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Re: When the Buddha obtain enlightenment did he ever have sex again?
(Quote) There is nothing that is 100% certain about Buddha. Right view can inform your own actions. You can know if you have engaged in sex with evil intentions, or if you or someone else will be har… (View Post)
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Re: Basic stuff
(Quote) Surely you aren't saying that meditation is detrimental to Buddhist practice. It might be the difference between an intellectual understanding and realization. Between suffering and not suffe… (View Post)
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Re: Basic stuff
(Quote) Perhaps if it is viewed not as attaining enlightenment, but reducing suffering, then the concern with self-making would not be a problem. Just making life better. Simple. (View Post)1 -
Re: I "get" the noble truths
Everyone has the mundane view. That's easy. Realizing the two truths seems to take a lot of contemplation, meditation and talking apparently. (View Post)
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Re: Buddha, a myth?
To me, the Buddha has the same reality that Don Juan Matus has. I have no idea whether he existed or not. Or how much of the material attributed to him was actually spoken by him. As @nevermind liked… (View Post)
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