{"id":25203,"date":"2016-10-20T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?p=25203"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:43:52","slug":"meditation-practice-free-asian-baggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2016\/10\/20\/meditation-practice-free-asian-baggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditatiebeoefening vrij van culturele bagage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25203\" class=\"elementor elementor-25203 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d6d25d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d6d25d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-165071b\" data-id=\"165071b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c557de2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c557de2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Het volgende bericht, &quot;Backpacking East to West&quot; door Mitra Karl Brunnholzl, maakt deel uit van een serie van\u00a0<\/em><em>Nalandabodhi Mitras over westers boeddhisme.<\/em><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Hoe belangrijk is het om vrij te komen van de Aziatische bagage die we samen met onze meditatiepraktijk hebben opgepikt? Hoe kunnen we zien of we ons in ons eigen belang aan het bekende vastklampen, of dat we de waarheid respecteren? Hoe evolueren we een boeddhisme dat voor westerlingen werkt zonder nieuwe obstakels voor onszelf te cre\u00ebren?<\/p><p>Het lijkt erop dat westerse boeddhisten tegenwoordig zich er behoorlijk van bewust zijn dat we ons moeten ontdoen van de Aziatische rugzak die we bij zich dragen - met zijn zware lading aan culturele vormen en alle dingen die we gebruiken om het dharma aan te kleden. Als we willen ontdekken &quot;wat werkt&quot; voor ons vandaag, moeten we deze rugzak bekijken en zien wat essentieel is en wat voor de show is.<\/p><h3>Raak geen enkele vorm van culturele rommel kwijt en introduceer een andere<\/h3><p>Tegelijkertijd moeten we naar onze eigen cultuur kijken. Maken we een &quot;made in the USA&quot; -rugzak (of &quot;made in Canada&quot; of wat voor westerse stalbasis dan ook) en vullen we deze met onze versie van dezelfde regels en rituelen? We hebben misschien problemen met Aziatische culturele vormen, maar hebben geen probleem met de culturele vormen die we in het Westen aannemen, of ze ons nu helpen het echte punt van het dharma te begrijpen of niet.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Het idee is niet alleen om zich te ontdoen van een vorm van culturele rommel en een andere te introduceren. Als het gaat om ons eigen leven en spirituele pad, ons eigen geluk en lijden, moeten we de kern van de zaak raken. We moeten echt voor zichzelf uitzoeken wat de wijsheid is in de kern van elke traditie die we toepassen en in staat zijn om het te onderscheiden van de culturele attributen die het leveren. Het is aan westerlingen om de leringen van de Boeddha te vertalen, om westerse culturele vormen te ontwikkelen die ons zullen helpen om geleerde en gerealiseerde wezens te worden, en om tegelijkertijd bewust te zijn van onze eigen culturele valkuilen.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_22844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22844\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Karl-Brunnholzl-heart-attack-sutra-interview-still-e1475426700554.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22844\" src=\"http:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Karl-Brunnholzl-heart-attack-sutra-interview-still-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Mitra Karl Brunnholzl\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitra Karl Brunnholzl<\/figcaption><\/figure><h5><a title=\"Mitra Karl Brunnh\u00f6lzl\" href=\"http:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/teachers\/teacher-bios\/mitra-karl-brunnholzl\/\">Karl Brunnholzl<\/a> is de productieve auteur en vertaler van verschillende delen over het Indiase en Tibetaanse boeddhisme. Een arts die uitgebreid is getraind in boeddhistische studie en praktijk, hij houdt toezicht op het Nalandabodhi pad van studiecursussen, geeft les aan het Nitartha-instituut en in heel Noord-Amerika en Europa. Karl is een oud-student van Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche en een Mitra en senior leraar bij Nalandabodhi.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het lijkt erop dat westerse boeddhisten tegenwoordig zich er behoorlijk van bewust zijn dat we ons moeten ontdoen van de Aziatische rugzak die we bij zich dragen - met zijn zware lading aan culturele vormen en alle dingen die we gebruiken om het dharma aan te kleden. Als we willen ontdekken &quot;wat werkt&quot; voor ons vandaag, moeten we deze rugzak bekijken en zien wat essentieel is en wat voor de show is. - door Mitra Karl Brunnh\u00f6lzl<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3009],"tags":[3411,3417,3407,3413],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meditation practice free of cultural baggage - Nalandabodhi International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How important is it to be free of Asian baggage we may pick up along with our meditation practice? 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