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Re: Can prayers or chanting give you protection in any way?
Well...it definitely isn't taken just on faith. In Buddhism, one must have reason. Sure, some Buddhists may have so much faith in the reasoning of their teachers that they don't bother to replicate t… (View Post)
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Re: An interesting BBC program about near death experience.
(Quote) In the case of Pam, she was undergoing a specific surgical procedure which involved stopping so many of her body's and brain's processes that, according to even skeptical surgeons, it should … (View Post)
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The Origins of Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ: A Study of the Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra
Fascinating-looking book by Alexander Studholme! Summary: Om Manipadme Hum, perhaps the most well-known of all Buddhist mantras, lies at the heart of the Tibetan system and is cherished by both layma… (View Post)
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Re: Can prayers or chanting give you protection in any way?
It's not that we have some amazing power to send through an impenetrable wall - by Buddhist theory (much of it, anyway), the wall is quite thin or not there at all. Just because beings can't communic… (View Post)
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Re: Can prayers or chanting give you protection in any way?
(Quote) See 5th post in this thread - there are more, but some of the main ones are listed there. (View Post)
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