Vedanta vs. Buddhism, (update on my practice) - Page 3

justwannabe · 03-21-2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler Zambori

yes, often, since it's hardly a hard and rigid system.

in my opinion this is the difference
Buhda sought the truth and found it within, following his own path
Some buhdists are trying to retrace buhdas path so to speak to find what buhda found. It seems some people seek God in buhda, it seems buhda sought God inside himself. when you look to follow someone elses path it may distract from looking within
just my thoughts
seeker

Tyler Zambori · 03-21-2008, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubeseeker

in my opinion this is the difference
Buhda sought the truth and found it within, following his own path
Some buhdists are trying to retrace buhdas path so to speak to find what buhda found. It seems some people seek God in buhda, it seems buhda sought God inside himself. when you look to follow someone elses path it may distract from looking within
just my thoughts
seeker

Hmm. Ok thanks for your advice.

PatR · 03-22-2008, 02:23 AM

Vedanta vs. Buddhism

do you really know what Vedanta means ?

Tyler Zambori · 03-22-2008, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatR

Vedanta vs. Buddhism

do you really know what Vedanta means ?

Did I claim that I did? Why do you think I'm trying to
educate myself more about it?

Tyler Zambori · 03-23-2008, 08:30 AM

Well, in that case I will post my reading list, because I think these
books look pretty good:

Vedanta: Heart of Hinduism by Hans Torwestern

Common Sense about Uncommon Wisdom: Ancient Teachings of Vedanta
by Dhruv S. Kaji

Vedanta for the Western World by Christopher Isherwood

But these are not for the purpose of getting a good grounding of how
to actually calm the mind down focus and meditate, which was my issue
at the start. Is ok, I solved it....

The new Yoga Sutra commentaries I got are:

THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF YOGA/Volume 1 and 2
by Swami Krishnananda

and

Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali: Containing His Yoga Aphorisms with Vyasa's Commentary in Sanskrit and a Translation with Annotations Including Many Suggestions for the Practice of Yoga
by Swami Hariharananda Aranya

Which I got also for the purpose of philosophy and theory, since it is
not meant to be understood all at once.

That should really do it. I already read Baghavad Gita enough times.
Once I got a complete set of books on the history of philosophy in
India, but couldn't really get into it. I really just needed something
more simple.

Oh I also got another one by krishnanda, just because he seems to be
a fairly good and clear writer:

In the Light of Wisdom: The Psychology, Philosophy and Practice of Yoga
by Krishnananda (this is not about asanas)

So I really got my reading cut out for me for the rest of the year.

PatR · 03-23-2008, 01:34 PM

Books are always not a reliable source. Translations can be adjusted to suit the specific interests. Anything written in an archaic form of Sanskrit can be easily misinterpreted.

Anyway, interpretations are subjective. Perhaps this is the reason we have Samkhya, Mimamsa, Advaita, Gaudiya & many other forms of Vedanta, with Vedanta vs. Buddhism what form of Vedanta were you comparing with Buddhism ?

Can you explain why Buddhism is not a form of Vedanta & so the two can be compared

Tyler Zambori · 03-23-2008, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatR

Books are always not a reliable source. Translations can be adjusted to suit the specific interests. Anything written in an archaic form of Sanskrit can be easily misinterpreted.

Anyway, interpretations are subjective. Perhaps this is the reason we have Samkhya, Mimamsa, Advaita, Gaudiya & many other forms of Vedanta, with Vedanta vs. Buddhism what form of Vedanta were you comparing with Buddhism ?

Can you explain why Buddhism is not a form of Vedanta & so the two can be compared

No, I can't and that is not what I want to get into. My purpose in starting this thread was more about my personal practice than about getting
into any kind of philosophical chain-yanking. There's a guy named Caritas
over on the E-sangha Buddhist forum who I'm sure would be glad to
get into it with you though.

Really, if you've got an agenda here, I'm not interested sorry.

PatR · 03-24-2008, 03:07 AM

Yes, I shouldn't have judged the thread by its title. I'm sorry if I've bothered you

justwannabe · 03-24-2008, 11:16 AM

so tyler,
what are you searching for?
seeker

Prascina · 06-24-2008, 03:37 AM

For INNER PEACE

03-23-2008, 01:34 PM	#26
PatR Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 36	Books are always not a reliable source. Translations can be adjusted to suit the specific interests. Anything written in an archaic form of Sanskrit can be easily misinterpreted. Anyway, interpretations are subjective. Perhaps this is the reason we have Samkhya, Mimamsa, Advaita, Gaudiya & many other forms of Vedanta, with Vedanta vs. Buddhism what form of Vedanta were you comparing with Buddhism ? Can you explain why Buddhism is not a form of Vedanta & so the two can be compared Last edited by PatR; 03-23-2008 at 01:41 PM.

03-24-2008, 11:16 AM	#29
justwannabe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 417	so tyler, what are you searching for? seeker __________________ good luck in the search

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