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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste Yes it is considered he died from eating bad pork, weather it was naturally bad or poisoned is not sure, I am sure Siddharta had enemies at the time. The act of accepting meat was to not isolate any being from his teachings, its a simple as that, but he preached non violence, he gave...
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste To harmonize with early Buddhism you would have to go back in time. Some things of that time will not be as applicable then as it is today. There is no self righteousness going in here as far as I can see, what is being refuted is your understanding of early Buddhism. These talks...
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste The Buddha did accept meat with certain rules, I will bow out, everyone can see your twisting the teachings to fit your own habits, if you think thats early Buddhism be my guest, but you will not find anyone who knows about this subject agreeing with you.
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste Well, just imagine if he did not accept that poisoned pork, he would have lived longer and gave more teachings.
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste Buddhist I fail to see any logic or reason in your posts. I was talking about Siddharta pre Buddha, he was with many teachers and there is no account of him taking or eating or accepting meat. When he was Buddha he accepted alms. Also how can you say you closely follow Buddhism and then...
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste Common sense, if you like I can also give many quotations that vegetarian diet is preferred. You claim early Buddhism, but you may want to gain some insights into India as a historical place of those times, then make a grand assessment of his teachings that fit into the context of that...
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste, Please read Vanijja Sutta, AN 5:177 where the Buddha said the Butchery was wrong livelihood.
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste No hypocrisy, as commuting is part of normal daily life, some have no choice but to drive to work, some jobs are driving jobs, some people have so much physical disability they may need to be driven around, so my point is that in this day and age driving and cars and bikes are part of...
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste Yes driving a car in this day is unavoidable, that doesn't mean everyone has a car and drives, but there are cars that will be driven everyday and that is unavoidable. I can see why you logic of eating meat has not yet reached the full capacity to understand the subject.
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste Driving a car, breathing, self cannibalism that the Body is subject to is unavoidable, eating meat if one has choice is avoidable. My body is eating its own flesh right now, that is neither moral or immoral, killing animals for profit I would consider immoral, especially the meat...
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    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    Namaste, http://www.standard.co.uk/news/vegetarians-are-more-intelligent-says-study-7082629.html To compare the standards of life of Ancient India to today is not as applicable. The Buddha did stress more vegetarian diet, but allowed people who were usally not allowed to give alms not to give...
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    The Greatness of Lord Vishnu

    Namaste, Let all feel comfortable to Glorify either Shiva or Vishnu as they like, there is no conflict, only in misunderstanding is their conflict. Mahabharata (Anusasana-parva 135) says that Vishnu and Shiva are nondifferent and even counts the names Shiva, Sarva, Sthanu, Isana, and...
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    The Vedas

    Namaste, Mostly it is understood that Veda is a written set of texts, this is true with the Samihtas, before this was the oral tradition, before the oral as contained in the texts Vach is preceded By Sabda or sound, to more subtle to more subtle, so Vedas gradually trace back to the original...
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    Do You Believe in God?

    Namaste First maybe define what is considered as belief and then what is considered as God. I am a theist but i DONT BELIEVE IN GOD
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    What are the god?

    Namaste, Maybe when one arrives at this type of junction it may be best to go into some type of introspect, deeper thought, meditation. Intellectually some things can't exactly be described, we do not have the full capacity to describe the taste of an orange, if we eat a sweet cool orange on...
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    mahavatar babaji

    Namaste, Maybe we can explore the potential of man, I say that he is divine, nor ordinary, I think nothing is ordinary. Lets us take some perspective from Gita 7.8
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    mahavatar babaji

    Namaste , It seems you are only relying on the interpretation of Brahman from Adi Shankara, I too accept this whole heartedly, would you accept that there is say an extension of the meaning of Brahman in Kasmiri Shaivism, I use the word extension because I do not see any refutation in the way...
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    Did Vedas exist before The Bhagavad Gita ?

    Namaste, Veda was originally Oral, but even this is Apaurusheya it has no human author, its a discovery, Veda also mean knowledge, to access Veda one needs Darshan or vision. What is the date of Bhagavad Gita, Krsna Ji Himself said he instructed this science to the Sun God Vivasvān, Vedas and...
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    mahavatar babaji

    Namaste, There is only 1 Paramahamsa Ji if we are talking about mahavatar babaji, I was naturally assuming because He is the title of the thread that people would understand I was referring to Paramahamsa Yoginanda Ji AKA Mukunda Lal Ghosh. With the word Siddhi I am using it as I would use the...
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    mahavatar babaji

    Namaste Siddhi is used when one has a perfection, it does not just mean mystic power, I am using conversational language in context with the thread, the highest perfection is Brahma Jnana. :) But if we are to play with words one who has Brahma Jnana has no beliefs, he is complete, maybe only...
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