You're better off being a dharma bum than sitting your bum on a high golden throne! @AzmialPrime

[@franzhaas5597]

I feel like sometimes the earth is one giant hamster wheel. Be well.

[@ultimatemeaning]

That's it, that's it Franz my friend the hamster samsara! ☸🐹

[@psychicdriver4229]

​@@ultimatemeaningAs Jack Kerouac put it, it's a giant meat wheel.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@psychicdriver4229 Wonderfully graphic imagery! Powerful! I always like Kerouac

[@PuBearsticks]

You said "I'm a hamster" funny

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@PuBearsticks Yes in a hamster wheel! 🙏🙏🙏

[@AmandaLamy82]

I’m only at 5:35, but this resonates. I live in NYC, and I can tell you that many of the homeless folks are closer to the Creator than the vast majority of the bourgeoisie. Which is not to say that one type of person automatically deserves better treatment. We all deserve kindness. But it’s funny to think about who actually needs more compassion and more healing.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Friends always be respectful and practise loving kindness. Remember the kleshas are the source of our own suffering so always have compassion for those who give rise to anger, etc. . ☮☮☮

[@sasquatchrosefarts]

I hate to break it to you.... But if you paid $3000 to hang out with software programmers for a week, with a bunch of people who didn't notice 17 Apollo missions filmed zero stars.....then you aren't nearly as sharp as you think you are. People who don't notice this are drone termites. They don't have thoughts and they aren't spiritual at all. They aren't anything. They're drones. They have no thoughts.

[@PirateImpact]

I'm not sure how this found me but I am grateful

[@ultimatemeaning]

Seek and you shall find they say! 🙏🙏🙏

[@AzmialPrime]

I am not certain what to say. I am honored beyond words to express. I started my channel simply to try and break into Lama's community on this channel, because the internet Sangha is all we travelling Dharma hermits have. I never dreamed I would be starting a channel. 🙏 I chose my life, and feel extremely blessed, Dharma and Dogs! We do not really want or suffer. Just a lot of hard work. We just want to be in Lama's "family", but I will keep doing the Dharma Bum Show. My name is Christopher, nice to meet you all! ❤😊🐕‍🦺🙏🐕‍🦺

[@franzhaas5597]

You are an inspiration🙏

[@bodhicitta3jewels]

Nice to meet you, brother!!! Bug hugs to you and the Bois!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi Christopher so nice to know your name. Keep up the posts if you have time. I find it very wholesome! 🐕🦮

[@PP-G]

Very pleased to meet you Chris, my name is Paul may your day be fruitful..happy Saga Dawa 🙏🌟🙏

[@Kathara13]

❤

[@JohnBurman-l2l]

Oh life is kind....it brought me to you just as I needed this. I am so done with this life already....knowing no way out...but calm.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi John I hope you find the peace you are looking for ♥♥♥

[@maryfreund4957]

Dropping everything seems so hard when one has made serious commitments that we must follow through with. All I can think to do is continue sitting, making steady progress, and wait for something to change. Then, by that point, we have set ourselves up for success by developing aspirations to drop it and a foundational practice to always hold onto in tough times. I agree with Christopher, our new friend 😊, that the 'internet sangha' should not be overlooked. We are so spread out, it seems. But here, you've collected so many people who are here to listen to you teach us the Dharma. We are all incredibly blessed to be able to connect in this special way. Thank you for all you do for us, Lama 🙏💚

[@AzmialPrime]

Renunciation does not have to be all or nothing! 99% have good reason to remain a householder. Renounce...television, or two of your four social media accounts. Renounce all the junk in your garage, throw a yard sale, and give the proceeds to your local homeless shelter. Once you get started tossing unecessary stuff from your life, it might become addictive! 🐕‍🦺🙏🐕‍🦺

[@ultimatemeaning]

Remember Bodhisattvas have to emanate in many forms, even as Lab tech teachers! 😆🤣😆Even if we leave our home and family we are still in Samsara until we overcome our delusion. For someone who has achieved liberation there is no differentiation between the home and homelessness!

[@blackthorne-rose]

❤

[@bodhicitta108]

Happy Saka Dawa Choga and thank you so much 🙏🏼You bring this xtra layer of applicable realness to the dharma plus I appreciate you sharing stories about the old masters 🙏🏼📿 blessings to you and your parents

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks for your kindness and your prayers! 🙏🙏🙏

[@CostasTolis]

Interesting... You say it all. Is not for all. Because it's one's dharma is the result of it's own karma. In the West we were not trained in withdrawal, but in action. While we were young, we loved the action. After 40 we start to calm down and look for theories that match our age. I feel full of experiences and all I care about now is to disengage from the Wheel of Destiny. Not because I had a bad life, but because there is nothing here on earth to fill me anymore. I've seen and done it all, in countless lifetimes.

[@ultimatemeaning]

recognition of the futility of the mundane world is a sign of significant progress on the path. Thank you for sharing this with the community 🙏🙏🙏

[@CostasTolis]

@@ultimatemeaning I enjoy discussing difficult topics. But fullness is not vanity. It is the result of hard work. You don't pass the class if you don't learn the lessons.

[@wulf67]

Maybe you’re starting to grow out of the adolescent stage where you think that you’re somehow here to be “filled” with substances, experiences, and sensations. You’re here to ACT. If you can’t see how much work is here to do then stop pretending to be spiritual. Since life is such a tedious bore for you, how about taking your cellphone to Gaza and send some videos of what’s going on to all of the media?

