For an in-depth study of this subject I would suggest: Novitas Mundi, Foundation Matter the Body Itself, and Faith and Philosophy by D.G. Leahy These deal...
... Only an enlightened person can give a transmission and only a sufficiently advanced person can receive it. ... Buddhism(like all religions) advocates the...
... Good karma results in good rebirth but not liberation. The aim is to escape karma by putting an end to that which creates karma, the self. Dave ...
Imagine a world where there are only 2 people: you and me. Imagine that there are finite resources. Which plan makes more sense? 1) We compete for the...
Christianity talks about economic ideas, in passing. Noteworthy among the claims of the Bible is the early Christians shared what they had in common. Several...
It was a lame attempt at humor, not a justification for drunkuness (which I am against for a host of reasons). I was trying to point out the seeming paradox in...
... That is the failed presumption of most economic systems. Resources derive from 2 places: 1) Nature 2) Creativity Neither is in limited supply. Resources...
Trying to use either of those parables to endorse economic ideas is flawed. But, Christianity does make some definite economic/political statements. Jesus was...
I have to agree with Colin. Just a cursory look at world news is enough to see the every increasing gulf between the haves and the have-nots. Theoretically,...
... I beg to differ. Although the resources of the planet may be vast, they are not unlimited. Creating resources takes work: there are limited workers....
... So what? Passing a speed limit implies violence. Making theft a crime implies violence. The concept of "private property", an absurdity in itself, implies...
There is a scene in the movie <The Cup> where the hancho monk is teaching the young trainee monks. He tells them, when you walk on the ground, the rocks hurt...
Friends: Happy Vesak tomorrow 4/5 2004! On this very day 2534 years ago on the fulmoon night of May, the Gotama Buddha was Perfectly Self-Awakened! Such was...
"What should we as individual Christians and Buddhists do?" Nowell. What CAN we do?! We do what we can (i.e., are actually, individually, capable of). Despite...
... Exactly. That's why Jesus was a pacifist anarchist. ... Not really. I can claim rights to a piece of land without defending it using violence. I would...
... Seek the Truth, all else is vanity and causes suffering. "He who seeks worldly things is like the man who drinks sea water: the more he drinks, the more...
... But why confine ourselves to the planet? Nature includes 20-billion lights years worth of extraterrestrial resources. And in the final analysis, I believe...
... I do not believe there are things we SHOULD do. I believe there are things we WILL do - cannot help but do - by virtue of being Christian or Buddhist in...
... Micah, I am truly unclear concerning your position. You seem to imply that pacifist (completely non-violent) anarchism (ignoring, or passively rebelling...
I want to point out that I am myself, despite my communist sympathies, a gandhian pacifist. I believe as one of my first principles in nonviolence. My...
Friends: What are You ? Seeing some strangely wheel-marked foot-prints in the dusty road deliberately left there by the Buddha, the Brahmin teacher Dona once...
Friends: Unconditional Independence: There is, friends, what is a unborn, unbecome, uncreated & unconstructed state... If, friends, there was not this unborn,...
... Which is what Jesus was. ... Good statement of pacifist anarchism. Anarchism just means that government is bad, and is always bad. Pacifist anarchism is a...
... Thank you, Micah. Then I suppose we must resign ourselves to disagreement. The world you live in bears to similarity to the world I live in. - Jack -- "I...
Thank you to Bhikku Samahita for these last 3 posts ... I have en-joyed them all. -- bro steve __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000...
There once was a young Teacher from Galilee Who spake re: journeys to A. Centauree To haul back some ore And water and more Of the stuff that’s been lost on...
... I agree with everything you are saying, but to me, anarchism is even more pie-in-the-sky than communism....I am 100% behind the idea of everyone dropping...
... Maybe so. But if you are suggesting that your world is realistic and practical while my world is idealistic and naive, I suggest you reconsider. I believe...
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