and supporting each other strongly, Have deep conversations talk psychology, search, find and apply together as close friends.
I could truly use that friend, I am the weak one who makes everyone strong, I could speak my mind in to yours and change your moods and make you smile, but I don’t practice what I preach.
GiftedJoel 3 months ago
is she a woman?I tought was a men
54elguapo 3 months ago
There is a difference between stern and anger...we need stern direct logic in this world the airy fairy passive aggressive is the repression and allows people to walk all over us and the earth with destruction, buck up lil buddy...AND GUESS WHAT? YOU ARE ALL WRONG INCLUDING ME AND YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. . . WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU MAY NOT FOR ANOTHER SO STOP THE PISSING MATCH, GROW UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN LIFE INSTEAD OF BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR PITTY PARTY.... SMILE :)
CPlockout 3 months ago
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@CPlockout
" There is a difference between stern and anger...we need stern direct logic in this world the airy fairy passive aggressive is the repression and allows people to walk all over us and the earth with destruction, buck up lil buddy."
BRILLIANT ANALYSIS.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
I really enjoyed this lecture/talk! I learned a lot about attachment & suffering - Makes perfect sense! Thank you for sharing
Msncgal 3 months ago
that's cool :D ! ! ! ! !
fairymairah 3 months ago
She speaks so curtly .... and seems in a rush to label things. I would trust her
lizzieweiying 3 months ago
i want what she has.
mitchTwitch 3 months ago
So much great info here ... enjoyed Q&A section the most!
Robina has a beautiful clear way of speaking it as it IS.
The concept that 'All thought is creative' was highlighted MOST effectively ... EVERYTHING starts & ends in our mind ... the hidden patterns behind neurotic delusions causing our pain/fear/anger... and that our thoughts are locked into the feeling level of our awareness ~ luv it!
I notice Separation Trauma (experienced at birth) is a powerful hidden element behind much suffering.
yaninayoga 4 months ago
thank you ravina
jamiepbuh 4 months ago
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she inspires me
myhushfull 4 months ago
Breaking it down in 2011 terms...
tylerbeast 4 months ago
She's great!
1988NickF 4 months ago
this lady is the real deal... she is "there"
I am so glad to have watched this.
mikeb5963 4 months ago
@mikeb5963 And where,praytell,is there?
grenda5 1 month ago
@grenda5 I think the lesson I learned from Buddha and this woman is don't, or do think hard about life and your responsibilities, but always do what you set your mind on. Sure enough if you can think it, you can certainly accomplish it.
mikeb5963 1 month ago
@mikeb5963 yes,truth in what you say,but i am weary now of jesus and buddha and spirituality talk,i am becomming agnostic naturally because there is no way to prove any of their claims,we exist in a universe we know hardly anything about,we don't even know why we exist,or who we are,i can no longer blindly believe claims the dalai lama,jesus or buddha made,and i am finally getting relief from letting these "concepts" go,but thank you for your reply,cheers.
grenda5 1 month ago
this lady is the real deal... she is "there"
I am so glad to have watched this.
mikeb5963 4 months ago
great presentation/lecture!
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To the weak hearted this is appealing but the way the truth and the life is through Jesus Christ
Gabe951A 5 months ago
@Gabe951A
Lol
HugooKap7 5 months ago 2
@Gabe951A
Amen, sir.
grecoguy75 5 months ago
I don't sense anger in her voice, instead I sense passion!
Olympian2112 5 months ago 6
She Says "You Know" ALOT! I Don't Think That She Can Think Of Another Word To Use.
NakedSaki 5 months ago
Regarding the language that Buddha spoke, it was Prakrt.which is a vernacular hybrid Sanskrit. then as monks traveled hither and fro, it became written down in local languages. Pali was the language to which the Theravadin Suttas were transcribed. It perhaps is the oldest transcription of Buddha's words, from an oral tradition.
shaktidas 5 months ago
BEST buddhist teacher ever! Love her!
EveningOctopus 5 months ago
@EveningOctopus you need to get out more,explore the space,i mean really EXPLORE your space....best buddhist ever? yikes...
grenda5 1 month ago
Excellent =)
ThePositiveAussie 6 months ago
I might be wrong but let me say it, I can sense a lot of restlessness in her voice, the way she speaks at breakneck speed and the way she projects stress in her speech I find it difficult to imagine she has found any peace.
listen2watidontsay 6 months ago 2
@listen2watidontsay To me she seem's anxious to get her message out.
greenelf12 4 months ago
@greenelf12 She's not giving our Monkey mind time to go bezerk!
