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  1. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    I think we're just about done Vinayaka, and I think that there is a tangential relation to Hinduism, but I get your point. But that said, "all is one" anyway, right? (wink, wink)
  2. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    No, Rick, I haven't been been to a meeting in 25 years despite having a great deal of respect for them. In short, despite the Quakers' de-emphasis of "The Christ", over time I felt less and less like a "CHRISTIAN". Also, being a very philosophically-oriented person, the the simplicity of the...
  3. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Rick- In the meeting that I attended, they were assiduous about "eldering" any chatter during the meeting as well as, discretely, post gathering, curbing anyone whose messages got too close to polemics or lectures. Like Hinduism, because Quakerism is so relatively "loose", so much depends upon...
  4. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Here's another piece of information that can hopefully help you guys to help me, and if you're not already familiar, might intrigue some of you: Quakerism. I was for several years attending Quaker (most officially called The Religious Society of Friends) "meeting" as it's known. Again, for so...
  5. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Shiva Fan- I've also done a bit of reading on Jainism and there are elements of it that are very attractive - like the Jain notion of truth so often illustrated by the blind men and the elephant with regard to the animal's "ultimate nature". BUT, for example, and as Aupmanyav mentions, and with...
  6. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Aupmanyav- Thanks so much for the "legwork". Unfortunately, both of those temples are an hour or more drive (one way) from Jersey City. I'd like to hear what your niece has to say since she's right here in town. In an earlier message, someone suggested looking into the Ramakrishna/Vivekananda...
  7. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Thanks to everyone who has replied. With so many voices, it's hard to reply to them all point by point, but that said... As far as "deities" are concerned, as a former Catholic, which as you all know is strictly monotheistic, the notion of multiple deities - weather they are "real" and "true"...
  8. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Rick O'Shez- I've looked into Advaita, and while some of it is quite intriguing, one big sticking point for me is their notion that reality/the universe/matter is an illusion. This I don't believe, so with such an important divergence, I'm not sure, over time it might not suit me. And yeah...
  9. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Bhadr - answering your questions as they were posed: 1. I'm looking to deepen my meditation practice since I am entirely self-directed right now, but I don't want to waste time with a practice that does not suit me. 2. V. Vedanta and Yoga are two schools that, at least in my limited...
  10. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Thanks for all of the quick replies, but let me directly address Sw. Vandana Jyothi: I definitely have an intellectual bent, and particularly a philosophical one, and read a lot of philosophy, both western and eastern, which is why I feel I need to get the "theory" straight before I get into...
  11. Tom Ciocco

    Finding the right path - Hinduism/Buddhism

    Hello all- New to the forum and glad to be here. I'll try to keep this question as short as possible. I have done quite a bit of reading about the many schools of Hinduism and Buddhism and I am a regular "secular" meditator. Here is my dilemma: I feel connected and attracted to the...
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