spirituality/religion

This blog about spirituality/religion is about Buddhism. I highly respect and admire the Buddhist faith because you are a good person not because you are obligated to so you can get into heaven, but it’s because you want and choose to, and it just makes you feel good doing so. I also like how they are not hung up on rules. The Buddhist faith is to make a better life for people and to reach nirvana and to have peace with the world. I don’t believe in the whole reincarnation deal, but it’s possible, I guess. I also like how the Buddha is not considered a god, some Buddhism do but not many. I think the Buddha would have wanted it that way. Anyways, this article is about a master and student enlightening each other. It talks about how even you have bad things happen to you, or you have a bad day, you can enjoy it. Plus, it is always more meaningful to figure out something for yourself than a master telling you. Everyone is alone in the world, and that’s scary. Others may be able to get a sense of what we think and feel. But no one else can ever be "aware" of you in the truest sense. Only you can know what you really think, feel and experience. We are alone in the universe because the total universe is us. I think only people who have reached nirvana will understand that completely. There is this never ending cycle that we have. We complain about the sucky thing in our life. And then, when things go right, we worry when this will end and be bad again. But Buddhist does not think that way. Say you have a bad grade; instead of “I have a bad grade” you say I am the bad grade.
“You can't control your circumstances. But how you respond to them is totally up to you. And once you learn to respond better an interesting thing happens. The world starts to behave exactly as you want it to.” –Brad
In “Nectar in a sieve” Rukumani does not think she is the bad drought, but she is having one. But, I don’t really blame her for worrying or being sad.


Brad. “Sit down and shut up: a Buddhist website.” January 31, 2009. Homepage mac. February 15 2009. < http://homepage.mac.com/doubtboy/badhairday.html>