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@wulf67 Thank you for sharing your thoughts with the community 🙏🙏🙏

[@CostasTolis]

@@wulf67 Do you know me from yesterday wolfy? :) :) :) :) :) :) ...

[@stephenowen5229]

🙏🙏🙏 Many thanks!

[@N2MTness]

This video showed right on time. Thank you for this fresh perspective

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Kevin and please to meet you! 🙏🙏🙏

[@songbirdiiswe]

Many thanks and much merit for your sincere efforts. Love IS You. 🙏🙏🙏🕯📿🧘‍♂️🪔🕊🎶🦋🌈

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks for that! ♥

[@mooseymoose]

I talk to the wind. My words are all carried away.

[@nathanielcallen3965]

Windhorse 🌬️

[@ultimatemeaning]

May the blessing spread to the four corners of the earth 🙏🙏🙏

[@Fintan33]

king crimson sung a song just like it

[@mooseymoose]

@@Fintan33 Yes indeed.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@Fintan33 What's the title of the song so I can look it up please? ♥

[@7hilladelphia]

You mentioned in the end there's difficulty in the generosity of doing people good and doing that without doing them any harm. I especially liked the one, protection from fear.

[@larrywright4728]

Good words Priest. (Representative) I'm trying to live in the moment. They're making it illegal to exit the Slavery Matrix. With Green Ray open, fear is an illusion. TY for being in our Community. As Ra would say; Adonai Vasu Borragus.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Larry. As the Buddha would say "All beings possess the Buddha Nature" That is the clear light nature of mind! 🙏🙏🙏

[@larrywright4728]

@ultimatemeaning I wished more people used it! These Sleepers and their Man made Organized religion make it tough. The Energies have been particularly strong under this Full Moon! I'm 63, Auto Nomad. I keep Backpack and Boots in the back. Good luck on your journey my friend. Namaste

[@junebug8934]

Yes, indeed, there are a few true darma bums living on the streets . But the bulk of people living rough, even homeless are ndeed trapped in samsara's whirlwind for the time beeing Although nobody is actually lost like the way it looks on the streets...🐝🌎

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yogis are extremely rare everywhere, either in the streets or in the temples in the Himalayan mountains 🏔🏔🏔

[@AzmialPrime]

@@ultimatemeaning unless Xander or Xavier are not telling me something, there are no yogis in this camp either. But I do wonder about Xavi someitimes! 😂🐶🙏

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@AzmialPrime 😆🤣😆 first step is to go forth the yogi bit comes later 😆🤣😆

[@valeriepaul8542]

❤ Yes! Thank you. Just walking very slowly, getting distracted by life and emotions ☺️ Liberation is not for tomorrow but I sincerely hope I’m walking in that direction and somehow contributing to help others along the way. Thank you, once again, for your dedication and kindness 🙏🏻

[@valeriepaul8542]

I am listening to Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche ´s teachings given in Deer Park, Bir, India, these days. So thankful that they are broadcasted live ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ultimatemeaning]

🙏🙏🙏

[@valeriepaul8542]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@ultimatemeaning]

Nice to see you again Valérie. Hope you are well! ❤❤❤

[@anuworldorder]

That's funny, your right, I'm homeless, in nature, I'm simple, I do my trainings, I am happy seeing nature and animals ....people judge me with much audacity and stupidity, ....I much rather sit here and listen to you than parade around the circus!! 😀❤️💪🦅🙏 Thank you for speaking on this

[@jan-olofmallander9622]

It is very refreshing to see a noble one in the Tube these days, giving out well-spoken words on the Dharma path ,in an authentic (natural) setting.. Ver much appreciated! jom artist critic and so on Finland

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hello Finland please to meet you!

[@7hilladelphia]

Thank you - I needed to hear such measured words

[@ultimatemeaning]

Pleasure to be of service my friend ♥♥♥

[@Howie-f3z]

Kerouac's the reason I started in Buddhism to begin with. At this rate, I'll be enlightened next Tuesday.

[@ultimatemeaning]

As long as you stay "on the road" I mean path 🙏🙏🙏

[@Howie-f3z]

@@ultimatemeaning :-}}}

[@paulbendall1238]

Thank you for your words❤

[@yetanothergracchi2994]

one of the many reasons you got a subscribe from this account was the Nature in your earliest videos. We grew up in a similar part of Canada too, and love the Cedar Tree most of all

[@ultimatemeaning]

The Cedars are wise old trees indeed, but I was born in Alberta and we don't have them (probably too dry and too cold. We also lack the ocean (even very few lakes unless you travel north or to the mountains). PLeased to meet you!

[@Howie-f3z]

@@ultimatemeaning To have been born in Canada is itself evidence of having a high and noble karma in your Alaya storehouse. I needn't tell you this, I am sure, but I thought I would.

[@ayoubzahiri1918]

here in morocco, sufis ( spiritual masters) used to send their students to become beggars for some time, ( as an exercice to annihilate the ego), even if they're rich people

[@ultimatemeaning]

Wonderful point! We have the same tradition in Tibetan Buddhism. Thanks for sharing that 🙏🙏🙏

[@johnryan2193]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and wisdom.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you for participating! ♥

[@howardrobinson4938]

I'm commenting right after your question of whether or not a homeless person might be a yogi. Well, I've been "out in the world" a bit and can say pretty confidently that the ratio is around one in two hundred.

