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  1. dyanaprajna2011

    Meditate with eyes open or closed?

    That's a pretty standard Zen view. However, being Zen myself, I still close my eyes when I meditate. I find that when I try to keep my eyes slightly open, I spend most of my energy focused on that.
  2. dyanaprajna2011

    Why do descriptions of heaven seem highly materialistic?

    Either materialism is evil or it's not. If it's one way for one realm, it only follows that it's the same for another realm. In other words, if it's evil for this material realm, then it should be even moreso for a heavenly realm. Take the Christian view of heaven, for example. Everyone...
  3. dyanaprajna2011

    Where tax money funds public schools teaching creationism as science

    rusra, if I'm not mistaken, isn't the premise of ID simply that everything had design and creation from a higher power? If this is the case, then ID can certainly contain the idea of evolution, correct? as long as it was guided by this higher power?
  4. dyanaprajna2011

    Existence vs Real

    Fair enough. This. The part I put in bold. And actually, I've found, at least IMO, that we know next to nothing about consciousness. Even the standard scientific explanation, as you pointed out as a function of neural activity, doesn't really seem that plausible to me. I think...
  5. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    I'd like to agree with you, but then again, you get into the whole idea of reinterpreting Christianity from a Buddhist perspective, which is something I would hesitate doing. There are many parallels between what Jesus taught and what the Buddha taught, but these are basically ethical in tone...
  6. dyanaprajna2011

    Existence vs Real

    Not by that explanation. But I'm one who doesn't believe that consciousness is something that evolved. Fair enough. But doesn't the number 3 only have meaning, then, when it's used as a descriptor? And, is it possible for 3 to cease existing if there's nothing 3 of to quantify? Or a...
  7. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    The issue to me isn't necessarily theological, it's more philosophical. There are those in certain religions who just can't seem to accept the fact that there are those who would disagree with them, on a philosophically fundamental level. Eastern religion works by a completely different...
  8. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    Or not.
  9. dyanaprajna2011

    Why do descriptions of heaven seem highly materialistic?

    I'm not sure if this really matters to those who believe in a type of heaven, but this is something that bothers me. It seems to me that religions that teach one not to be attached to the world or worldly possessions, has some of the most worldly descriptions of heaven. This seems to present a...
  10. dyanaprajna2011

    Odds are we're living in the Matrix and religion is false

    It's a possibility...
  11. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    Nice, there's only one problem- none of that fits with Buddhist philosophy. In speaking of Maitreya, the Buddha says that he will, like the Buddha himself, be a "teacher of gods and men". Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but this doesn't seem to fit with Abrahamic theology. The Buddha also...
  12. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    DharmaFlower.Net - Bodhisattva - Maitreya A Brief History of Maitreya by Lama Thubten Yeshe Who’s Who in Buddhism: Maitreya Bodhisattva | Buddha Journey http://www.budsas.org/ebud/metteya/arimet04.htm For those Abrahamics who believe that the Buddha predicted your particular prophet in...
  13. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    Buddhist Studies: Maitreya (Futrue Buddha) Manjushri - Buddha and Bodhisattva Directory Buddha Pronounces the Sutra of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Attainment of Buddhahood, ???????? I fail to see anything Christian or Bahai in these.
  14. dyanaprajna2011

    Apparently, the Buddha prophesied the coming of Jesus

    Buddha Prophesized about the coming of Jesus I was going to post this in the Buddhist DIR for the Buddhist to discuss amongst ourselves, but I decided to have everyone else chime in to see what they think about it.
  15. dyanaprajna2011

    Have you ever felt like an outsider?

    I've never fit in anywhere. I've always been what you could call 'unique'. Some people like it, some people, well, not so much. But I don't care, I'm me, and that's all that matters.
  16. dyanaprajna2011

    What is Your Faith

    1. State your faith. Zen Buddhism 2. What are some common values in your religion. The primary ethical code in Buddhism is the Five Precepts: -Do no harm to any sentient being -Do not lie or use false or harsh speech -Do not steal or take that which is not given to you -Do not...
  17. dyanaprajna2011

    Existence vs Real

    Not necessarily humans, but some sort of consciousness. I would have to disagree. '3' can only exist as an abstract concept, and has no meaning outside it's use as an adjective, at least in my way of thinking. The question then is, can something be real without first it's existence as a...
  18. dyanaprajna2011

    Existence vs Real

    Plato, in his idea of the theory of forms, taught that a mental conception is more real than the actuality of the thing itself. In my way of thinking, all things are products of the mind, nothing can be real without first existing as a conceptual thought. This is how we know things, IMO, this...
  19. dyanaprajna2011

    Existence vs Real

    Not until thought is given to them. I don't think it would be more accurate, but it would be just as valid to say so. Whether god exists ontologically/existentially or not isn't really the point of what I'm getting at; whether in actuality or just in thought, the concept, if you will, is...
  20. dyanaprajna2011

    Existence vs Real

    From the Buddhist point of view, what I've said can be easily explained by the ideas of anatta and sunyata. But I'm aware that this isn't a decent explanation for readers of this thread. So I'll try and explain my viewpoint. I might be everywhere on the map, so bear with me. Everything...
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