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  1. dyanaprajna2011

    Are We Addicted to Money?

    I would say yes, and take it a step further- some people view money as a god. It's never a good thing, IMO. Some people gather and hoard money just for it's own sake, which is something I don't understand.
  2. dyanaprajna2011

    Thailand: when Buddhism mixes with politics and gets ugly

    I'm not sure where the line should be drawn. The whole mixing Buddhism and politics thing has just gotten under my skin, and I've gotten to the point, even as an American where things aren't quite so confused, to just leave politics alone. However, I do want to address something you said...
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    Buddhists only: No Brahman Teaching in Buddhism

    Brahman indicates atman; dharmakaya indicates anatta. You can't have both an ego-soul and not have an ego-soul. Brahman is one, dharmakaya is another.
  4. dyanaprajna2011

    Buddhists only: No Brahman Teaching in Buddhism

    Once again, the Buddha redefined terms he used. Tao is naturalness; brahman is unity with the divine; dharmakaya is emptiness. So tao and brahman are not dharmakaya.
  5. dyanaprajna2011

    Thailand: when Buddhism mixes with politics and gets ugly

    Thai Buddhist monk vows to fight on even as protesters scale back Question: where do we draw the line?
  6. dyanaprajna2011

    Cessation of Suffering and Rebirth...Why?

    Suffering only ends upon paranirvana, or rather, the things that cause suffering. Nirvana means, roughly, "to blow out", or "to cool". It's not that the things that cause suffering disappear, but that our mind is refined to such a point where those things no longer cause us suffering. It...
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    Buddhists only: No Brahman Teaching in Buddhism

    The Buddha used upaya, or skillful means, in teaching people, as Gjallarhorn pointed out. When we see terms like brahma or brahman used in the texts, we have to ask ourselves: in what context were they used? who was the audience the Buddha was speaking to? What was he trying to say? and, how...
  8. dyanaprajna2011

    Happy Birthday, Debater Slayer!

    Happy birthday DS!
  9. dyanaprajna2011

    Happy Birthday 9-10th Penguin!

    Happy birthday Jeff!
  10. dyanaprajna2011

    Jung: What Does your Myer-Briggs Type Indicator Mean?

    ISTJ, but I'm not really sure exactly what that means.
  11. dyanaprajna2011

    Sidd's Cafe'

    Sounds good. I brought some tea. :)
  12. dyanaprajna2011

    Death by Dogma

    Unfortunately, these are true. There is, however, the idea in both Theravada and Zen of practitioners attaining enlightenment on one's own. Yeah, at least from my understanding.
  13. dyanaprajna2011

    Karma and rebirth: a metaphor

    Right. :) I would say it's almost related more to Hume's compatibilism.
  14. dyanaprajna2011

    Zen and ethics

    Where is the ethical dimension of Buddhist meditation in Zen? | Tricycle It's been pointed out many times before, that the teachings of the precepts, morality and virtue, and compassion and loving-kindness, are nearly non-existent, if not extinct, in the teachings of Zen. This is something...
  15. dyanaprajna2011

    Karma and rebirth: a metaphor

    Alot of people, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist, have a hard time understanding the Buddhist concepts of karma and rebirth, and how they apply to each other. So I came up with a metaphor to try to help explain them. Let's say you have a hill. There's a stone rolling down the hill. It hits...
  16. dyanaprajna2011

    Prove me wrong

    Let me give it some thought, and I'll post when I have some.
  17. dyanaprajna2011

    Prove me wrong

    The rules and regulations of the religion? At the moment, they are not important.
  18. dyanaprajna2011

    Miracles in the Quran

    If you're unwilling to consider the possibility that you may be wrong, there's no point for debate. Blind faith never listens to reason.
  19. dyanaprajna2011

    Prove me wrong

    No specific level of proof; just how would you consider that I'm wrong. Maybe in the same way that you would offer proof that other revealed religions are wrong. But what I'm mainly looking for is how followers of other revealed religions would say that I'm wrong.
  20. dyanaprajna2011

    Prove me wrong

    Let's try something. Let's say that I tell you that I heard from the one and only true god. He gave me a list of laws and religious rites that are to be performed, and had me write everything he told me down in a book. God told me that all other religions are wrong, and have been sent to...
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