[@nkopanelesedilebona9227]

Would it be odd to say that a video like this, this serene vlog without music, outside after the rain, talking about all these things, is something I really wanted as a kid, before I even really knew anything about these principles or even this platform (i.e not knowing what a vlog is and not knowing how good it feels to watch one without music)?

[@mikecee7064]

This channel is exactly what I needed to encounter 🙌🏻 Thank you so much

[@ultimatemeaning]

I'm glad we found eachother Mike! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Mithras444]

Great lesson today and I 100% agree. 🌄🎆

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Mithras for participating! ♥♥♥

[@ninaallchurch3101]

thanks for being happy about motivating us. appreciate it,

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Nina likewise I appreciate your participation ♥

[@completerealitydao]

well said, brother. i appreciate your Way

[@ultimatemeaning]

🙏🙏🙏

[@StephenForrest79]

Gratitude!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Stephen ♥

[@jeanthornton2107]

Thankyou for the mind pills, popping in my mind as i type on the tippy tappy ❤

[@ultimatemeaning]

😆🤣😆

[@jan-olofmallander9622]

very much appreciated

[@Vin-qu5ri]

Beyond spirit is another energy source for those who truly go forth holy holy holy! May people become more spiritual in future I mean I think the darkness ones just want to speed the cycles of creation up is all but yes when someone in your life is complaining it’s nothing compared to the attitude of the the dark ones really. But there is a way to rise beyond destruction and negativity per force hail satan!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks Vin, Yes! may all the dark ones be illuminated!♥♥♥

[@helee28]

🙏🙏🌹🌹

[@ultimatemeaning]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Josephbrownbear]

I met the man who restored the on the road scroll Jim Canary A Buddhist scolor He called me a wisdom holder I looked behind me and saw a hummingbird Oh ah hum

[@ultimatemeaning]

Om ah hung denza guru siddhi hung

[@Josephbrownbear]

@@ultimatemeaning the bodhisattva called Christ sent demons into swine under the water when the 11 Buddhist boys one christian stateless boy in the Thai cave Wild boar football team Swine becomes wine The cave the water the birth from the dead The way is refuge in the Buddha budhisattva Christ enlightenment for all to see the good in all submit to the way of good everything thing is here for our needs not our greed, water of life Nam jai Water from the heart random acts of kindness,I am from the land of compassion it's where ever I am under my feet and open to all to claim as there home it is the only place that will be left when the time comes I urge all to plant their feet firmly in the land of compassion practice nam jai and see good.

[@Josephbrownbear]

@@ultimatemeaning the opening scene of the petter sellers movie being there and the end scene...can if you have the will to do Ponder those scene's

[@tylerdavis520]

What have you accomplished spiritually in this life?

[@ultimatemeaning]

I recognised something important about existence. But there is still much to do before awakening. 🙏🙏🙏

[@tylerdavis520]

@@ultimatemeaning what did you recognize? And what happens if you die before “awakening”? How can you be sure you have more lives after this?

[@tylerdavis520]

@@ultimatemeaning ?

[@jonmustang]

I have a question… In the idea of total acceptance and surrender to “what is,” is renunciation sometimes a lack of acceptance? For instance, if one has adopted a concept that they are not supposed to indulge in sense pleasures, and somebody makes them a nice meal, and they refuse the meal due to their concept, isn’t that creating a schism in the mind rather than just accepting the nice meal as being a part of their karma? Or when Richard Gere gave that Tibetan monk $1 million, if the monk were to have refused it, wouldn’t he be refusing the play out of his own karma? This is been something that’s come up for me a lot. It seems that holding spiritual concepts can actually sometimes create more illusion because we’re trying to fight the circumstances of our “dream life“ rather than just accept them, totally without attachment.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi John, thank you for the intelligent question. In general there are three ways of dealing with the mundane world. Abandoning it, Transforming it, and recognising it for what it is. Renunciation is generally associated with the first of these, and is the principle practice of the Theravada. The monks and nuns give up worldly life and cut themselves off from the conditions that will give rise to anger and attachment, etc. But really renunciation is the foundation of all practice. It is the recognition that the mundane world is unsatisfactory. Once you understand this fact then there are different methods to deal with it. Not all of them involve running away, in fact some involve running headlong into mundane life. This story of Richard Gere and the million dollars is something that I plan to cover in a subsequent video. But I bet the monk had a lot of thoughts running around in his head when he heard he was getting a million! 😆🤣😆

[@jonmustang]

@@ultimatemeaning Thank you, sincerely, for this answer! I've been trying to intuit my way through some of this experientially but just by hearing that these questions have been explored in ways that others have described is helpful. I'll very much look forward to you video on the monk who suddenly has worldliness thrust upon him. When I was helping an uncle through hospice a couple years ago, I was telling one of the hospice caregivers about how I had previously imagined that I would be meditating in a cave at that point, and so caregiving and eventual estate management came as a surprise. She paused and said, "this IS your cave." I'm still sitting with that. As much as my heart longs for solitude, fate appears to ask for my participation in the world. I imagine you might be in a similar boat, as you've described caregiving with your parents (though I don't want to presume anything about your circumstances, of course). Anyway, I'll be watching for that future video. :)

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@jonmustang Thank you for your sincerity. You may wish to watch this video on the need for isolation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIS3h6B9nJqlqKMsi=xUv9uAoChLjzu28i

[@matthewford8857]

I see you respond to everyone, and I hope I am not abusing that kindness by asking to broad of a question. As someone who has studied a fair bit of Buddhism and is currently finding my way back to Christianity, I'm curious your thoughts on the existence of a Creator and what that means as far as our obligations to our bodies and the world in general. I feel there is a way to honor this life without attachment.......I don't know what i'm asking. Thank you as a fellow traveler and truth seeker. Sorry for the rambling.

