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Zenff:That’s the dogmatic approach to Buddhism that I reject. It’s the unfair come-and-see-for-yourself invitation. We can test the teaching, but we cannot reach the conclusion that the teaching is w… (View Post)
PrairieGhost:Yes, and there is nothing to realise. We have to awaken, that is, we have to realize that we are not really this psycho-physical body by directly seeing our true nature which is transcen… (View Post)
Batchelor's definition of secularism is in essence no different than Holyoake's who introducted the term with his book, Secularism, Scepticism, and Atheism. Holyoake defines secularism this way which… (View Post)
Sexual desire belongs to the five demon skandha (maraskandha). Your consciousness has been interfacing with the five demon skandha since birth. It is not until you get my age that sexual desire reall… (View Post)
The Buddhist canon is amazingly consistent if one takes the time to actually study the canon. Christianity, with its OT and NT is totally inconsistent. Buddhist scholars can, pretty much, tell us wha… (View Post)