Khrystene 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
And you discerned "she has not found any peace"....based on one video? Have you walked with her? Are you the prime arbiter of what is "peace?"
Perhaps you are projecting your preferences for certain types of speech, on her.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder You have a right to your views just as I have to mine. As I mentioned in my comment, I might be wrong. My comment is based on my perception and evaluation. I felt the stress and anxiety in her speech, that is what she gave me, hence I said what I said. When did I ever say that I am the prime arbiter of peace, if there is any such thing in the first place? Please refrain from using such accusations. Peace.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
Your entire post was an "accusation" based on your perception of "she has not found any peace." And you continue with "stress and anxiety in her speech."
Practice what you preach. Walk with an individual on a regular basisl, then make the observations.
Metta.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Instead of being angry, read my comment again. Do you seriously suggested that I come half way across the world and stay with a person before saying a thing on a youtube video? Telling me 'practice what I preach', what did I ever preach in my comment?? There was no preaching whatsoever, it was just an observation. You are the one who started off accusations like 'prime arbiter of peace' and 'practice what you preach'. Relax man! And I stand by my view. Stop arguing needlessly.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
Heh...heh...you call this "angry?".....its just simple typing into a keyboard to me....unless you have emotion-perception software you can't truly say Im angry, just like you can't say the speaker "has not found any peace."
Be mindful when you condemn others and accuse them...your initial comments states...."I find it difficult to imagine she has found any peace."
My response was only to point out that you cannot ascertain that based on her vocal tone in a video.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Just so that you get it I shall write it in Caps: I HAVE A RIGHT TO MY VIEWS. STOP TRYING TO PROVE ME WRONG. By going on and on with your thing you are just being an opposite of what an honest and respectful person who really cares about any spiritual progress would be.
I stand by what I said, I won't change my views just because somebody like you thinks he can intimidate me. If you are sincere about Buddhism at all, you would stop being stupidly annoying like this.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
If you are intimidated, LOL...or "annoyed"....., then that's a problem within you. IM NOT BUDDHIST, and I dont need some SELF-RIGHTEOUS person questioning my "sincerity." about anything.
You call yourself "honest and respectful???" Yet you question someone else's concept of peace? Then you try to control when and to whom I post to?
Im annoying, but still you keep responding with more insults.....you really dont read your own posts much, do you?.
Checkmate!
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Hmm... First off its not me but you who is acting self-righteous. If I consider someone's state of peace, it does not mean I am being dishonest and disrespectful. You surely are being all that as is evident by all your posts.
Secondly, I am not 'controlling' your posting at all! What are you saying?? You certainly are acting childishly.
Thirdly, its you who is insulting not me. You are the one who thinks he can hammer his point of view into others. Be respectful of others' views!
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
"Be respectful of other's views?" That's what you're saying? LOL
Like you were "respectful" of the video speaker's views and state of peace? Read your initial post, and then you will come to awareness of what I speak.
But then again, I dont expect that to happen. You just dont see your own words.
Im not Buddhist, or "inner developed" or none of your trendy catch phrases. Im not your assumptions or projections.
I do what I do.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder It seems you wish to gain some kind of egoistic victory over me in all these posts of yours. If you were a person who were interested in inner development you would not act like this. Its plain and simple.
You should look inside yourself, what is the real feeling behind your posts? Is it not directed at achieving an egoistic victory over me? Again I say, learn to respect other people's views. They have a right to their views.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
There's the judgement again...."if you were interested in inner development" You dont know what Im interested in.
And I dont have to be "interested" in your brand of "inner development"...especially when its all about egoistic comparisons with yourself....
You just dont see yourself, do you? Each time you post, theres a value judgement, a comparison with yourself.
Yes indeed. i do have a right to my views. You are self-centered and vain..
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Judgement is not wrong if its based on simple observable facts of universal human experience. Therefore by your words like "LOL" or "ha ha" or "Checkmate!" and by your phrases "If you are intimidated, LOL...or annoyed....., then that's a problem within you" its obvious what I am saying. You are trying to get an ego satisfaction out of defeating me in an argument. Look at your words, 'You are a self-centred and vain'. And this because I refuse to be cowed down?
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
And you are trying to get "ego satisfaction" by labeling others as "angry" according to your own narrow perceptions.
