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matthewmartin · Amateur Bodhisattva · Veteran
Testing 123. My blog is http://suburbandestiny.com
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Re: What are the foundations for belief in Pure Land Buddhism?
(Quote) Theory of truth are different, they range from "what is feels good to believe is true" (copied from a website about Wicca), to "it's true if you see it during meditation" … (View Post)
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Re: The dark side of our society...
(Quote) Per wikipedia "Grazing systems supply approximately 9 percent of the world's production of beef, according to Food and Agriculture Organization FAO statistics.[1]" https://en.wikipe… (View Post)
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Re: Spiritual analysis of gun control
There are two issues here: gun control (the idea that guns shouldn't be freely available to all and that their use in vigilantism is problematic) and Buddhists serving in the military. I can't tell i… (View Post)
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Re: What actually made Prince Siddhartha become Buddha/Enlightened??
(Quote) I imagine he was sitting under that tree mulling over the basically Hindu way of seeing the main problem of life (how to reunite your mind and soul with Brahma by ascetic scrubbing) and he go… (View Post)
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Re: Which sects of Buddhism suggest it is possible to attain enlightenment within this life?
Only in Buddhism is the ultimate reward denied and 99.9 percent of the followers told they're not good enough to graduate from their lives of suffering Yes, the numbers are dodgy, but I have to remin… (View Post)1