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matthewmartin · Amateur Bodhisattva · Veteran
Testing 123. My blog is http://suburbandestiny.com
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Re: What are responsibilities of youngest brother towards elder sister as per Buddhism?
When Buddhism and Chinese culture collided, the Buddhists had to face the charge of being fundamentally immoral on account of the monastic ideal (leave your parents, family and have no children! wors… (View Post)
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Re: Questions about Buddhism from the eyes of a skeptic
Essentially I felt there was no proof for anything supernatural and I would rather follow the evidence put forth by science. Lemme preface that there are only a few secular Buddhists on this forum-- … (View Post)
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Re: is that true Buddhism does not deny the existence of a soul?
IS THIS TRUE EXPLAIN TO ME BECAUSE I AM ARGUING WITH A PERSON WHO SAID ANATTA IS RELATED TO REBIRTH SO THAT ANATTA IS A KIND OF SOUL, AND HE LINKED THIS WIKIPEDIA SECTION People smarter than me also … (View Post)2 -
Re: What's your profession?
Software developer in the defense industry. I have to do mental gymnastics to deal with the cognitive dissonance between my job and the 8FP's livelihood rules & the precepts regarding (indirect) … (View Post)
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Re: Suicide
Depends on what motivated it (this was the gist of the Dalai Lama's discussion on self immolation). There have been cases where monks motivated by their failing health would commit suicide without co… (View Post)
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