All monks dont have to talk like Thich or the Dalai Lama. But you wouldnt know that because you probably learned Buddhist principles online.
Simple truth: Releace your expectations of others. It is your craving of her and others to speak differently to you......., which could be the source of your suffering.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder I expressed my final stand repeatedly but you do not seem to understand. I repeat that I sense a lot of stress and anxiety in the speech in the video. This is plainly visible and can be sensed easily. Many other people have seen this too. You will have to learn to live with this fact. Once again I repeat myself for your benefit that I stand by my view and howsoever you try to 'shit upon me' (by your own admittance in one of your comments) my view is not going to change.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@7Beyonder For the record let me say again, I feel a lot of stress and anxiety in the speech in the video. Based on this its my opinion that the speech does not come from a deeply peaceful heart. One can watch videos of Thich Nhat Hanh or Dalai Lama on many others and see how deep inner tranquility reflects in speech.
This is my view and whatever you say in your posts, does no change it.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
Comparisons, self-centered judgements, cravings, attachments.....wrongful view. Yep, that's you.
Hey, at this point, do what you need to.
Im done.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Comparisons? You've compared me with the notions you have about right and wrong. Judgements? Were you without judgement in trying to prove me wrong? Cravings and attachments? What about your desire to win over me? You just could not let go! Wrongful view? What about your irrational idea that nobody has a right to differ and those who do don't deserve respect?
Its good that you are finally done. Don't do this to anybody else. You have troubled me a lot and gained bad karma in process.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
Are you stressed out over words in a electronic medium? TSK
Nope, that guilt trip is not working here. You troubled yourself with the judgements of the speaker in the video. Thats your karma. Stop playing victim. LOL. You just fucked with the wrong person.
But DO NOT tell me what to do to anyone. (there's that control issue again). You are not my parents. Now you can call me "childish" or "lacking spiritual development" or whatever you soothes your spirit.
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7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder 1.So you are not done yet, are you? The desire to score a victory is still there?
2. And of course you would not feel guilty even when you started the totally pointless argument.
3. I am not a victim, don't think that if you troubled me I am a victim. No sir.
4. About the control issue, did you forget that you are trying to stop me from my views?? YOU are the one who has control issue. Read your own posts man!
continued in next comment...
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@listen2watidontsay
"I find it difficult to imagine she has found any peace." (concerning the speaker in the video)
Those are your words, and I think they are more revelaing than 100 of your continued posts.
Metta.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder 5. About the inner development issue. If you are not interested in all that what are you doing here? You say I have my own 'brand' of 'spiritual dev', what are your ideas exactly? For the record all my views are just plain old common sense.
6. I am ready to have a really proper and monitored common-sensical argument with you on some larger forum where detailed and focussed replies can be given.
listen2watidontsay 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Actually, the only person who sounds judgmental is YOU. Get over yourself, you're a disgrace.
MrGrevy 3 months ago
@MrGrevy
Who are you? Are you his boyfriend? Or are you one of his friends, here to defend him, cause he's getting shitted on? Or are you listen2 in a different identity?
Mind ya fuckin business. Grownups are talking here.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Ahh and a homophobe too! You're just a lovely specimen of humanity!
MrGrevy 3 months ago
@MrGrevy
Ahhh yes.... my friends and acquaintances consider me a rather interesting and stimulating fellow. Thank you..
Now fuck off.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
@7Beyonder Go change your diaper and grow the hell up. He has every right to question your idiotic beliefs.
MrGrevy 3 months ago
@7Beyonder He has common sense. The "woman" in this video is angry and obviously repressed. Anyone with an above temperature iq sees that.
MrGrevy 3 months ago
It is true the sense of I is at the core of our suffering. It is the grasping (Upadana)of the I and I related phenomena that creates dis ease.The total freedom comes from letting go, but this isn't suppression or annihilation.Until things cease, if we can develop a space around things through mindfulness and abide there, instead of grasping and becoming we are at peace.The desire to get more and more can be enslaving and doing things free of self, bring peace. Keep letting go if it feels good.
kathri100 6 months ago
Another Great Google Tech Talk! Thanks for that!
Metasophy 6 months ago
This is a great video, and keep up the fantastic work!
