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ramnath@nerdpol.ch
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was here , just remembered now - was quite touristy but did find some peace there
#Dhamek #Stupa which is also spelled as Dhamekh and Dhamekha is one of the most famous and #Buddhist #stupas located in #Sarnath near #Varanasi in #UttarPradesh, #India. Originally built in 249 BCE during the reign of king Ashoka of the Maurya Dynasty, this massive and prominent structure has over time gone through several expansions and additions. This solid cylindrical shaped Stupa made of red bricks and stone in its present position stands at a height of 43.6 m with a diameter of 28 m. The significance of this sacred place is that it marks the spot where Lord #Buddha #preached the #first #sermon to His five disciples after attaining #enlightenment in #BodhGaya. #Buddhist pilgrims from around the world visit Sarnath to circumambulate the holy Stupa and worship Lord Buddha. National and international tourists also flock at Sarnath to get a glimpse of Buddhist #architecture and #culture at this significant centre of #Buddhism.

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amitabha

Karma - Natural Law - Right Action

Lately the theme karma has been popping up in my life. This night I got an "Aha Erlebnis".
So Karma or Natural Law is basically the law of Causality.

Many claim that Karma is some sort of balance sheet you build up with positive and negative action for your next life when you reincarnate. However this seems very much more build on superstition than on reality.

But to stay in a religious theme, it does mean "What you reap, is what you sow".
I have had the impression that many people do not seem to understand that when they commit certain actions, there will be according consequences.
- For example spending (all) your money on something and then being mad (mostly at the world and not themselves) that they don't have money for something else.
- Being rude and being surprised that other people don't like you.

I see it as a road, you can't take the road to Berlin and expect to end up in Paris.

Now what was my Aha Erlebnis? The Eightfold Path of the Buddha is a guide to being more consistent in your actions.
As stated by the Buddha "Life is suffering, but the Eightfold Path is the way out of suffering".
What is suffering? Not getting what you want, and getting what you don't want. What don't you want? Bad consequences, so stop taken bad actions.
You could stop wanting things and to some extend you can keep your expectations low, but in the long end not very practical.

I do realize that some people don't seem to see what bad actions are, that is why, it is not only "right action" that is necessary, but also the "right view" to see what bad actions are.

So summarized:

There are some precursors to behavior, namely analysing the situation (right view) right meaning "just right" not to much, not little.
Start with the "right intention" and use the "right action", meaning the actions that lead to the desired results. And therefore getting "good Karma" or "Following the path of Natural Law", "The Eightfold Path".

Here is a nice video by Cahlen explaining Natural Law.
Morality and Natural Law

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Morality and Natural Law

Natural Law is not about moralizing, but rather understanding how the universe naturally responds to our choices so that we can select actions which get us closer to where we want to be. DONATE:...

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Astronomy and Spirituality Have Much in Common

Long ago, Giordano Bruno wrote of an infinity of worlds and life in the cosmos: "He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds." As was often the case with the western mystics, he was burned at the stake for sharing his revelations, his "heresy". Such has been the fate of numerous gnostic souls and other mystics. Around that very same time but further to the East in India, Guru Nanak also sang that there are countless earths, spheres, moons, suns oceans, living creatures and beings, millions of skies above skies: "Many millions are the skies and solar systems. Many millions are the moons, the suns and stars. Many millions are the sources of creation and continents. Many millions are the jewel containing oceans. Many times has the universal expanse occurred." And rather than being condemned for his intuitive insights, Guru Nanak is considered to be one of India's greatest spiritual masters and saints. His Morning Prayer (Jap Ji) is sung and recited as sacred scripture by millions.

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Today on this Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast we explore the similarities between the empirical, scientific path of astronomy and the intuitive way of the mystics, how both explore space, inner and outer, during the dark hours before the dawn, how both have a lens they use to focus with in order to gaze into realms of subtle light from beyond what is normally perceived, and tune the cosmic radio dial listening for faint signals or sounds coming from beyond the cosmic static. The bigness of the "known" cosmos keeps on getting bigger! Actually, it is our awareness that's growing, seeing more and more of That Which Is. I find astronomy and mysticism have much in common. Like Galileo discovering new worlds through the lens of his telescope, mystics have been trying to tell humanity for eons of something quite similar. The reason why the contemplative state of being is still hidden from most of us is that, unlike Galileo’s telescope, in order to look through this particular lens, the third eye or inner vision, we mustn't be stuck always focusing on the outward sensory impressions, but go in the opposite direction: into Inner Space during contemplative meditation. Look through the lens of the third eye to access the world of within. Tune the inner radio dial, listening for the subtle inner sounds coming from beyond the silence.

"If your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of Light." (Yeshua) "With the Divine Eye, which is purified and surpasses the human, a bhikkhu surveys a thousand worlds." (Buddha) "Within this earthen vessel are bowers and groves, and within it is the Creator. Within this vessel are the seven oceans and the unnumbered stars. The touchstone and the jewel-appraiser are within. And within this vessel the Eternal soundeth, and the spring wells up. Kabir says: 'Listen to me, my Friend! My Beloved Lord is within.'" "The Light of one soul is equal to that of sixteen suns!" (Kabir) Rumi says, "We are stars wrapped in skin -- The light you are seeking ... has always been ... within."

IMAGE (Public Domain, Courtesy of NASA): "Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephan's Quintet in a new light." And with this image there's also an "ultra deep field" of almost countless distant galaxies.

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