Comments on: Buddhist Belief – Taking Refuge http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-taking-refuge Buddhist Beliefs and Teachings in Plain English Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elaine http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-taking-refuge/comment-page-1#comment-32 Elaine Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:41:18 +0000 http://www.buddhistbelief.com/?p=55#comment-32 Wise words, needed and heeded as usual. The 'Drop your pants' comment was perfect - I'll have to use it sometime ;p Wise words, needed and heeded as usual.

The ‘Drop your pants’ comment was perfect – I’ll have to use it sometime ;p

]]> By: Ron Rink http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-taking-refuge/comment-page-1#comment-31 Ron Rink Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:14:16 +0000 http://www.buddhistbelief.com/?p=55#comment-31 @ Carol -- Thanks for the comment. Also, I love that quote -- so true. Reasoned response is difficult for everyone. It's really hard to be a Buddha. Eckhart Tolle says this about how we handle differences of opinion -- he suggests asking ourselves, "Would you rather be right or be at peace?" Then, there's always the suggestion of one of the women at Sue's daughter's Bridal Shower when they were giving Jessica advice on marriage ... "When you are having an argument, always make sure one of you tells the other to 'Drop your pants'! Seems to have a good affect on the tension." Peace ... @ Carol — Thanks for the comment. Also, I love that quote — so true.

Reasoned response is difficult for everyone. It’s really hard to be a Buddha. Eckhart Tolle says this about how we handle differences of opinion — he suggests asking ourselves, “Would you rather be right or be at peace?”

Then, there’s always the suggestion of one of the women at Sue’s daughter’s Bridal Shower when they were giving Jessica advice on marriage … “When you are having an argument, always make sure one of you tells the other to ‘Drop your pants’! Seems to have a good affect on the tension.”

Peace …

]]> By: Carol http://www.buddhistbelief.com/buddhist-belief/buddhist-belief-taking-refuge/comment-page-1#comment-30 Carol Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:28:26 +0000 http://www.buddhistbelief.com/?p=55#comment-30 What an inspiring post. My practice helps me to draw on that feeling of relaxed attention in times when emotions threaten to overwhelm reasoned response. It's almost like an opiate to be able to drop back in to that state from a place of tension or anxiety. I'm going to save the companion article and see how I can use it in my rhetoric classes. One of the hardest concepts for my students is that of arguing without trying to beat someone else. "...if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without." Charge of the Goddess :-) What an inspiring post. My practice helps me to draw on that feeling of relaxed attention in times when emotions threaten to overwhelm reasoned response. It’s almost like an opiate to be able to drop back in to that state from a place of tension or anxiety.

I’m going to save the companion article and see how I can use it in my rhetoric classes. One of the hardest concepts for my students is that of arguing without trying to beat someone else.

“…if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.” Charge of the Goddess :-)

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