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Toraldris· -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- ·Veteran
(Quote) You either believe a deformed child deserved it, or you don't. You either believe a person born into slavery or a low caste deserved it, or you don't. I don't think that's karma. Genetics and… (View Post)
@windfall What "event"? If you're talking about this thing you said, we're going to need a lot more detail about it: "Shortly after my 25th year I was laying in my bunk meditating on … (View Post)
(Quote) This is what I call the "new-world view" that's aligned with modern scientific causality (cause and effect). Karma is causality focused on an individual's thoughts, speech and actio… (View Post)
As for my part, if the Buddha used the word "god" or "God" at all, he surely wasn't talking about the Christian concept. He'd be talking about the Hindu gods, or Brahma/Brahman, o… (View Post)
@Hamsaka She might as well have been saying reality was depressing compared to the things she believed! :) Even plain atheism without any religion, subscribing to a naturalistic worldview, would seem… (View Post)