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    What do you understand by Anatma?

    Thanks. Could you please explain more as to how you would connect the non existence of "Atman" with the concept of "Samsara".
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    The Incredible Find that may reset the Buddha's birth date.

    It doesn't affect Buddhism at all. Also this finding doesn't really give conclusive evidence to say Buddha was born in 6th century, or am I missing something here? This looks like a shrine which could be the birth place of Buddha. How are they connecting it to the birth date of Buddha??
  3. L

    What do you understand by Anatma?

    What is "Anatma" explained in Buddhism as you understand it?
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    Free will to choose free will

    I did not ask what free will is. I asked shouldn't we get a choice in even choosing what we want in a fair system? Even if I know what something is, I'd still ask questions to know the ideas of others. There is a chance that what I know as I know is not actually the truth. It is a way of...
  5. L

    Free will to choose free will

    I see. Well in case where GOD does not exist free will, simply becomes will. That is what I meant.
  6. L

    Free will to choose free will

    And Blah Blah Blah. Amusing.
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    Free will to choose free will

    Are you saying GOD does not exist or GOD exists but free will does not or there is no free will at all? Because if GOD does not exist then we do what we want, and that means we have free will anyways?
  8. L

    Free will to choose free will

    I'm not following you really.
  9. L

    Free will to choose free will

    Did I get a chance to choose whether I want free will or not? What if I don't want to do sin and therefor I don't want the free will which makes it possible to do sin? Where did I get the chance to exercise my free will in choosing whether I need or not the free will?
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    a small QUESTION??

    I haven't seen undeniable evidence. I only noticed that when it comes to religious matters undeniable evidence is just a personal view.
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    Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam

    To the best of my knowledge, A proton can be considered as a positively charged hydrogen atom. An ionized hydrogen gas cloud can be made of protons(hydrogen nuclei). It is assumed that within few minutes of the expansion(about 1 billion kelvin temperature), protons started to combine with...
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    Question about creation in Islam

    Seems like it was earth first then stars and heavens. I don't know whether following are the correct verses. But seems like it speaks of it. Say (O Muhammad, unto the idolaters): Disbelieve ye verily in Him Who created the earth in two Days, and ascribe ye unto Him rivals? He (and none else)...
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    Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam

    My point is that you cannot say universe was never like a large nebula.
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    Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam

    Didn't protons,neutrons (among other particles) exit in an ionized gas like stage during the formation of universe? (Ex:Hadron epoch and later stages). Why would you say this is not a nebula like state? It seems to me that between singularity and present date, there could have been a nebula...
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    Buddhist...?

    Yes. But I see that many people do not understand the Mahayana language. In my country some people use these misunderstandings to point out Mahayana is erroneous.
  16. L

    Buddhist...?

    True. But I was referring to the fact that theravadin's consider there are three states one can reach in attaining "nirvana", buddha being only one of them.
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    Buddhist...?

    What I meant was that Theravadin's believe that ultimate goal is to become a buddha, pase-buddha or arhath. Buddha - Understands the truth and shows the way to others. Pase Buddha - Understands the truth but lacks the ability to teach others. Arhath - Realities the truth through the...
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    Buddhist...?

    Isn't this a mahayana belief? I don't think its right to say this because it seems different buddhist sects have different beliefs on this.
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    Is the Buddha's Dharma really Atheistic?

    ] Being born in a buddhist country and to budhist parents and having studied buddhism for nearly two decades, I can say I agree 100% with you. I think the word "deva" which can be found in sinhalese,hindi,pali,sanskrit and possibly in other languages also has been mistranslated to the word...
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    How do you know GOD is there?

    I'm really interested to know what your own experiences are. I'm looking for anything beyond just a 'feeling'. Assuming God's existence is a highly rational explanation for our existence and that of the universe, it still seems like just a reason to assume that there's a high probability that...
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