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Re: Is the Lotus sutra just a story?
Zenff:Buddhism is not some esoteric knowledge; the way I see it. The essential teaching is something we can know without the canon because it says something about our lives, our suffering and about l… (View Post)
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Re: Is the Lotus sutra just a story?
jll:the lotus is a later addition, long after the buddha's death that is not universally accepted by buddhists. there are many good buddhists who have never heard of or read the lotus sutra. Not very… (View Post)1 -
Re: Nirvana and Cosmology
On nirvana/nibbana the Udanatthakatha (PTS, 393) describes it this way: "[nibbana/nirvana] is permanent by nature (niccasvabhavatta ), it is without an end, beyond death and cessation; it is imm… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhism And Meditation: Why Most Buddhists In The World Don't Meditate!
Most of what Westerners consider to be meditation is more often a form of relaxation; of bringing down the stress levels. By such meditation, a certain level of comfort is reached. The problem with t… (View Post)
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Re: Are the precepts just training rules?
According to Buddha in the Relays of Chairots Sutta (M. i. 149–50), like King Pasenadi of Kosala's seven relays of chariots, purity of moral habit is of purpose as far as purity of mind, purity of mi… (View Post)
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