[@ultimatemeaning]

If you are made by the hand of divinity then you, everyone else and everything in creation is the divine. This is a profound Hindu teaching "see everything as divine" I think this logic also applies to Christianity and in some way we are even compelled to have compassion for Lucifer and Judas who must occupy the deepest part of hell. ♥♥♥

[@memesmojo5622]

Lama, do you have to worry about bears living in Canadian forests?

[@AzmialPrime]

😂

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi MM. We have lots of dangerous bears 🐻🐻🐻 in the forests of Western Canada but the retreat is on an isolated island and there are no dangerous bears here. It is funny because I see bears in the city where my Mom's house is. They break into the garbage cans and pull peoples fences down to get at the vegetable garden but I don't see them in the retreat that is in a quite forested area 😆🤣😆

[@blackthorne-rose]

@@ultimatemeaning You do realize that bears are great swimmers... lol!

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@blackthorne-rose We do get a handful of bears who swim across from the mainland in the summer and there was a young grizzly that stayed over winter last year but they stick to the uninhabited side of the island and are shy. There are also wolves and cougars but again the numbers are very low. The only thing I have seen are loads of deer.

[@sivapriyaswamini8277]

I like to point out that it is NOT easy today to find a good cave! Silent, with no loudspeakers in a nearby village, no cell phone music and cacophony all around, with a clean water source, pristine nature, good view, unpolluted air and no distractions from humans. Wild animal who are curious about you, not traumatized by civilization. It is very rare to find such a place! Many forests are today nature reserves, so people can't live there. So often spiritual people speak about caves as if they were there for the picking.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Of the three types of isolation mental isolation is the most important, where there is mental isolation the a busy city street is everything you have just described: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIS3h6B9nJqlqKMsi=-sjUN9bnCUO_TatF

[@sivapriyaswamini8277]

I don't see spending time in a cave, when it is possible, as an escape or denial, but more like allowing the cognitive system to reset by a direct contact with the elements and the basic 'mind' we share with wild animals. Some study after the lockdowns discovered that the top part of the brain tends to shrink, when the senses are not able to connect with the environment directly for a long period of time. All the old masters of Buddhism incorporated the seasonal changes and the nature into their dharma poems. However, for me a second best option to a real wild cave would be access to a lovely tree like the one you seem to go to sit under. Yes, when we are in our center, even traffic sounds and the chatter of crowds is blissful.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@sivapriyaswamini8277 Interesting analysis of the psychologically transformative power of practice. The logical conclusion would be that exposure to the elements alone would lead to the results of practice, with or without meditation. It is often said that people who spend a long time in isolation in the elements (for example light house keepers) develop seemingly spiritual qualities. I wonder what the implications would be for MunStam practice, where we lock ourselves away with almost no sensory stimulation at all for long periods of time? BTW the meaning of the word Gompa (monastery) is a place of isolation in terms of being away from human habitation. the purpose stated is for the mind not to be stirred because of the mind poisons (arising from human interaction) and not to be closer to nature. However as you say Yogis like Milarepa often praise the qualities of nature. Notwithstanding then others like Tilopa lived in a bustling town and worked in a brothel at night and pounded sesame seed in the market in the day. Food for thought. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@Shrouded_reaper]

You can absolutely set up shop in a national park if you are really serious about it.

[@satpurush2592]

Renouncing everything that you cling onto is at the physical or at the mental?

[@ultimatemeaning]

Good point, ultimately it is about mental abiding in non grasping and this is middle way of meditation but the physical stuff helps. Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ_SiWuZhcube6csi=ikINLz6wHG_TPmJ_

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Doubtless there are some, a Milarepa behind a dumpster but you won't find them in Skid Row or Kensington.

[@ultimatemeaning]

I dunno you might? Stranger things have happened in Samsara ♥♥♥

[@NovChivon]

dont think too much...just live your life and dont bother people..its so easy most cannot do it coz their mind runs in circles

[@ultimatemeaning]

And what does it mean to "live life" BTW? Thanks for sharing

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

Hi, your message is great! Thanks. May I ask, if a child was brought up with Buddha Dharma and not exposed to ego inflating conditioning, would they grow up enlightened, or will karmic tendencies still factor into the equation?

