• A [[person]].
  • Buddha [[Shakyamuni]] ~ [[Gautama]] lived in the 5th century BCE:
  • [[philosopher]] [[bodhisattva]] [[arahant]]
  • #born [[lumbini]] [[nepal]]
    • https://goo.gl/maps/6Uk2vXKVgdc9n5Kb6
  • #awakened [[bodh gaya]] [[india]]
    • https://goo.gl/maps/HT6fQvSNpeCtiGkf7
  • [[Maitreya]] is the Buddha of the future (and the present).
  • [[Avalokiteshvara]], Bodhisattava of Compassion.
• #push [[buddhism]]
  • I consider myself a [[buddhist]].
    • Mostly [[rational]], but I think it's rational to be [[irrational]] some of the time (an example of a [[hedge]] maybe).
  • I try to follow the [[eightfold path]].
  • I try to practice as a [[bodhisattva]].
  • I believe in [[buddha nature]] as something common to all [[conscious beings]].
• [[meta]]
  • Ha, I can't believe I hadn't noded Gautama until [[2020-12-11]].
  • As of [[2021-11-20]] this was still clearly a stub.
  • As of [[2021]] I was not sure about my thoughts on many earlier and later [[buddhas]], but I wanted to learn more about them.

• The [[path]] we try to follow.
  • [[go]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma pull
  • "The right way of living".
  • I sometimes consider myself a [[secular buddhist]].
    • Update (2022): I'm a [[buddhist]].

sangha

• I [[take refuge]]:
  • I take refuge in the [[Dharma]]!
  • I take refuge in the [[Buddha]]!
  • I take refuge in the [[Sangha]]!
• The Agora is my [[sangha]].
  • You, my friend, are part of my Sangha.