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Re: The Great Greenfly Challenge
I don't see the moral dilemma here. The greenfly is a sentient being while the rose is not. The choice seems rather simple (?) (View Post)
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Re: With a simple YES or NO! Do you believe buddhism is the ONLY path to the Cessation Of Suffering??
They have many virtues but they are not close to Liberation, Virtue does not necessarily equate with Enlightenment or Nirvana indeed these factors are prerequisites to these accomplishments but they … (View Post)
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Re: With a simple YES or NO! Do you believe buddhism is the ONLY path to the Cessation Of Suffering??
(Quote) I have little doubt that people like Gandhi and Mother Theresa were a lot more closer to liberation than a lot of other Buddhists who were following a "non-samsaric" path. Saying th… (View Post)
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Re: What is the best 'descriptive' story of buddhas Enlightenment? What made him enlightened?
(Quote) In short, it could be said that ultimately he was seeking for a way to help other beings become enlightened so that they may escape the suffering of samsara. In the Theravada tradition, we ar… (View Post)
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Re: With a simple YES or NO! Do you believe buddhism is the ONLY path to the Cessation Of Suffering??
I think the following is worth considering: 1) According to both Theravada and Mahayana tradition, one does not attain the cessation of suffering in one lifetime, but rather we are to develop the per… (View Post)1