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The Church of The Latter-Day Dude :cool:
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For lots of free transcripts of talks given by James, check out http://simplybeing.co.uk/
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I don't know what are the differences. I've given up on trying to compare the subtle points of this or that religion or spiritual path. I used to think Buddhism is superior to all others and some of this attitude is still there. The way I see it it'…
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Found this interesting article by Noam Chomsky back from 2010: The Real Reasons the U.S. Enables Israeli Crimes and Atrocities
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Can someone explain briefly to me or point to some info about why is US so strong in supporting Israel?
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I wouldn't agree that "the goal of every religion is essentially freedom from the flesh/world". Whether it's the same goal.. They say, there are many paths to the top of the mountain. Is it the same mountain or not, I don't know, but I believe it i…
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The Buddha was born into particular social conditions, let's not forget. Probably not all that different from ours though. Yes, but what I was referring to in particular was the long tradition of renunciates/ascetics leaving society behind - that w…
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The Buddha was born into particular social conditions, let's not forget.
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My girlfriend is a Christian, she visits an evangelical Church every Sunday. It is a learning process for me how to be with it, since I came to Buddhism after rejecting my own Christian roots (albeit Catholic). I believe that with respect and openne…
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I believe it is entirely possible. I think for many people choosing monastic life can be an "easy" option. In my opinion there has been a certain imbalance in Buddhism placing too much emphasis on monasticism. Perhaps it is now being re-balanced by…
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I have recently been exploring Buddhism and Christianity and found this excellent book: Without Buddha I could not be a Christian. I was surprised and encouraged to see a Christian taking Buddhism seriously and demonstrating such a good understand…
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Yeah, but if you're beyond it you can probably just take it or leave it. You wouldn't be looking for hookers or anything but if you have a wife you'll probably have a go now and then. And what if your wife isn't enlightened but she wanted it? You'd …
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You seem to equate pleasure with happiness. To me happiness would be like holding on to pleasure. But if there's no holding on? Is it not possible to experience pleasure and no suffering?
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I can just hope you're joking (and I think it's a pretty bad joke). Well you can just keep on hoping. ;) Don't take things so seriously :p Ok, maybe I didn't see the irony at first. There were people in the past that thought along similar lines an…
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Zero limitations. I find it rather disturbing that an Buddhist would think that an enlightened person would rape, pillage, and murder at will. Nah, if an enlightened being does it it isn't rape, it's just a forceful kind of love. I can just hope …
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"There are a lot of people who feel that the proper way of following a spiritual discipline is by denying their simple humanity. They have become so suspicious of pleasure that they think there is actual value in being miserable: “I am a religious p…
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"keep the experience but refine the view." Can you elaborate?
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@SattvaPaul: Consider the value of informed doubt. Not sure if I understand... Are you talking about believing in things that make sense provisionally, ie. not blind faith?
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Some people are able to take things on faith and they seem fine... Listening to someone speaking with authority, like a Buddhist teacher, even though they might be coming from a place of belief (even if it's informed belief and makes perfect sense) …
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My teacher, Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi, once observed, "In the beginning [of practice] belief and hope are necessary. After four or five years, they are not so necessary." In the beginning, when we're not entirely sure whether Buddhism is just another fe…
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Yes, we need a belief framework, but it must be a belief founded on matters we have tested for ourselves; I have often heard this. To me it sounds self-contradictory. If we had tested the matters for ourselves, we don't need belief anymore. Also, i…
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Getting around various paradoxes would be a challenge. I'd rather travel to a parallel universe with a different version of the timeline than risk bumping into myself in this one :D
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A neutron walks into a bar and orders a margherita. He asks the bartender how much and the bartender responds, "No charge." :lol: (abandons all remaining hope of a serious discussion in this thread) :)
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I think I'm going to start a seperate thread shortly, because this is more general than OP's question. If there are any more responses to my question they can go there.
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Thanks @Zero. I'd be also interested in a comment by @Simonthepilgrim, if it's ok with him to respond.
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My husband just said the same thing, although he put it that it keeps scientists in work and he added, for my benefit :) They spent billions of dollars during the space programme getting people on the moon. All we got was some moon rocks, pens…
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To imagine that there is a single 'answer', be it 'Christian' or 'Buddhist', is to shut our minds to the vastness of Truth. I tend to agree. Still, what confuses me is the apparent paradox that any practice, whether Christian or Buddhist or Sufi o…
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Father Laurence Freeman OBE is the leader of The World Community for Christian Meditation
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Ok. It's just that "the end of existence" sounds like nothingness, so just clarifying.
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It's nothing to do with descent.. You ought to watch BTTF again :cool:
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Great Scott!! :D
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works for me... I guess @Sile could attach it as a file to a post.. if that's allowed.
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Let's buy one of those new electric DeLoreans and go to the future to prevent all such time slippages once and for all. (or have I got it the wrong way round... should be going to the past..? :eek2: ) No, leave it.
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Nirvana is quite simply the end of birth and death, the end of existence. Sounds quite depressing. Isn't that the nihilistic view?
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Delete your link and paste youtube link straight to post (don't use link button).
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On the level of literal belief, I don't see how the central tenet of Christianity, namely that of finding the way to God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, can be squared with Buddhism. But Buddhist meditation can be practised by Ch…
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If nobody had any idea of the Standard Model or there was no search for the Higgs boson, would it exist or not? Sorry, just wanted to make it more Buddhist :p
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Well it seems they found something! They say it could be Higgs. The ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN today presented their latest results in the search for the long-sought Higgs boson. Both experiments see strong indications for the presence of a …
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I'd say it's always advisable to have an experienced teacher, but if it's not possible, there is plenty of instruction out there. I wouldn't worry too much about it. The key thing, imo, is not too exclude any aspect of ourselves in our practice and …
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I think meditation methods can be misused just like anything else.
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That's why I'm asking. I think because I heard it described in the past as the God-particle, I had high expectations. :) I suppose it is also exciting that we have now the technology to investigate at the high levels of energy the LHC allows. The g…
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So no grand unified theory or anything..? That's pretty disappointing. ;) Anyway I hope they find it, even though find is not the best word, rather agree on its existence.
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It's great you took the time to look into it, @Sile.
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I agree with @taiyaki, you if you go into the essence of both you may find a common understanding. On the surface level though there are big differences in the teachings. I suppose it depends on how you perceive Christianity and Buddhism. The Christ…
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I would say no. There are methods of practice and there are views guiding the methods. You can practice methods but it would be hard, if not impossible, to reconcile the views of both.
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yes you are I thought so. :lol:
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the fact you find it irrelevant still means you care enough about it to label it as irrelevant... the word you should use is 'indifferent'. When you are completely neutral and indifferent to all matters discussed here (And why, after all, are you h…
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Zen has quite a large body of literature. I recall a remark by Master Sheng Yen that Zen has the largest body of literature, despite being called transmission outside scriptures! He also said, if you're going on a solitary retreat, Surangama Sutra i…
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Adyashanti perfectly expresses what I'm about (I'm not necessarily saying I agree but his perspective makes sense to me): and this, from Mooji: