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  1. Rinchen

    If there is no self, why am I having this experience?

    I have to step away from the computer for a little bit, but I will come back to explain it later, I wont forget! :D
  2. Rinchen

    If there is no self, why am I having this experience?

    All I have to say is, Ramana Maharshi rocks. :)
  3. Rinchen

    If there is no self, why am I having this experience?

    It leads to there beings gods and goddessess, but they are still within the realm of samsara. Samsaric Beings. Never did. The Buddha died, so did your mortal Mohammad, and everyone else that has ever existed on earth. The Buddha taught that death and impermanence are the highest...
  4. Rinchen

    If there is no self, why am I having this experience?

    Dont fool yourself into thinking the Buddha did this to give hope for theists.
  5. Rinchen

    If there is no self, why am I having this experience?

    The reason why Buddhism doesnt answer such questions is because they are ultimately irrelevant to the path of Buddhadharma, or thinking you have the answers to those questions is just another delusion. When you accept you dont know, that is when you are the closest to Prajna.
  6. Rinchen

    If there is no self, why am I having this experience?

    Because experience isn't self.
  7. Rinchen

    Mankind's rebellion against God

    All I'm saying is, if I dont want my kids to become addicted to heroin, I wouldn't keep some in their room and tell them not to use it... If God didn't want them to eat the fruit of that tree, why put it there?
  8. Rinchen

    Mankind's rebellion against God

    If God loved Adam and Eve, why would he have given them a different spiritual direction? I just don't get the reluctance, that many theists have, to recognize that according to their own beliefs this all is God's fault.
  9. Rinchen

    Jesus is written in the planets

    That is quite an impressive run on sentence. If your going to type like that, why not just take it to the next level and not use the exclamation points?
  10. Rinchen

    Bhedabheda vs. Advaita

    Indeed, I know im not a Hindu or Vedantin, but I would like to say a couple of things. When we read about Advaita Vedanta and take it as authoritive (Its main texts and commentaries), I can see why it would be so surprising to the reader. Advaita Vedanta is, very much so, the most...
  11. Rinchen

    Karma

    How about you just talk to the person you're trying to benefit and see for yourself what they need. No need to superimpose our own wants on someone. I can honestly say there are people out there who want to be treated in a way I DON'T want to be treated.
  12. Rinchen

    Why the gods remain stuck in time.

    I don't believe it's a coincidence that the more doubt we have as people over time, the less miraculous happenings we witness.
  13. Rinchen

    Karma

    Karma is how the mind creates the world, it is intention. All worlds exist dependently upon the karma of beings. It is very different from the golden rule (i think that rule is bs). The golden rule is in error because others dont necessarily want to be treated the way I do. The golden rule is...
  14. Rinchen

    Devas: Roles in your practice

    The Buddha himself said that it is only possible to attain realization as a Human. A god cannot because of their state of living. Do the gods have teachings? Well, I'm sure they have many. How many of them lead to complete Buddhahood though? And even though a god may be a disciple of Buddha...
  15. Rinchen

    Devas: Roles in your practice

    Absolutely, I was just replying to the OP who wondered how Devas could hinder a Buddhists spiritual growth.
  16. Rinchen

    Devas: Roles in your practice

    The basis of this is that the Devas and their teachings, as well as any other teaching, lack even a basic conceptual understanding of emptiness, anatman, etc. Without emptiness, there is no Buddhahood. The eternalist beliefs and so on, are the tirthika philosophies, which too lack understanding...
  17. Rinchen

    Impermanence can be a real *****!

    Thank you for this. Understanding stuff like this is a door to compassion and gratitude. Accepting the realities of life is the door to perspective, and that is the entrance to a meaningful life. Suffering and impermanence are the first steps to freedom.
  18. Rinchen

    Argument from Degree of Perfection

    What I was really getting at is that the argument in the OP has a basis that is purely fantasy, idealogical, and not based in any correct apprehension of reality. If the foundation of my argument for why the world exists is a unicorn, it's safe to say the rest of my argument is probably, well, a...
  19. Rinchen

    How to Transform Pain into Compassion

    The basis of this is called Tonglen, however the details as you describe it are different from how it is practiced in Tibetan Buddhism.
  20. Rinchen

    Argument from Degree of Perfection

    We are the ones who define objects as lesser and greater (hierarchy), they are a subjective projection, not objective realities. The whole basis of the argument is quite non-existent. Sometimes logic isn't so logical.
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