Comments on: The 5 Buddhas Of Our Kalpa http://www.suanie.net/2003/10/10/the-5-buddhas-of-our-kalpa/ Wasting your bandwidth since 1999 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:44:59 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Tommy Yong http://www.suanie.net/2003/10/10/the-5-buddhas-of-our-kalpa/#comment-559861 Tommy Yong Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:20:53 +0000 #comment-559861 The meaning to the saying is: Salt = Bad Karma Water = Good Karma If you do a lot of merits, you will acquire many Good Karma, hence when Bad Karma arises, it will be diluted by the Good Karma The meaning to the saying is:

Salt = Bad Karma
Water = Good Karma

If you do a lot of merits, you will acquire many Good Karma, hence when Bad Karma arises, it will be diluted by the Good Karma

]]> By: Midnightman http://www.suanie.net/2003/10/10/the-5-buddhas-of-our-kalpa/#comment-559761 Midnightman Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:03:49 +0000 #comment-559761 Russell, the meaning of that saying is (basically) that you have to make yourself "big", your heart, your understanding, strength of your mind etc., so that when bad things happen, you can handle them properly and not be so injured by them, or so influenced by them that they cause you to stray from "the path" or do things that will create more bad karma for you, they will be absorbed and diluted by the vastness of your being and your wisdom. a person with big understanding and a big heart and has control over his mind is not so affected by the things that happen to them, they can digest it and bounce back from it much easier. just like a small amount of pollutent in an ocean will not be as harmful as it would in a pond. if you are small, then small things will be able to affect you and cause you harm very easily Russell,

the meaning of that saying is (basically) that you have to make yourself “big”, your heart, your understanding, strength of your mind etc., so that when bad things happen, you can handle them properly and not be so injured by them, or so influenced by them that they cause you to stray from “the path” or do things that will create more bad karma for you, they will be absorbed and diluted by the vastness of your being and your wisdom. a person with big understanding and a big heart and has control over his mind is not so affected by the things that happen to them, they can digest it and bounce back from it much easier. just like a small amount of pollutent in an ocean will not be as harmful as it would in a pond. if you are small, then small things will be able to affect you and cause you harm very easily

]]> By: Russell Whitney http://www.suanie.net/2003/10/10/the-5-buddhas-of-our-kalpa/#comment-530478 Russell Whitney Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:09:53 +0000 #comment-530478 Thanks for your explaination of some of the Buddhist Cosmology. However, I still don't understand the meaning behind the saying by The Buddha that you included at the end of the Maitreya Buddha story. Can you enlighten me to it's meaning? Thanks, Russell Thanks for your explaination of some of the Buddhist Cosmology.

However, I still don’t understand the meaning behind the saying by The Buddha that you included at the end of the Maitreya Buddha story. Can you enlighten me to it’s meaning?

Thanks, Russell

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