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Not sure if any of y'all remember me but I was a frequent poster on here for a bit and decided I might come back on and do some more posting.
Lately I've been continuing my Dharma practice. I am becoming increasingly convinced that there is a mystical thread that runs through all...
JESUS IS NOT GOD AND EVEN LIED ABOUT IT
Jesus cannot be God because Jesus was a man who lied about being God, which goes against Numbers 23:19; "God is not a man, that he should lie, Nor the son of man, that he should repent..." Not to mention in, Hosea 11:9 God flat out states, "I am GOD...
I read 2 out of 3 and touched on a summary with one of the others. Which one do you believe is the best and give your reasons for why. For those that think none of them are any good, state your reasons as well.
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It’s very strange how things work out sometimes. You’ll think you’ve gotten something mostly figured out when an unexpected move or some event happens that will reshape everything you had come to believe. For me recently it was less changing what I believed and more suddenly having an...
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I was thinking about the use of names for religions and the idea that structural authority is just not as important as it used to be. Now that isn’t to say that structural authority has lost all of it’s power but plenty of people are now aware of how horrid their governments, religious...
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For those of you unaware the Buddha somewhat famously refused to answer certain questions.
Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta: The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya
The unanswered questions
These questions were things like " Is the universe finite or infinite, what happens to the tatagata (Buddha)...
Today as I was petting my dog and looking at the sun everything just kin of fell into place. I looked at her and realized she is Brahman as much as I am Brahman. For a little while I was in complete bliss. Everything just kind of seemed right in the world and everything came together. Nothing...
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I watched a film recently called Naan Kadavul. It was pretty good, it's about a kid being left in a city in India just for him to become an Aghori. For those of you who do not know the Aghoris are a group of Hindu mystics who practice a lot of kind of spooky stuff. They hang out around...
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I've noticed some folks on here seem to have multiple religious tags. I myself would say I have something which incorporates elements from a wide variety of traditions. Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhi to a certain extent even. I have found inspiration in Sufi traditions, Judaism...
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So, there was a thread recently on Hinduism vs Buddhism. I personally thought it was a fun thread but what had occurred to me as I read it was that a lot of people seem to divorce these two traditions from each other. It’s true that there is an abundance of differences that have emerged...
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I was thinking about how we tend to view other ideologies and theologies through particular lenses that might drastically shape the way we see them.
So this made me curious, what is your favorite practice or belief from a religion you do not practice? I could not select one so ended up...
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So as I have gotten deeper into my experience with Hinduism I thought it might be a good idea to get in touch with a Hindu community. Only issue with that is there isn't really one around me. Where I live it's mostly evangelical churches or Mormons. Fine enough people I suppose but not...
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So, two weeks ago I had a interesting experience after worshiping an image of Kali.
A very strange Kali Experience
TLDR, I bowed down to an image and had a intense experience which caused me to take a two week break from certain substances and focus on two weeks of devotion.
I...
I've been watching some videos with what we might call controversial opinions. Some of these are about philosophy, some of these are about Ukraine etc.
What controversial opinions do you have about religion or other religious traditions?
I suppose one controversial opinion I'll share is that...
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I was browsing youtube looking for different content related to Dharma and came across this video. I thought it was pretty interesting and might be something worth sharing. What do you guys think about the content of the video?
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Recently I have been thinking about scripture an awful lot as I have been going through various Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh scriptures. I thought it might be interesting to discuss the view I have come to embrace and see if you guys had any interesting thoughts or responses.
I think that...
Skepticism of Gurus
I am personally rather skeptical of gurus in general. I think that gurus can often have useful insights or have useful personal stories but are over glorified among many religions. In a lot of cases one is expected to hand over their reasoning faculties and just go along...
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So, I have been starting some daily practices to try and connect closer with God. These next two weeks are going to be more devotional than usual for me as I am new to this and my recent interaction with Kali has led me to believe this will be good for me. I figured I would share what my...
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I guess I am becoming a regular here just cause I have had a lot going on this week but my first statues just came in the mail and I felt like showing them to you guys and giving you all a big thank you!
As you can see I have acquired a few Buddha statues over the years and I decided...
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So this week I ordered a couple of Radha Krishna Statues and a Shiva statue as I decided to set up my own home shrine as per some of your guy's suggestions. Last night I decided to try and do some worship and I printed out a picture of Kali. I had been watching videos on her and decided...