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From The Secular Buddhist Association website: The first thing we notice is that Gotama doesn’t say, “Life is suffering.” The word usually translated as “suffering” is dukkha, and as Gotama uses the … (View Post)
For me it simply means that I'm examining this person known as the Buddha, and his teachings. Part of this examination is spent here, as I have no 'real-world' sangha, and haven't spent too much time… (View Post)
Well, there is that element of symbolic death of the old man, and rebirth of a new man within Orthodox Christianity as well. But, the belief that the physical spilling of innocent blood for atonement… (View Post)