[@ultimatemeaning]

Great question and I assume it is influenced by the Taoist notion that a new born child is essentially a pure or Enlightened mind. The answer in terms of the Buddhist tenet is "no", and this is because we believe that the child is born already possessing conditioning from previous life times. Of course a child could be the reincarnation of an advanced spiritual practitioner and so they may very well be close to enlightenment or an incarnation of an realised bodhisattva. But what we believe is that all ordinary beings possess fundamental ignorance (or mistaken me identification) and until this is eradicated there is no awakening. Luckily we have actual data in regards to you hypothetical because many young children come to the monasteries and receive authentic training during their early development, and although they tend to be better adjusted and more easy going than those brought up in totally mundane environments the vast majority are no where near enlightened. Thank you for sharing your thoughts my friend 🙏🙏🙏

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

@ultimatemeaning Thank you very much. This is most helpful advice.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@That_Freedom_Guy My pleasure try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2rElGd5qL5nbM0si=TPcGstfiOWuYF-Sj

[@user-yt3be3wo4r]

Let me correct here that the high golden throne is not meant for the person sitting on it. It is only and only for the deep and profound buddha dharma he is preaching. We revere the knowledge but we have to respect the medium as well. So next time we should only concentrate on the teaching, not the throne or his regalia and so on.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Of note here the high golden throne isn't a Buddhist tradition it is something that was adopted by the Tibetans from Chinese culture at the time when powerful Chinese or Mongolian emperors patronised the Tibetan lamas. In general we imagine the Buddha sitting on the teaching throne (for example a flat rock under one cubit in height) but the point to consider is "has the teacher overcome their own pride?" If not then the throne is like poison to them. Another question is "Have the students understood the purpose of a raise seat or have they mistaken it for a worldly throne" if the latter then this too is a poison. Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@user-yt3be3wo4r]

We have very limited time in this world. Should we rather be spending our time wisely collecting nectar of buddha dharma or wasting time finding fault in others. Besides its not the teachers who ask for high and decorated seats, it's the deciples who out of devotion builds these seats for the teachers. Thatswhy lamas with great devotion always make sure to prostrate to the seat before starting their teaching. Anyways it all lies in our perspective and looking at things if the glass is half empty or half full. Bottom line is if we don't like behaviors of certain teacher we have every right to stay away from them but refrain from saying anything negative against them cause we never know who this person may be, bodhisattva in human body??

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@user-yt3be3wo4r This is all part of the Buddhist path as can be seen from the many accounts of refutations given in the scriptures. The Buddha taught us to analyse things and not take them as granted. But again high thrones have nothing to do with the Buddha's teachings (except that they should be avoided) rather they are a cultural misinterpretation, and so criticism of them isn't a critique of the Dharma but a challenge to the worldly view. 🙏🙏🙏

[@maryrosemitchell9682]

There’s no bum or throne. No position. Only appearances as such.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Question is "Is there LowerArchy?" 😆🤣😆

[@maryrosemitchell9682]

@@ultimatemeaning apparently corny jokes arise

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@maryrosemitchell9682 Hey Samsara is a drag, a bit of humour from time to time makes it easier to tolerate. Sorry for joking around. 😆🤣😆 But there is a serious point here, and that is: Can we say there is no higher and lower when for us we definitely perceive those who are afflicted by intense suffering. And if there was really no differentiation then what is the purpose that the Buddha taught the 6 realm of existence. having visited the local hospital quite a lot recently I have to accept that there are many deserving of our compassion. ♥♥♥

[@maryrosemitchell9682]

@@ultimatemeaning by all means -be as you are and embrace whatever comes out. No need to be sorry. Yes there is no higher or lower - concepts and stories arise within the illusion.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@maryrosemitchell9682 Here is something that might help you understand my position if you are interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haS0doKpfa5khMUsi=xspMTQ6Rtrm9cFUf 🙏🙏🙏

[@j.9383]

I think there are not many differences between a male and a female practicioner in general, but when it comes to living on the streets, there is one. As even if a woman has nothing worth to be stolen, she still has a body. Of course we have these tales from Yeshe Tsogyal who anyway practiced in a cave (and was raped) or of Lal Ded, who wandered around naked and sang songs of enlightenment. And of course also man can be harmed - hope that will never happen to Christopher! But women certainly are more vulnerable because being a more attractive target for crazy people.

[@AzmialPrime]

We are very safe, me and my bois. And we dont really live on the "streets" exactly. We actually live in a thousand acre nature preserve with a paved recreational trail. We go every day to the shopping center next door for supplies and we clean the merchants store fronts for them. That's our day, really. Personally, for my opinion - a woman could do this easy, just make certain to find a good community to base it out, and be strong. 🐕‍🦺🙏🐕‍🦺

[@j.9383]

@@AzmialPrime Good to know you are safe! Best wishes for you and your dogs. :) And yes, with a community everything is easier. Strength you need in either way. :)

[@j.9383]

@@bodhicitta3jewels Sure. But I think most people don't have the caliber of Yeshe Tsogyal and would just be traumatized by experiencing such hardships. So it's good to know where you are at and what you can bear - while taking everything that happens as the path.

[@AzmialPrime]

@@j.9383 I actually see no reason you couldn't just turn your living room into a hermitage! I would!

[@j.9383]

@@AzmialPrime Well, I'm actually living quite withdrawn at the edge of a forest. 😂 It's as close to a hermitage as it was possible without being too impractical ♥️

[@Josephbrownbear]

When you get to know a fellow A poem by Edgar A Guest. A poem by Patrick kavanagh Advent. Christ made a budhisattva vow for all , the Thai cave 11 Buddhist boys I stateless christian boy Later given a place to call home was the start of the activation. Book of revelation should be read with a Buddhist mindset The past is present the future is now. The way the truth the life.

