Other then our poor action will result in bad karma.
Are their any other stories or idea's in Buddhism which teach one about overcoming their faults?|||Your virtuous action will result in good karma which will in turn result in happiness. Google "Angulimala", "Prostration to the 35 Buddhas" and "four opponent powers."
|||The thing about the belief of one soul is that there is no selfishness because there is only One, you and I are one so what I do that is harmful harms all, what I do to bring joy and lovingkindness I bring to all. I haven't read all the parables of Buddhism, I'm sure there are plenty. I can tell you that there is no good or bad karma, there is just karma, and redemption isn't a spiritual concept because we have the chance to learn and become enlightened, no matter how many lifetimes it takes. Punishment comes from not achieving joy and lovingkindness, from becoming further from our goal instead of closer to it. I will star your question for my contacts who are familiar with parables from the Buddha.|||According to the Prajna Paramita everything is emptiness. There are "no feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness." (from the Heart Sutra) Once you realize this and accept it then redemption is unnecessary. The Heart Sutra goes on to state: "
"No eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind; (No thought) no realm of eyes (no sight) and so forth until no realm of mind consciousness. No ignorance and also no extinction of it, and so forth until no old age and death and also no extinction of them. No suffering, no origination, no stopping, no path, no cognition, also no attainment with nothing to attain." What this is saying is that when you realize that all things are empty that you will:
1) Stop doing wrong things because there will be no wrong thoughts and thus nothing to be forgiven.
2) You will understand that mistakes are just as empty as everything else. Once you understand and truly accept this, then you will also understand that redemption is equally empty.
Like the Sutra says, All things are empty.
I hope this helps.
|||Here are two stories:
Koan: The Muddy Road
Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.
Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.
“Come on, girl” said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.
Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. “We monks don’t go near females,” he told Tanzan, “especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?”
“I left the girl there,” said Tanzan. “Are you still carrying her?”
Second story:
A Buddha
In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha’s precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o’clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. Whenever he felt like eating, he ate, and when he felt like sleeping in the daytime he slept.
One day Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking wine at the time, not even a drop of which is supposed to touch the tongue of a Buddhist.
“Hello, brother,” Tanzan greeted him. “Won’t you have a drink?”
“I never drink!” exclaimed Unsho solemnly.
“One who does not drink is not even human,” said Tanzan.
“Do you mean to call me inhuman just because I do not indulge in intoxicating liquids!” exclaimed Unsho in anger. “Then if I am not human, what am I?”
“A Buddha,” answered Tanzan.
Here's also a link to a few websites with a lot of buddhist stories:
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/…
http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/resour…
http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/resour…
Buddhism in general is about overcoming your faults or in general yourself. What i mean by this is that for example another idea in buddhism is to realize that things outside of yourself can't make you permanently happy. Now this is not to say get rid of all of your things and live in a box outside or go join a monastary - only about 1% of all buddhists are monks or nuns so this isn't a must at all.
Believe me i like the things i have and i have occasionally happiness from them its just realize that the only way to attain everlasting happiness is to become enlightened. Most people grasp at things.
For example some girls think they will be happy once they have a boyfriend, some people think they will be happy once they have certain clothing, a car, etc. But in all actually that will only make them happy for a short period of time until they want to upgrade and move on - people always want things. Right now its that new dress next week its that new pair of pants - its an endless cycle.
In buddhism we want to pull out of that cycle and ultimately end it.
This is only one teaching in buddhism there is quite a lot about overcoming faults or rather realizing that on your own you are complete and you don't need anything outside of you to complete you - also realizing that everyone else is the same way they just have not realized it yet.
Hopefully i haven't explained it in a way that is confusing feel free to message me. |||Yes, I had some to share. These are the stories and experiences from various Falun Gong practitioners. I hope you can enjoy them.
Eliminating Our Laziness
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/…
Consider Others First Before Any Action
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/…
Attachment to Sleep
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/…
Attachment to Appearance
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/…
Relying on Others
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/…
Should Avoid Video Games
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/…
Falun Gong is a unique Buddhist School, teaching an ancient practice for the body, mind, and spirit, based upon the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. Falun Gong consists of five sets of powerful exercises.
Falun Gong, Tibetans,other Buddhists, and Christians have been persecuted in China. The most offensive human right violation is the organ harvesting from the Falun Gong practitioners in China. Can you kindly sign a petition to stop persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, please ?
http://cipfg.org/en/news/petition.html|||Well... Buddhism teaches that there is no God or any being which decides the penalty for a bad karma (even for good karma.) .. It is said that Lord Buddha found out the way life goes on .. the birth / Death cycle (or Samsara) %26amp; how karma pays a major part...
But,
No worries,... There is a Sutta in the Buddhist Thripitaka (Like Bible for Christians) .. which is called the Lonapala Sutta... Which teaches that by doing certain Meditations one can reduce the effects of Karma....
Also,
If one Meditates and Attains the first step towards Nirvana ( Sovan or Stream Winning) .. one cuts all the karma which is comming for you after the next 7 births...!
Also,
Its is said that worrying about the bad karma one has done is a futile thing because each one of us... even the highest practicing Monk in Buddhism has done countless Karma in the past to last lifetimes....
So what is taught for you to do is to start NOW being morally right ... Practice the five precepts.... be a Righteous person from now on....!
Thats ALL we Can do... %26amp; what is required for us to do...
Cheers
|||Hi
Based on Buddhism, we all have Buddha Nature.
Follow Five Precepts and The Noble Eightfold Paths, we'll be working toward our Buddha Nature.
Buddhism is not about seeking (redemption, good karma, etc.).
There are some articles related to the above concepts.
http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/teachings.php?id=articles
Why we still have negative thoughts (faults) etc.?
Because our minds move us around in every moment due to six Skandhas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandha
As long as we are not attached (no dwelling) to our six Skandhas, the liberation (enlightenment) can happen in any moment.
Here is a weblink of a book written by my teacher, Master Sheng Yen.
http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org/aboutus.php?id=ourfounder
“There Is No Suffering: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra”
http://www.chan1.org/ddp/books/nosuffering.html
This is another book written by a great Dharma teacher, Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
http://www.parallax.org/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action%26amp;key=BOOKNTD
“Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go : Commentaries on the teachings of Master Linji.”
If you really really want to read a story about the greatest redemption, I would recommend the story of Milarepa.
Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most famous figures in Tibetan history.
http://www.khandro.net/TibBud_Milarepa.htm
I've heard many people were deeply touched by the Master's struggles in his early life and then he could still be able to attain the enlightenment.
Personally, my eyes were all watery when I read the story about his mother and sister and how they were humiliated by people around them. It was truly a sad story.
We all have chances to experience our inner peace and see our Buddha Nature.
Sometimes, we can just leave redemption, karma alone.
Be mindful in our daily life and be patience.
If there is something unclear or mistakes above, that will be my limited understanding of Buddhism.
So, don't blame Buddhism.
:)
Metta,
Tree with joined palms|||the goal is in achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings, not just for selfish salvation for yourself only.
You're thinking about renunciation, and that simply means that you renounce all your karmic negativites and resolve to err no more.
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