HI all, Merry Christmas to those who are in a Christmas area/country. Otherwise happy holidays of the mid winter variety. I must admit I am not aware enough of Buddhist holidays to celebrate those bu…

Buddhists who think science can prove rebirth is like Christians who thinks science can prove an afterlife. It's all BS until real scientists can study it.

science also cannot prove love they can only prove oxytocin. When we look for love or any experience all we find is sawdust. quarks or hormones or evolutionary advantage or whatever.

without the usual zen gibberish.

Not my story, for I have read this some where else:

It appears that it's not just me whose a big zombie fan on this site (Image)

This will be a hypothetical post. It is not meant to be the important issues, but rather simply a mind teaser. Please do not be harsh on me. It is in the General Banter.

I believe it is safe to say that this would be the same as asking if karma is real. I do not know if karma or the six realms is real or not, but I can imagine that living in the human realm can some…

I don't believe in the hell realms. I think they are scare tactics. The Tibetan Buddhists say they are real as do the Theravadin. The Zen teachers vary. Nonin over on Zen Forum says that they are not…

Well, I guess we'll have to take a poll of Tibetans, then. I've read in more sources than I can remember that many believe the realms are real. And "real" means by conventional reality. …