[@ultimatemeaning]

I'd love to read the book of revelations again, can you suggest a good version that carries the best meaning?

[@ThermaL-ty7bw]

i find it cute , that people Still think it matters one bit WHAT you do in this life or the previous one or the next one ??? it's a childish concept that doesn't get you anywhere , not in any life nor any of the other ones ... you'll go through hard lives , soft lives , and every life in between , so ... does it really matter if you fail in one of them ? nope ... every person has to go through EVERY OTHER PERSON's life , if you fail to learn something , you'll get another chance , do the life over , pick another one in the same ballpark , it doesn't matter , you do your best , OR NOT , what ever , the cosmos has time ... we've all been through every life already , multiple times , every timeline is playing all at once , non stop you might be living 20x lifetimes at once , while your ''higher self'' is learning from all of them ... everybody has been Hitler , everybody has been Cleopatra , everybody has been EVERYBODY , it's already been done , we're just going to through the ''now'' , but the ''now'' has already been established , all time has been , every life , we're playing a record , a play , theater , basic point = it doesn't matter ONE BIT , you'll get other chances , if you didn't get the point This time around

[@ultimatemeaning]

Interesting opinion, thank you for sharing that. But in the Buddha Dharma at any rate what you do in this life is of utmost importance. As it was taught" "If you want to know what you did in a past life then just look at this body, and if you want to know what the next life will be like look at your actions here and now" The teaching of Karma, Cause and Effect is a core principle of this path and not only that but we believe in something called Awakening. And in order to attain awakening there is one path taught by the Buddha: "Avoid all negativity, apply yourself to virtue, and thoroughly control your mind." But I understand the nihilistic position that nothing matters and everything is merely random, but to me this is illogical. Some videos on this topic: kzbin.infojNListHm5cI?si=ijsyqb-DZ1stWLLy kzbin.infoTxb-9P9C8Oo?si=2xDa-3ElTIDb08Bo kzbin.infovx9lNplCtTw?si=vL0Ky2djjSR1quHk

[@davidm1149]

But you can still be sitting on your high golden throne in the forest (I'm not speaking of the presenter). Stuart Wilde talks about the Dharma, and has some good allegorical stories concerning it. It's true we cannot go very far on our spiritual journey being tethered to "civilization" as we are. (It's really pseudo-civilization, btw). The "real" spiritual community doesn't charge for it's services, it only asks you be grateful and learn, passing on to others what you've received.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yeah A rock in the forest can be a golden throne if the teachers are under the sway of pride. Thanks for sharing! ♥♥♥

[@davidm1149]

@@ultimatemeaning Yes sir.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@davidm1149 🙏🙏🙏

[@Happy_Limpet]

Given up !? , does that mean given away all belongings and money or just put on back burner / rented out the house for later on .. hmmm .

[@ultimatemeaning]

A dharma bum has given up any hope of fixing the mundane world but the inner meaning is more subtle. The mundane world is the world of conceptual imputations. Thanks for sharing ♥♥♥

[@okwaleedpoetry]

we

[@ultimatemeaning]

US ♥

[@liambartie7]

Where is this?

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi Liam this is the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada 🙏🙏🙏

[@liambartie7]

@@ultimatemeaning Oh cool - I'm up on the Sunshine Coast

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@liambartie7 Oh how nice, I really wanted to explore the inlets around that area, look stunning!

[@tarawhite4419]

Or better than having student loans debt

[@ultimatemeaning]

YEAH TARA debt can be crippling! Especially if you are burnt out from your studies and unable to find a decent job. Thanks for sharing! ♥♥♥

[@aaronmichaelseckman]

I think it would be nice if when you were done speaking, you kept recording the sound of your feet on the rocks for a few more minutes.

[@jaroslav6109]

No one in Buddha's time was studying scriptures. There weren't any scriptures to study back then . Usually one discourse would be enough for them to start practicing. These days every one studies and very few practising.

[@ultimatemeaning]

And yet they memorised the three baskets (tripitaka) to heart. It is mentioned in many sutras. The Buddhas own attendant had memorised the entire canon. Abidharma, Vinaya, and Sutra

[@jonmustang]

Yes, the oral tradition was extremely strong in the ancient world. Reciting and memorizing verses was a huge part of all paths, most logically due to illiteracy

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@jonmustang There is another aspect to this and that is the Ancient peoples didn't trust writing things down because overtime they get corrupted. They had powerful systems of memorisation and even memorised text backwards and diagonally!

[@viaesta]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🪷🪷🪷💎💎💎

[@ultimatemeaning]

Namaste 🙏🙏🙏

[@blackthorne-rose]

"than" ... the meaning of your title as it is written, is "first become a dharma bum, then sit your bum on a golden throne" ... which is not what you intend I'm pretty sure. I just watched a video on the Springer paper about the moral necessity of "giving in charity" - famous paper... guilt trips everyone. Written in 1972 during famine in Bengal. Then I recalled the frequent remarks of the Vaisnava acharyas... that genuine charity is to assist in the liberation of materially illusioned souls... because the bodily condition is always temporal, and the spiritual necessity is eternal. Then I come upon your video here... and I hear the same message. Hear Hear!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks for proof reading on my behalf! 🙏🙏🙏 The text on my phone is illegible to me know 😆🤣😆

[@blackthorne-rose]

@@ultimatemeaning ♥

[@blackthorne-rose]

@@ultimatemeaning typos right? "Singer" not "Springer", FAMINE, AFFLUENCE, AND MORALITY by Peter Singer (1972) ... but I remember another answer, that Jesus gave, to the morality of the world... and this time I finally have an inkling of what he meant by this parable... “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” (excerpt from Mark 2:18-22)

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@blackthorne-rose Interesting and what is your interpretation?

