Thanks for the welcomes! 
Crikey! Another Aussie, glad to hear there are some free minded Aussies about! G'day mate! I'm from Sydney myself.
Kichigaineko - an interesting name. From an anime?
The Buddha himself on his death bed insisted that no one person was to lead his followers and that they were to just carry on without organising anything. Funny how man has an inability to remain free and feels the need to complicate things.
The various religious trappings of Buddhism today, particularly in Mahayana Buddhism, were all added by the opposing Brahmin class after the Buddha's death. They wanted to bring Buddhism back into line with the teachings of one god (Brahma).
Anyhow, I wanna talk about Atheism!
(May 17, 2010 at 11:59 pm)padraic Wrote: G'day Jun,from sunny South Australia
Konnichi wa. Irasshaimase.
No,I don;t speak Japanese, I used my English/Japanese dictionary to look up 'welcome'.
Hope you like it here.
Crikey! Another Aussie, glad to hear there are some free minded Aussies about! G'day mate! I'm from Sydney myself.
Kichigaineko - an interesting name. From an anime?
Quote:Yes it is a sad thing to see how commercialised religion has become. The original authors would turn in their graves if they knew
The Buddha himself on his death bed insisted that no one person was to lead his followers and that they were to just carry on without organising anything. Funny how man has an inability to remain free and feels the need to complicate things.
The various religious trappings of Buddhism today, particularly in Mahayana Buddhism, were all added by the opposing Brahmin class after the Buddha's death. They wanted to bring Buddhism back into line with the teachings of one god (Brahma).
Anyhow, I wanna talk about Atheism!
