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**icerrelmCam** · 04-12-2011, 10:06 PM

if Noah is helping others, even if he has his own version of Buddhism, as long as he is not involved in harming others, its OK

Well, I gave a careful read to the wikipedia link. First of all I agree completely with Element. I am looking to work with children left to live in the streets and the best results "out there" are with people of those same streets that have understood suffering and know better how to help this children. I am in the process of rapport with all this people. It seems that also they speak a complete different language. Their grammar repertoire is very short but they have a wide system of body communication with gestures, forms of greeting and accompanying rites.

Some of the "oldest" as they call them know how to deal with them even when they are highly exposed to violence and drugs. Some of this "older" gangs are aware of the life they had and they quit violence and drugs and are eager to work to help and thy show an outstanding level of compassion and a deep knowledge of how to help in street circumstances. I can tell they have a kind of "own version of Buddhism" and I am learning from them about having intelligent compassion.

Buddhism is not about robes and clean dojos always with everlasting smiling people around you. Street conditions are really tough and many, many people lives are tough too and we need to undestand that.

04-12-2011, 10:06 PM	#6
icerrelmCam Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	if Noah is helping others, even if he has his own version of Buddhism, as long as he is not involved in harming others, its OK Well, I gave a careful read to the wikipedia link. First of all I agree completely with Element. I am looking to work with children left to live in the streets and the best results "out there" are with people of those same streets that have understood suffering and know better how to help this children. I am in the process of rapport with all this people. It seems that also they speak a complete different language. Their grammar repertoire is very short but they have a wide system of body communication with gestures, forms of greeting and accompanying rites. Some of the "oldest" as they call them know how to deal with them even when they are highly exposed to violence and drugs. Some of this "older" gangs are aware of the life they had and they quit violence and drugs and are eager to work to help and thy show an outstanding level of compassion and a deep knowledge of how to help in street circumstances. I can tell they have a kind of "own version of Buddhism" and I am learning from them about having intelligent compassion. Buddhism is not about robes and clean dojos always with everlasting smiling people around you. Street conditions are really tough and many, many people lives are tough too and we need to undestand that.
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