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matthewmartin · Amateur Bodhisattva · Veteran
Testing 123. My blog is http://suburbandestiny.com
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Re: Yay! Sangha Day!
Send checks! I think many temples are essentially serving their local community, so it makes the most sense for those communities to support their sangha. However, there are monasteries that are esse… (View Post)
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Re: Atheism and the original teachings
The original Buddha was probably a Taxilla college educated philosopher who was trying to get across a metaphysical realization to a far less sophisticated crowd of random people. From my reading of … (View Post)
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Re: Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes - 'Try before you Die!'
Buddhist Cook books I like: 3 Bowls - Vegetarian, American/Zen monastery style food. And just found this one: Chinese Buddhist recipes. My last search on amazon turned up little in the way of books, … (View Post)
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Re: is there any historical evidence that buddha existed out of pali canon?
Well, in the case of the Mahayana sutras, we have no idea who wrote them. We know the Buddha didn't speak them because he was long dead before the were written-- they were too long to have been memor… (View Post)
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Re: Is Vegetarianism valid?
Intracellular organelles communicate with each other via chemical. So by this reasoning every cell on the body is sentient-- by scratching your elbow you are killing untold millions of sentient being… (View Post)
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