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I've never been Christian, despite my Christian parents, being in churches, and growing up for a few years at the Baptist College of Florida. Never have I even for one second felt Christian. On the o… (View Post)
(Quote) Buddhanature isn't a "self," it just refers to the potential to become buddha (awakened). It's a potential that is met, not a "thing" that goes into nirvana. Just to be he… (View Post)
(Quote) Like us humans, like animals, beings in purgatory, and "hungry ghosts," asuras are just beings. They are beings of a subtle form. There is a deva world here on earth, a deva kingdom… (View Post)
(Quote) Asuras are similar to devas (gods), which is a great number of heavenly realms where beings live, as opposed to hell. Asuras, or demigods, differ from devas in the sense that they are discont… (View Post)
Mahayana, or the "Great Vehicle," actually comes from Theravada. Of course it does because this is the oldest tradition which is composed of the Buddha's original teaching. What makes it tr… (View Post)