WAINTERNET 6 months ago
Buddha spoke Hindi? lol just lost a bit of credibility with that one! And he probably didn't speak Pali, either
yeahmandudeguy 7 months ago
@yeahmandudeguy lots of buddhas spoke /speak Hindi.
thegrandwazoooo 5 months ago
Great Talk!
mettacintena 8 months ago
This is a much more...brisk...type of Dharma lecture than I'm used to, but it is Dharma none the less.
rampant1apart 8 months ago
She comes across as one of them tough-love Catholic nuns. It doesn't, therefore, surprise me that she, at one point in her life, had aspired to be a Catholic nun. I jest. What I like (as an English-first speaker), is that she delivers that teachings of Buddhism to a wider array of audiences--that being, "Westerners," if you will.
soulinthewall77 8 months ago
Very Inspirational . The lecture made me a bit too conscious about my own materialistic ambitions and thoughts. I now have a keen interest in Rubina's thoughts and Buddhism .
csetech82 8 months ago
in anger there is peace, in peace there is anger (See T'ien T'ai's explanation of 3,000 realms in a single moment of life .... or Nichiren Daishonin's ichinen sanzen). As without, so within. If you see hate, anger or rage, you may want to have a closer look at yourself. In any case, I bow to the inner essence, the Buddha nature within you.
desertbodhi 8 months ago
@desertbodhi I'm not going to buy that all of the people who sense 'anger' from her are just really angry individuals. Cmon, is that all you got to defend this politicized self-help 'Monk'?
TheArboarba 8 months ago
Too much anger :(
linksysrouted 8 months ago
@linksysrouted - i wouldn't call it "anger" so much as "energetic" ... maybe even "passionate" ... anger is quite different ... very negative ... something one does NOT get from her
zazunzas 8 months ago
@zazunzas Umm what planet do you live on again?? She is obviously angry. You're not very good at understanding people, huh?
MrGrevy 3 months ago
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nobodyreal16181 9 months ago
One of the things that will strike those who are familiar with Buddhist philosophy, is her anger! I haven't seen anything like this from all of the Buddhist talks I've heard--it actually discredits whatever message of peace and 'equilibrium' she's mentioning when she talks with the force and almost anger of a Fox news presenter. Sad that people are willing to draw such different standards for men and women--this lady is no more a Buddhist monk than Rush Limbaugh is.
TheArboarba 9 months ago 2
Shes not angry,rather she was emphatic about the subject of happiness&suffering.She understands suffering because she has experienced it and has seen it in others.And being that we will all some day die,she is emphasizing the urgency for us all to get it together and work on this. I have been fighting cancer for over 4 years now and have had multiple surgeries,radiation&chemo&a lot of pain.I choose to be happy and work very hard every day for myself and others.
elightened1 8 months ago
@TheArboarba She's not angry but passionate about suffering and hapiness.
elightened1 8 months ago
@TheArboarba
Guess youve never heard of the passion of Zen monks. They will tap you upside your head.
7Beyonder 3 months ago
Wonderful! I am in love with Robina. What a wonderful, honest, fearless woman.
Thank you for posting this lovely speech. I have learned again what is necessary.
cisco123ism 9 months ago 4
fantastic speech!
ajitshetty21 9 months ago
Great talk!
neuroglejak 9 months ago
Y-es the here-now i-s get with it no excuses build strength
look
grow!
songlift1yahoocom 10 months ago
Wow - That's the first time I ever heard a Buddhist monastic call someone "stupid and arrogant" for asking a simple, sincere question. This is one aggressive nun!
NewtonsMom 10 months ago
@NewtonsMom She was just honest. There is no non sense with thi woman. The person tried to make her sound like a fool and she was straight forward with him.
Debs2211 10 months ago
beep beep road runner
corneliusmattey 11 months ago
I watched this many times and turned it in to an MP3. I hated at first, thought there was a few points the second time and after a dozen times, still pick up new things. She put so much into such a small amount of time. It's so nice to hear a person say that you need to be critical of everything. An astronomer was on Coast to Coast AM and said the Dali Lama told him, "We are not pushing dogma on others, we are learning from your science." Buddha was a scientist.
lexondray 11 months ago
I watched this many times and turned it in to an MP3. I hated at first, thought there was a few points the second time and after a dozen times, still pick up new things. She put so much into such a small amount of time. It's so nice to hear a person say that you need to be critical of everything. An astronomert was on Coast to Coast AM and said the Dali Lama told him, "We are not pushing dogma on others, we are learning from your science." Buddha was a scientist.
lexondray 11 months ago
Alcoholic Part?.... Basic Buddhism principle is Cause and Effect.. So the cause here is Short time enjoyment , Xtra tax dollar help. But the Effect is hangover n damage in Liver if not control. So list all negative n positive. Sometime negative negative = +
itibeta 11 months ago
lovely
rosethorns77 11 months ago
Good Talk.
