Friends: The Arising of Sudden Certainty: When a calm & collected mind is firmly fixed on Transience, there gradually accumulates understanding of the real...
The discovery of many documents this past century at Nag Hammadi, and at Qumran near the Dead Sea, have begun to show the doctrinal diversity among those who...
Found this wonderful book at our public library [Houston]] The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art by John Huntington and Dina Bangdel; Serindia Pub.;...
Hi David! I met the leader of this group, Seonaidh Perks, at the Buddhism in America conference in 1998. He is a good guy and he was hilarious. I hung out...
Thank you for the link it was very interesting. I love to see people integrating the best of their traditions into their life. Warmly, Karen ... From:...
... Nice synchronicity -- I spent a good part of last night spiffing up the SSBJ Christian-Buddhist site, and the thing I did that had the most aesthetic...
Hello all, Actually I joined this board about a year ago, but then un-subscribed. A co-worker introduced me to the buddist practice about a year ago. He knew...
Carol, I am also a new comer to this group and although I know quite a bit regarding Christianity I am les familiar with the Buddhist traditions. If my...
Nathan, Thank you for your insight, quite interesting. I espcially like the last sentence "....everybody must walk their own path and God will work everything...
... Welcome, Carol! I hope you find this board easier to deal with than last year. :) ... That's a Nichiren Buddhist practice; you probably went to a Soka ...
... There's no end to the number of Bible interpretations, and everybody who bothers to read the text has his or her own; some readers come to conclusions a...
Thanks for the welcome Dave, I have started to read the posting on this board from the beginning (which is what I should have done before posting) and found...
... It means "with kindness" or "with loving-kindness" -- it's a form of the Sanskrit word maitrii, "loving-kindness", which is the same as the Pali word...
... A terrific link, Robert! People should check it out. - Jack -- "I am he who has killed the monsters. The lightening is before me. All is beautiful behind...
The American Dream is a nightmare, of status seeking, class-ism, and material acquisition. How did I 'mature' from childhood to become so mean? I cannot...
Hi Trail runner, does this mean you actually run trails? or is this more of a spiritual quest? Indeed democracy has had a chnage in its' conotation and ...
... Hi Trail Runner - This from Chapter 8 of the Lotus Sutra (tr. Watson): "Through the long night the World-Honored One constantly in his pity teaches and...
To absolutely create the sphere (at-one-ment), take the diagonal of the face of the cube (box). In Hebrew this is identified with "to create". Using the...
I've just given birth to a blog called "Snake Mt Blues", a bit of conceit on my part towards the notion that i might have something worth saying, and i might...
Terrific thoughts, Colin. I'm forwarding the site to a friend (with one of your quotes). Robert ... From: Colin Maroney [mailto:cjmaroney@...] Sent:...
An Iraqi woman gave birth to a baby just before a US bomb tore off her arms during the Shock and Awe campaign. Other women helped the armless woman nurse the...
... Not really. Only the tragedy. Buddhism implies that compassion can never be exhausted. That is certainly being tested. - Jack -- "Now I cannot say what...
Does anyone here have any opinions as to the propriety and usefulness of Olcott's 19th century "Buddhist Catechism" (written to help Buddhists in Sri Lanka...
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