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Re: Is it a waste of time for a Buddhist to ponder atheism/theism?
Atheism is predicated on theism and perhaps one step further, it is predicated on everything religion stands for, especially, the other-worldly. In a nutshell, no theism, no atheism. Personally, I th… (View Post)
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Re: Should Buddhist temples collect donations?
There would be no need to make donations if the western colonialists had not come to SE Asia. In the example of Sri Lanka, the Brits robbed the Buddhists temples of half their lands. The Buddhist ove… (View Post)
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Re: Consciousness producing matter?
Silouan: This is from the Pali Nikayas:And again, Udayin, a course has been pointed out by me for disciples [airya-savaka], practising which disciples of mine from this body (mentally) produce (anoth… (View Post)1 -
Re: What's the deal with emptiness?
Cloud: No, the real key to enlightenment is not about the realization of emptiness, it's about the realization of the luminous Mind. "Abiding thus in equanimity, the mind of the Bodhisattva was … (View Post)
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Re: What's the deal with emptiness?
Cloud: According to Nagarjuna this world has originated due to imagination. It is totally unreal. Since it is dependently originated it is empty; it lacks self-nature (svabhâva), in other words. Obvi… (View Post)1