[@blackthorne-rose]

@@ultimatemeaning the "new wineskin" is perhaps what you might call the "dharma body" (???) or the Buddha-nature (???)... but I will call it the soul - that which is intrinsically eternal-conscious-blissful - part and parcel of the Supreme, and identical except in it's being "caused" rather than "the Cause" and "atomic" rather than being "all-pervading". THIS body is the "old cloth" or the "old wineskin"... in other words it may be "patched up" but is not the appropriate receptacle of "new cloth" or "new wine". The new cloth or new wine is the message of the Lord (Jesus, Buddha, guru, what have you), and going deeper, the new wine is the grace, mercy, or potency of the Lord to give eternal life (awaken and nourish the soul). So in the context in which it (the parable of the cloth and wine) is set in the Gospel (the pharisees complain about rule-breaking behavior of Jesus' disciples, (i.e. not fasting at appropriate time) and he first responds by saying "they do not fast because the Bridegroom is with them... when the time comes that the Bridegroom has left them, then they will fast..." (this is an esoteric teaching on Sri Guru... I surmise...) then he provides the parable of the new cloth and the new wine... So he is doing a bunch of amazing things here. 1. He declared himself (the "bridegroom" - or the male aspect of Godhead) to be the source of "morality" (the law) and therefore above it. 2. He declared that the morality with which the pharisees are concerned is worldly, and that his own (new) morality pertains to what is immortal. 3. (I'm skimming through a reply here because all of this is way way beyond my ken...) He foreshadows his own death and the salvific nature of his "blood offering" (in the context of Jewish law of sacrifice) as being "the new wine" and that this wine can only be the nourishment for what (whom) is "born again" with a "new body"...

[@SillyBillyOneHundreadMilly]

Poverty mindset that's so prevalent in spiritual communities. You can be both materially and spiritually successful. One does not contradict the other. Buddha was never poor, and neither was Jesus, neither was Paramahansa Yogananda. This idea that you must be poor in order to be spiritual is just slave mentality that's applied to spiritual development. Everyone needs to realize that many spiritual teaching will tell you to disregard your biological need for the material in exchange for spiritual progress is just a coping mechanism to get away form the pain of poverty by doubling down on the spiritual. Anytime you use spirituality to get away from pain that is called Spiritual Bypassing. Buddha was never poor, he was born a prince and never developed scarcity mindset. It's not even until he saw suffering of others in his 20's that he even got curious about it. Materially speaking, even after Enlightment, Buddha lived a very comfortable life, and even during his days under the Tree he knew that any day he can just go back to his parents and live a life of comfort.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Jesus and Buddha both taught a life of poverty and simplicity. The monks at the time of the Buddha were expected to give up all their worldly possession and keep only the bare minimum for survival. If you look at the life and teachings of Saint Francis then you will see an authentic presentation of the teachings of Buddha. His community lived in utter poverty. Of course they were rich in spiritual joy. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Re Jesus . Matthew 8:20. “ foxes have holes, birds of air have nests ….. but Son of man has nowhere to lay his head”. Also “it is easier for a camel to go though the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom “ Matthew 19:24. I am not Christian …. Just saying.

[@maryfreund4957]

@@bernardofitzpatrick5403 classic!!!

[@SillyBillyOneHundreadMilly]

@@ultimatemeaning Buddha never taught poverty. The purpose of simplicity is to get rid of all the unnecessary worldly possessions that act as a distraction for the Ego. By living a simple life you're living a life with as few attachment as possible which is a good starting point for someone who is trying to achieve liberation from the Ego. However, nobody ever said that you can't be rich and live a simple life, that's just an assumption. You can take care of your material needs without an attachment to luxury in fact that is encouraged if you're a layman who's not part of a monastery. Yes monks lived a very simple life at first glance but what was not simple is their community. They relied on each other for all of their needs as well as on the outsiders for donations, which is peak irony because if you're not attached to wealth you are attached to your fellow monks as well as outsiders for their nourishments. If you are going to be attached and dependent on someone and something for your needs why not make sure you have abundance of that what you need yourself and not rely on a community or individuals donating? If everyone lived like monks who would donate the food? Buddha never envisioned for only monks to become enlightened, the purpose of monks is to be experts of Enlightment so that they can lead others to it. That is why they get rid of attachments as much as possible compared to laymen - so they can achieve liberation faster than the average person and be a guide to the average person. However, doing what they do without access to their community is not sustainable. Living in a monk community means you can spend most of your time towards meditation - that is the purpose of simplicity - freeing yourself from having to spend energy on anything else but meditation. If you live in poverty, and you spend 8 hours a day working or begging then what exactly are you saving? Neither time nor energy so you might as well spend that same amount of time achieving material success. Who has a bigger chance of Enlightenment: rich man who retires in their 40's and spends rest of their life meditating or a man who has to work until he's 65 or even 70, or a beggar who has to waste time begging for the rest of his life? Same applies to Saint Francis. If everyone lived like Saint Francis who would donate the food? And why focus on Saint Francis, why not focus on characters as equally successful in the field of spirituality who were materially successful? Just because St. Francis chose this path why must you? Who says that his path was the most efficient just because he had success with it? This is the cardinal problem with spiritual community. This misunderstanding of what poverty and simplicity is even meant to achieve. Spirituality is not a tool to bypass material needs by doubling down on meditation.

