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Vimalajāti Veteran
About
- Username
- Vimalajāti
- Location
- Whitby, Ontario
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- Points
- 568
- Location
- Whitby, Ontario
- Languages Spoken
- French, English, Chinese, very bad Japanese
- Affiliation
- Mahayana
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Re: The Tao and nature
It sort of challenges what a translation is, but this is very common for translations of the Dàodéjīng. Consider the first division of the first chapter: 道可道非常道。 名可名非常名。 Twelve words, i… (View Post)
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Re: One religion or many?
Something I've always wondered is, if Sukhāvatī is outside the three worlds, how is it the "Western" Paradise? How does directionality apply to it at all, if it is neither in the desire rea… (View Post)
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Re: Has Buddhism produced any Buddhas?
I've an apocryphal story to share that I once read on another Buddhism forum some years ago about the dangers of magical displays and operations from figures of religious authority. I cannot remember… (View Post)1 -
Re: Has Buddhism produced any Buddhas?
(Quote) For good reason IMO. Also displays of psychic power and similar miracles are forbidden in front of the laity. We can imagine why. A monk who can display miracles, whether authentic or via ill… (View Post)
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A Buddhist Harrowing of Hell
I found the oddest mythological parallel the other day while doing some reading. In the Avalokiteśvaraguṇakaraṇḍavyūha (The Seeing of Avalokiteśvara's Basket of Features), the bodhisatva Avalokiteśva… (View Post)1