The Pagan, Buddhist, and Hindu Thread

[Secret Chief]

Make a regular pig of myself.

Oink.

 

[ChieftheCef]

My practice (shikantaza) is not about highs.

I mean it strictly medically is. If you alter your consciousness you are experiencing a high, no matter how endogenous those chemicals which are actually responsible for the alteration of consciousness is.

 

[Secret Chief]

I mean it strictly medically is. If you alter your consciousness you are experiencing a high, no matter how endogenous those chemicals which are actually responsible for the alteration of consciousness is.

Am I altering my consciousness?

 

[SalixIncendium]

Am I altering my consciousness?

You must be. @ChieftheCef said you are.

It's always helpful when someone comes along and tells you about your practices and/or your personal views. Where's the gratitude?

 

[Martin]

In another thread, I told someone I feel that us Buddhists, Pagans, and Hindus get swept under the rug around here.

So, I'm making a thread devoted to these three(very vast) worldviews. Any and all may participate, but this thread may not delve into discussions of Abrahamic viewpoints, scriptures, or their God.

Anyone have anything interesting to share or ask?

I've been all three of those at different times. More interesting than the Abrahamic religions, IMO, and a much larger canvas.
I've heard Hinduism described as a type of Paganism, does that make sense?

 

[JustGeorge]

I've been all three of those at different times. More interesting than the Abrahamic religions, IMO, and a much larger canvas.
I've heard Hinduism described as a type of Paganism, does that make sense?

It makes sense to me.

I kind of think of it as a branch of Paganism that survived the Abrahamic faiths.