Rototok 11 months ago
I think it is difficult for people to think theifself a different man, who does not mean the same. And so If human rethink to do somewhat, It is okay for me to need look upon by other eye.
flowewritharoma 11 months ago
GREAT VID SO HONEST AND REAL
nohuj 11 months ago
Too much mind!! Too much intellectualization, technicality. But no bliss. Truly western. But great prompt talker.
Chhenu 11 months ago
@chennu no truly Gelugpa.it seems you are not aware of the different Tibetan Buddhist lineages and their characteristics. th are Kagyu,Nyingma,Sakya and Gelugpa.Gelugpa specialize in an intellectual approach to Dharma.lots of study, logic and debate.th have some tantras but are mostly mahayana. the others all have alot of tantra. they also have highest mind teachings, Dzogchen for the Nyingma and Mahamudra for the kagyu.
kchuk1965 10 months ago
@kchuk1965, thanks for msg. I haven't studied them, but am aware of the intellectual side. Have been to dharmasala and was in a tantrik initiation with the Dalai lama and meditations. I prefer tantra. Besides God can't be understood by just intellect. He's beyond that. That's where all the intellectual arguments end. There are people following loving devotional, and they look more soft and loving. Different schools and ideologies.
Chhenu 10 months ago
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Chhenu 11 months ago
Stuck in idealogies and definitions of words...nice...
SourNaik 11 months ago
I really enjoyed listening to her lecture. she won't make you feel like she's grandma, but she will make you listen.
9threalm 11 months ago
Studying Buddhist philosophy for years..the questions answered from middle-to-end are the best, straight-forward answers I have heard! Thank you!
SourNaik 1 year ago
@SourNaik why not go all the way and practice Buddhism?
9threalm 11 months ago
Also if you liked this, you should look up some Alan Watts videos if you haven't heard him before.
arekayvee 1 year ago
She's just a "nun" because we don't really have a word for female monk.
arekayvee 1 year ago
I could listen to her tlak for hours. :]
I really like this woman.
Great conference.
Sougen02 1 year ago
ilove how therapist is spelled with the rapist :D
minminguy 1 year ago
Really good and clear presentation/lecture.
Tasz1969 1 year ago 13
Most amazing thing is: when you have the patience and the willingness to look at any terrible emotion, once you get the mind on to here and now and breathe into the emotion and observe it as an emotion rather than 'my emotion' this will weaken it. Gradually the emotion looses it's power and viola you are free. Of course this will take decades or more depending on how good(proficient) one is.
kathri100 6 months ago
@kathri100 Who's going to spend decades doing something that isn't working?
MsOobii 6 months ago
wow as much as I like to dislike this nun gal... I can't overlook her power house speaking articulation.
kick08ful 1 year ago
Reminds me of KRS One's view of Hip-Hop
CottoFan1 1 year ago
This is a great fucking presentation. She so incisively relates to what so many of us here experience: the hating of ourselves, our anger, our rage, our wanting to hurt and even kill others -- the strangling state of our neuroses, and the suffering and damage it causes.
She doesn't hold back and I admire her for that. I found this to be incredibly inspiring.
anulay 1 year ago 38
Why in the world do you need to use the "f***" word? Just how old ARE you????
elightened1 8 months ago
@elightened1 Hehe, you're cute. "Just how old ARE you????" I used it because t felt like the appropriate emphatic expression in that particular moment. :-) Now breathe...it's going to be alright.
anulay 8 months ago
so if she wa gentle and nice you would believe her. Her whole point is to look for the truth not the mask or illusion. You dont need to be a greasy kind thing to be nice. Beware of nice people I would say its often an art to get something.
carolscabinas 1 year ago 2
I love this talk! and how she explains spirituality
mamama2 1 year ago
What a pertinent talk !
One of the few times I hear a good explanation of spirituality.
Spirituality takes balls !
daslolo 1 year ago 3
This is an excellent talk about buddhishm. Buddha is the master of the mind. Buddha is a teacher. We can learn buddhist teachings, and transform ourselves to be better, help reducing/eliminating our sufferings....
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she's hard core.
glrcmptn 1 year ago
Interesting concepts.
alanhussey 1 year ago