Love this! I rejoice in your pilgrimage! I was in Bodhgaya for the last 3 months. I just came home to Australia two weeks ago. I am missing my evening practices there; it's such a special place. Enjoy your time there. :)

Lancashire Lad I have a similar problem with my daughter. I keep reminding myself that she is a different person than me and needs to figure things out for herself but with subtle guidance. pushing her seems to make things worse. peace and good luck

Yes, this is true! If your reaction comes from a place of ego-clinging and arrogance then this behavioral would be unwholesome. But if it comes from a tamed, egoless mind, then the intention springs from compassion and wisdom. Hopefully, most of us can relate more to the latter. :)

How are you? Do you want to be my friend? You are beautiful. Thanks for the video. There are more to be learned and learning never stop. Here are some words for you, the Buddha taught 8 Buddhist laws for Buddhist followers to keep and monks to keep for their benefits in this life and next life. These are the Buddha teaching: 1. Do not kill living beings. 2. Do not lie. 3. Do not steal. 4. Do not lust. 5. Do not drink alcohol. 6. Do no have makeup, do not dance and sing and put on fragrance like perfume and cologne . 7. Do not sit in high and wide and luxury bed. 8. Do not eat pass 12 o'clock in the afternoon. In Vietnamese with English translation: 1. Không được sát sanh (Do not kill living beings) 2. Không được trộm cướp ( Do not steal) 3. Không được dâm dục (Do not have sex) 4. Không được nói dối (Do not lie) 5. Không được uống rượu (Do not drink alcohol) 6. Không được trang điểm, thoa dầu thơm, múa hát và xem múa hát. (Do not make up, do not put on perfume or fragrance, sing dance and watch sing and dance.) 7. Không được nằm ngồi giường cao rộng đẹp đẽ (Do not sit or lay down on tall and wide bed.) 8. Không được ăn quá giờ ngọ (Do not eat pass afternoon which 12:00 o'clock)., These are the rules to become higher with Buddha and to achieve good merits in order to achieve high meditation gain or practicing Buddhism. Also, the Buddha taught not to be attached in life by our senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing, and tastes and property attachment and personal attachment; those who did this will soon be enlightened. There are 84,000 ways of achieving Buddha-hood according to Hoa Nghiem Sutra in Buddhism and meditation is one of those way toward achieving Buddahood. I really hope to hear back from you. Bát Quan Trai thuvienhoasen.org/a2795/bat-quan-trai-gioi

As a Buddhist I have an instinct for situations that could turn ugly. Like a meteor, it is easy to deflect when it is far away. I assume you are implying the animosity between Muslim, Jew and Christian when you say, " the requirement to protect ourselves using the police and the armed forces." Is this so?

Yes, you can. If you are a soldier and you do your duty because of the law like you need to defend your country or there's a criminal that you need to kill or subdue, it is not you but it is the law who is doing it. I got this from a Buddhist master.

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The suttas contain many funny story yet very educated. Open your mind.

You are too arrogant and ignorance, so it's obvious that you couldn't see the subtle humour of the suttas.

Those who out of conflict will find fighting is a stupid yet funny way to solve problems. Those who engage in conflict will feel offended when others point out their stupidity. A poetic eye sees everything equally poetic. The eye of beauty sees everything equally beauty. Those who have mindset of inequality tend to create enemies. They are the one who create separations of society.