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Buddhism, against having fun.
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RE: Buddhism, against having fun.
(December 16, 2012 at 6:53 pm)SpecUVdust Wrote:
alwayson Wrote:This is the rebirth mechanism in Theravada...It has nothing to do with sins. Karma is not even one of the 12 links.
If Theravada is important to this discussion, could you please provide a few sentences describing it first.
As said before, this thread is about Buddhism. And karma IS a huge part of Buddhism. Hello, the Dalai Lama references it all the time. Have you ever seen the film, "The Unmistaken Child"? Kinda crazy stuff there.

Yes I did see Unmistaken Child. Whats so crazy about it?

Karma is "not a huge part of Buddhism," let alone the pop understanding of karma. Karma just means action is Sanskrit. And thats what it simply means in Buddhism.
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Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 15, 2012 at 4:47 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 15, 2012 at 5:28 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 15, 2012 at 5:30 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 15, 2012 at 5:43 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Jackalope - December 15, 2012 at 6:10 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Angrboda - December 16, 2012 at 11:28 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 3:08 am
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Darth - December 16, 2012 at 4:44 am
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Dee Dee Ramone - December 16, 2012 at 4:49 am
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 16, 2012 at 1:00 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 1:05 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 16, 2012 at 3:33 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 3:44 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 16, 2012 at 5:26 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Creed of Heresy - December 16, 2012 at 1:18 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 1:20 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Creed of Heresy - December 16, 2012 at 1:26 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 2:58 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 3:40 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 3:53 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 5:09 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 5:34 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 16, 2012 at 8:06 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 8:09 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 5:58 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 6:12 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 6:20 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 6:31 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 6:35 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 6:48 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 6:53 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 6:56 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 7:22 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 7:24 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 7:33 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 7:40 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 7:47 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 7:53 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 8:05 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 8:30 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 8:17 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by alwayson - December 16, 2012 at 8:34 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 16, 2012 at 8:41 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by SpecUVdust - December 16, 2012 at 9:09 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by CapnAwesome - December 17, 2012 at 12:47 pm
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Creed of Heresy - December 17, 2012 at 12:02 am
RE: Buddhism, against having fun. - by Angrboda - December 17, 2012 at 12:15 am

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