religious practice? What is their view of crystal meth, crack, cocaine, peyote pot, heroin, etc? Is it part of their enlightenment to use any sort of narcotics, alcohol, or tobacco?
I'm asking because I know a young person who is into alcohol and drugs. But he is also interested in Buddhism and...
drive big SUVs? Christians/Protestant pastors have giant mansions, drive huge SUV's while Buddhist monks go out begging for food as daily practice. Do you find that odd?
...Satanists, Agnostics only? Do you prefer Collards, Turnips or Mustard greens? do you like spinach? what's your favorite green food? Am I going to hell because I want to eat them all? i'll probly do some farting after.
If you want to be free,
Get to know your real self.
It has no form, no appearance,
No root, no abode, no basis
But is lively and buoyant.
It responds with versatile facility,
But its function cannot be located.
Therefore when you look for it,
You become further from it;
When you seek it,
You...
...religions? I'm just curious. I don't have any idea of changing religion. I'm an christian and I always will be. Give as much info as possible, and where else is buddhism practiced aside from east asia?
In my opinion, God is in heaven but so is shiba and buddha and shiba makes hidus reincarnate and buddha makes buddhists do whatever they believe in.
Do christians think all people other than Christians go to hell?
I took that online religious test, and according to it I am a Theravada Buddhist--100% match!
Yet I've never considered myself a Buddhism, never "followed" Buddhism, or made any effort to live by Buddhist principles. A Buddhist without being a Buddhist--how much more Zen can you get?
for the...
Jesus Christ, the son of God said this:
Matthew 6
5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But...
Ok, so i was browsing through Y!A and i found a lot of questions about religion and people arguing about what religion is the best and cursing people about saying bad stuff about their religion.
im here to get a point across.
1.religion is personal.
2.if someone says they dont like your...
...killing people? No one suffers when you kill them. And it is not you who does the killing, because you are egoless. Does universal Buddhahood negate Ahimsa?
A Zen koan for the contemplative Buddhist.
your walking down the street? and you have 5 dollars in your pocket and a homeless person asks you for a dollar do you give it to them or do you ignore them and keep moving?