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I don't find Buddhism pessimistic at all. The fact that every one experiences negative stressful things in their lives is obvious -- it's the way life is, and that's easily observable. The fact that … (View Post)
Speaking for myself, it is difficult to completely wrap my mind around what liberation is -- what it's like, and it is difficult to focus on something that I have such minimal understanding of. On th… (View Post)
I think it comes down to how you approach those subjects with your friend. Coming off as nagging or holier than thou is likely to make people tune you out. Likewise, constantly correcting them about … (View Post)
(Quote) I have to disagree with you... meat is killed for the consumer, you are the consumer, you spend money on meat adding to the demand. It's hard to cut yourself out of that. It makes sense for m… (View Post)
(Quote) And for some people religion deals with concepts and issues that science doesn't (at least not at this time). Religion may speak to personal experiences that can't be proven in laboratory con… (View Post)