By: Ram Prasad

Ram Prasad — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:54:24 +0000

It is not how long one can live that matters. It is what one does during the time one is alive that counts. The Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life) portrays such existence and the outcomes of our daily karma. A recent discovery on the Moon attempts to make this fact better understood, although it may be a long time before anyone fully understands the extent of what this discovery really means. Please visit the blog posting: http://sun-faced-buddha-moon-faced-buddha.blogspot.com.

By: Lee Roku

Lee Roku — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:46:39 +0000

While I have the utmost conviction that practicing meditation in conjunction with Buddhist suttas can certainly improve the quality of one’s life, I doubt very much that it will lead to a longer life than anyone is meant to live. Actually, one of the points that Buddha makes over and over again is the fact of old age, illness and death, that no one can escape. To claim that Buddhist meditation can lead to a longer life span has the taint of ‘more, more, more’, of accumulatory spititual materialism. What’s next in the selling off of Buddhism, Buddhist meditation leads to ‘age reversal?’ Perhaps Ponce de Leon would have utilised his time better if he had spent less time searching for the fountain of youth and rather, starting sitting in meditation? Youth culture is a marketing target and the promise of youthfulness regained is an old snake oil marketing ploy that a lot of people waste their time on. It’s not important. The most important thing is how we create our daily karma in regard to our intentions, how we navigate through this life with care and concern for helping to alleviate the suffering of ourselves and others. Whether we live to 45, 60, or 112 is in the hands of nature.

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By: Ram Prasad

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