RE: If
December 3, 2014 at 9:04 am
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2014 at 9:58 am by Little Rik.)
(December 2, 2014 at 1:45 pm)Surgenator Wrote: NDE's are not evidence for an afterlife, nor is your wishful desire for "balance" evidence for past lives.
And your so called evidence is based on.......?
Quote:Does burning themselves alive count as taking it seriously?.............Or the many restrictions they willingly place on themselves?
Try to analyse with more care next time you read my post.
I didn't say that all Buddhists don't take it seriously.
I said.............. In theory Buddhism is all royal cream but how many people take it seriously?.......
Does this means that ALL Buddhist don't take it seriously?
Quote:Will they be able to remove themselves from wants?
You got to be joking mate.
Quote:You seem to be very ignorant of Buddhism.
Again i was referring to the majority not to all of them.
Quote:The Buddha taught that life is imperfect and that we will suffer. He taught that we suffer because of desire, anger and stupidity, and he showed that we could end our suffering by letting go of desires and overcoming anger and stupidity. The complete letting go of these negative influences is called Nirvana, meaning "to extinguish", like putting out the flame of a candle.
One thing that i do not agree is to say that ........The complete letting go of these negative influences is called Nirvana......
To me it would be correct to say......The complete letting go of these negative influences LEAD to Nirvana.
(December 2, 2014 at 10:48 am)abaris Wrote: No species has every survived for billions of years. We're not that special. Far from it.
That is interesting Ab.
So you are telling me that you have been all over the universe and all over the inhabited planets and have interview all these people in order to come to such a conclusion.
Gee, that is great man.
Please tell me in details.
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