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It's fine at first. But with time and experience all the notions of Buddhism and Christianity will dismantle. Whether we try to create a new religion or negate/affirm buddhadharma or Christianity it will all fall apart if we are sincere in our exp…
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I think a bigger concern for some than the radio waves they put out is the information that they are capable of gathering from your appliances about your lifestyle. Information that can be used to target advertising and such. I have been told that i…
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What I mean by preventing dukkha-ridden circumstances I think you just need to reflect on and the answer will become clear. My copy of the Dhammapada is in its honoured place on my bookshelf. Thanks for the reminder. I understood what you meant h…
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"Karma, monks, is intention..." Is the intention to do harm to the new lifeform or to spare it from harm? That makes all the difference, especially in cases where the mother feels like she is sparing the new lifeform from a potentially dukkha-ridde…
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If someone has cancer and then " practises generosity " whatever that means, and is subsequently free of it then the obvious conclusion is that the cancer was the result somehow of a lack of generosity..which is not only bullshit in medical terns,…
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well that was mean..."It's not going to happen." "next." What did I ever do to you? It was a philosophical question. Loving kindness is a wonderful virture. You don't have to have an anomosity againists new comers. Just because I am not like you doe…
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Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form. Form is not other than emptiness. Why is it necessary to see it any other way?
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Ego is doing itself a favour by not buying into another unfounded belief. Where is the evidence that consciousness precedes form?
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Form is empty. The thought is empty. Emptiness does not differ from form. Emptiness and form are not two items in relation to each other. The bird and the sky are equally empty.
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@chela - karma and re-birth (or as @Jayantha points out, 're-becoming') was something I had a hard time swallowing, though that probably isn't unusual. My way of understanding it is that 'I' am not some sort of essentialised entity, a noun--in fact…
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@Cinorjer Thanks for clearing that up. I got what Huineng's point was, but I didn't get the significance of the monks poem.
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I guess it depends on what you believe. Think of it this way, if we are all one and part of the eternal whole and we are in fact the universe experiencing itself "just as a wave is to an ocean, or an apple to an apple tree" then the ego would in fac…
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If plastic surgery or advertising or any other were to be deemed to be wrong livelihood, what would the consequences be? What were they before? What is the point of the excersize? My job is already at the top of the list, but if I was doing some ot…
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Shouldn't you be meditating or something? When Siddhartha decided it was Buddhahood for him, he sat down and didn't get up till he was there. Nevermind all the BS. Too much "flipness". Oh really? Was I supposed to take the OP seriously? LOLOLOL
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Shouldn't you be meditating or something? When Siddhartha decided it was Buddhahood for him, he sat down and didn't get up till he was there. Nevermind all the BS.
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I was a Rosicrucian once, many years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mystical_Order_Rosae_Crucis
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Here is an inspirational quote for you. One of my favourites. Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditio…
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The iPad is great. Can't wait for this. http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/
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(Edit)Failed attempt
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@Spinynorman I can't speak for "the rest of us", but in my view it is unseemly to attempt bolster your position by assuming that you have the support of the group. Put in the position of having to take sides at this point, I will side with the vie…
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If you did anything wrong, and I don't think you did, it was attempting to express your realization. You got a blast of cut and paste sutta for your trouble.
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I've thought about this quite a bit. I've given when I probably shouldn't have and not given when I should have. Here is some interesting info http://www.kashgar.com.au/articles/To-Give-or-Not-to-Give-When-Travelling-Abroad-the-Issue-of-Begging
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I have a pair of my boxer shorts set aside to eat if @lobster is the next Buddha this year. Chopped and steamed with oyster sauce. Or maybe in a curry on steamed rice.
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Good for the birds. The rest of it sounds like superstition.
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Lately I have seen several people using electronic cigarettes. A guy let me try his and I was surprised at how authentic it felt. One of those might help to transition from a full blown smoking habit more easily.
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I quit after smoking all through my teen years. All my life since then I have been glad I did. My satisfaction with that decision has never faded. Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do for yourself right now. I agree with blu3ree. Cold turk…
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When the body breaks down it releases all the energy that ATP used to build up a highly ordered structured body. Exactly. This is what we're trying to get at. So the body releases the energy it was producing? Where does that released energy go?…
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It's based on a hoax. That's clear to many. it's just another statement that at least does not attack other people. Is the hoax you are talking about the resurrection? Or the virgin birth?
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I had friend when I was a teenager who used say, "good breaks, bad breaks, sometimes you have to sweat it out".
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Looking for a scientist on a beginner Buddhism forum. Best of luck.
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The energy is converted into heat thru decomposition. Or nutrients to provide energy for other organisms. Or it can lie in the ground like coal until the energy is released. Life force is contained in the physical components. That's the way it look…
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Great quote! There are other Buddha-quotes, though, in which he explains that good acts, or altruism, result in a favorable rebirth. I think there's a passage where he says that those enjoying favorable conditions in the current lifetime were gener…
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It's not coincidence. One gains a precious human rebirth because one did something (or a lot of things) right in past lives. How do we ignore these words from the Buddha? What have I missed here? "Monks, suppose that this great earth were totally …
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... As for the eight precepts, those move into another area of training for the mind. ... In other words, there's nothing wrong with murdering people. It's just a training rule. How could it be anything other than a training rule? Except in th…
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... As for the eight precepts, those move into another area of training for the mind. ... In other words, there's nothing wrong with murdering people. It's just a training rule. How could it be anything other than a training rule? Except in th…
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I've read a few dharma books over the past year that have stated that we are living in degenerate times (with regard to greed, hatred, non-spirituality etc.) If that's the case, why are more and more human beings being born and being given the poss…
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Social lubricant. This is the thing that I find odd. There's something wrong with our culture if people need to drug themselves to a degree just in order to enjoy each other's company. Maybe it makes sense if people are attending a party in a room…