How abt ppl that trust but not fully follow Buddhism?
eg: These may learn something basic during kid/teenage when attend junior class but nvr go into full practice when grow up. There believe what there learn just there nvr full practice it.

What are there consider as? Follower/Believer/other?

Interesting, Hotjake, have you ever tried Kasina meditation?

I know a bit of the theory, but I am not sure if there are any masters in KL to teach it. I heard it's quite popular in certain monasteries in Burma (samatha-based) and also in Thailand.

I think in KL the most popular samatha is ANapanasati and Metta. Other than that, maybe I am just being ignorant, I am not sure of the other Samatha being taught widely.

Venerable Aggacitta taught me once in a dhamma camp (he was explaining the difference between samatha and vipassana to his students) but kinda difficult/din work for me or perhaps i should try harder lol. It's quite popular yes in burma and thailand.

Metta is very important to support vipassana; a very powerful tool to calm the mind down. Anapanasati is actually vipassana; it means mindfulness of the in and out breaths. methods may differ but if the principle/fundamental of the meditation is the same it is still vipassana meditation. However, in and out breaths can still be the object for Samatha Meditation; very difficult (due to its changing nature) but still can be done by discarding all other arising phenomena namely the 4 Spheres/Foundations of Mindfulness. in short, samatha's focus is to lead to absorption while vipassana: insight. however upon achieving absorption thru samatha it can be channeled to observing the four foundations of mindfulness which is vipassana and thus lead to insight/wisdom.   

check out Anapanasati Sutta together with the all-important Satipatthana Sutta and also their commentaries/reviews by authors/notalbe monks for deeper explanations although it can be used as samatha solely if mind stays on breath alone and discard all arising phenomena required in vipassana.

one more thing to add, samatha's object is limitless. u can recite Coca-Cola/Pepsi all-day long without break and with concentration, u'd still get adsorbed in it/ even achieve absorption. try it

read the suttas stated by me first bro.

Guys....how do you practice the mediation , please do teach me .

Tantra, Mahamudra accessible by normal people? or must we receive instruction from a guru whom we have come to follow?

btw, how is Tsem Tulku Rinpoche's plan to build the highest Je Tsongkhapa's statue in malaysia?

bro , not trolling here 

I use to go Mahindarama Buddhist Temple when I'm small . I practice some of the teachings but not strictly 
Why is that so ? 

I might get it wrong ?
By the way, if you guys got time , I suggest you read the Buddha Manga quite interesting story.

hmm.. awesome! if got pics, can pm me?

Buddhism == Hinduism

Both are not religion. They are just way of life. no one is forced to follow anything. they do becoz they believe it is for good.

those who haven't studied them both in depth will make such conclusion. they are fundamentally different by practice and also by goal.

Ive been staring at this for hours and im speechless anymore quotes like this from him?

erm, when exacly did he said that ?

buddism was named after the followers of buddha. do you know what religion / way of life buddha himself was following before they coin that name ?

as far as i know, buddhism is just a different name for hinduism that has been teached by buddha to his followers, and im proud to say he is 1 of the best person who understand life the way it should be. 

the practice of both is the same, just that there are number of hindu's nowdays who no longer follow the correct way and resorted to some "unknown" practices which is not part of hinduism.      (dont believe, then i will explain)

the goal is also the same, but how many of us really working for that goal ? all chasing money, career and blah blah blah....

whatever told in buddhism is exacly the same in hinduism...the only difference is the name and how well people actually follow them

Hinduism focuses on oneness with god (yes they call it Moksha) and believes in the soul - yes correct

aiya why u report him? i wanna have a debate with this fella

i was hoping he'd quote the vedas so that i can shoot them down. haizz... if actual study and research are done, we don't need others to convince us that they are very different. sadly people are lazy to study

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_...indu_scriptures

hotjake : i do not have much time to collect all the details as you requested. but atleast this will get some understanding why they are similar. do note that if a person really reads the 4 vedas or atleast listen to the explanation from those who have studied them, im sure the person can see thru both hinduism and buddhism as the same. after all both came from the same root

Joey-kun : you are a joker. u can report all u want.

I think Kasina meditation normally taught to monks and they practice it in seclusion.

I came across a sutta where the Buddha gave an advice on graduated training to a lay disciples (upasaka) and recommended him to undertake Loving Kindness meditation , and if possible the best is to do Vipassana. (gain insight). I can't remember the sutta's name, but it goes something like this

"good to do dana to the Buddha, better to the entire Sangha, better than that have confidence in the Tripple Gem, better than that undertake sila training (morality), better than that Loving kindness, better than that gain Insight."

Can anyone find this sutta?

p/s I think basically we do Metta and Vipassana, we won't be very wrong in our practice within this lifetime. and maybe this is why metta/vipassana is taught widely to the lay disciples.

agree with above.

especially if a person has been taught how to meditate by a different master.

one case i saw was a girl started crying uncontrollably after meditating, me n my friends could do nothing to help

Metta is a very safe meditation. I have heard of people doing kasina , due to their past kamma, they cannot switch off the kasina nimitta in their mind....   

They keep seeing the kasina even not in meditation..