[@SillyBillyOneHundreadMilly]

​@@bernardofitzpatrick5403 The purpose of both of these quotes is to tell his followers that they need to leave their attachment for the material possession if they want to achieve Christ Mind like Jesus did. It's about attachment to riches not riches them selves. You can be rich but not be attached to your wealth. Attachment is a function of the Ego, Jesus preached getting rid of the Ego as a way to achieve Christ Mind. He never taught that one must be in destitute or in survival mode in order to attain Enlightenment. In fact he preached the opposite, he preached the Law of Attraction. Jesus Christ was a master prosperity teacher. Lack and poverty had no place in his mind. His bold statements illuminate the inner dynamics that make our lives abundant. He wants you to mobilize your own divine mind to plumb the riches you deserve. He declared, "It is the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." The Bible tells us that "God is no respecter of persons," meaning that God does not favour some people or disfavour ourselves. The life we create depends on how we apply the scientific law. The Law of Attraction. First, those who know themselves as children of God live in an exalted dimension far beyond laws made by people. Jesus was calling Peter to crucial identity shift - from a human being under human laws, to a divine being under only God's laws. The laws of heaven ensure our eternal freedom and unlimited abundance. Laws that people make are largely fear - and lack-based. Our true self can never be taxes. Jesus Christ wants his disciples to thrive, not just survive. Jesus did not tell Peter, "Well, you'd better go out and get a second job so you can pay your tax bill." To the contrary, Jesus set up a scenario where Peter could get the necessary resources in the easiest, most graceful way. Struggle is alien to the teaching of Jesus Christ. He said, "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." When Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," he was not referring simply to money. Money is just one expression of abundance. The deeper meaning of Jesus's statement is, "I want you to feel rich down to your core, and recognize the blessings pouring to you at all times from all directions."

[@markc1234golf]

have you ever listened to Neville Goddard? There are some excellent channel that have collected his lectures i highly recommend listening . you ARE god you know :) why do you torture god?

[@markc1234golf]

self denial won't bring you closer as you can't escape god no matter what you do :) bless you xx hope you get my meaning

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks Mark I haven't but I will look him up! ♥♥♥

[@celticdeamon567]

Just don't make it into a thing... Innit

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yo! ♥

[@mandragon8108]

Man, Buddha taught that enlightenment is for everyone and can be reached even in the Kingdom. Pasenadi and Janaka are examples. Why don't you throw out the robe because this is not Brahma jnana and you are not a follower of the Buddha? You're better off presenting yourself as a normal guy. If you have to preach your projected falsities do it without the robe. Don't disgrace and contribute to a false image of Buddha.

[@ultimatemeaning]

I hope you find some peace friend ♥

[@mandragon8108]

@@ultimatemeaning Why do you hope that?

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@mandragon8108 Because we are all in the same boat and as long as we are afflicted by our negative emotions like anger, pride, and jealousy, etc. then we will suffer and there will be suffering in the world. I have suffering, I know what it is like, and I hope for a world with at least a little bit less of it. ♥

[@mandragon8108]

​@@ultimatemeaning We create our emotions and sufferings. You have to own it before you can transcend it. You speak about it like it's some external thing.

[@ultimatemeaning]

​@@mandragon8108And are these created by choice?

[@badgerbusiness9059]

Bro, one never learns anything by being a homeless hermit, rather spend a life working deeply with another, find a wife and have children, lots of them. Spend yourself in a lifetime of a co-creational trinity with her, yourself, and the Universe. How can anyone attain enlightenment by ignoring half of life's experiences? Being a husband and father teaches you things you would otherwise never know. There's more to the elephant than just it's footprints. Tantric sex, co-creation, and a life of deep love is where the Buhdda, and the Calista got it wrong. Very underdeveloped view on this, not for "common folks", almost an Incel point of view. All this nonsense about energy being preserved is the opposite. Learning the feminine energy is the other half. My two bits.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Been married three times bro', been around the block a zillion times, and done just about everything imaginable in Samsara, so you'll have to give me a bit more to work with here... 😆🤣😆

[@badgerbusiness9059]

@@ultimatemeaning children, raising children with a loving wife, not all life is suffering.

[@badgerbusiness9059]

Taoists, not calista, geez auto correct, not even close.

[@badgerbusiness9059]

Tell that to Nietzsche! He'd call you weak and an incel, woman is life, why be so rattled, just like the masters were over a little vagina?

[@badgerbusiness9059]

There is no aloneness, it is illusion, there is only oneness, with a brief physical seperation from it just so to develope an ego and sense of self identity, but you and I and all life is interconnected to the oneness.

[@Archive2iqqk]

what a sad life, what a terrible religion you teach, Jesus is the only way to Heaven.

[@mapetlv]

Mundane world is like a field of venus flytrap plants - I guess I am a fly which lands and feasts on sweet bait till moment the true nature of trap becomes clear and is too late. 🪰

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yeah, in the scripture Samsara is compared to a nest of vipers or pit of fire!