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Toraldris · -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- · Veteran
Good night sweetheart, well it's time to go!
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Re: Fat Buddha?
The "fat Buddha" is Hotei / Budai, not Siddhartha Gautama. Hotei's nickname is "Laughing Buddha", that's what has led to such confusion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai (View Post)
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Re: Negative Buddhist practices?
@ericcris10sen If someone acts like that and is calling themselves a Buddhist, they're not a very good one if they are. You're right that these things are contradictory to Buddhist teaching. (View Post)
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Re: Can you be delusional and Buddhist too?
Thinking isn't everything. Our views and perceptions color our world, and they are prior to thought. (View Post)
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Re: Would you have gone to the management and complained?
@dhammachick Don't look at me, I'm a full atheist+Skeptic and think the cashier's views are the most ridiculous thing. :mrgreen: I just don't believe they were "pushing" their views on peop… (View Post)
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Re: I have a meditation question.
(Quote) "Who is the who?" might be more apropos. Otherwise these questions posit a couple of things that need examined: That "you" are one thing and "your mind" another,… (View Post)1