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Author: Angel - Inner QuestAngel - Inner Quest
Date: May 31, 2007 18:41
On May 31, 12:05 am, met00 gmail.com> wrote:
> Angel - Inner Quest wrote:
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>> Influence of Hinduism
>
>> It must be remembered that Buddhism is based on the principles of
>> Hinduism and espouses certain of its fundamental beliefs. Included
>> among them are Transmigration or the return of the soul into other
>> forms of life; Karma or the consequences of one's actions and Nirvana,
>> which is the state of being a pure spirit, pure, so far as lack of
>> lust for physical things are concerned.
>
> Actually, the "wheel of life" is not taught as a religious
> preconception. What is taught is that until one attains enlightenment we
> are bound to this plane of existence to continue to try to obtain it.
> Enlightenment is NOT Nirvana. It is a state where one knows their proper
> place within the universe. What is taught is that Karma is the ebb and
> flow of energy of the universe. When one places positive energy around
> them they attract more positive energy about them. Thus the embodiment
> of the eightfold path will lead to enlightenment. ...
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Author: jdojdo
Date: May 31, 2007 06:59
Background
The story (that continues to this day!) is based on the true story of
Ken Tipton and his family. It began, innocuously enough, with a client
who was very pleased when Ken fixed a payroll computer on which
someone had vomited when Ken worked for IBM. Ken's client gave him one
of the first VCR players - you remember, the one's that weighed 60
lbs! This simple gesture gave the younger Tipton yet another
entrepreneurial idea. Ken and his wife, pregnant with their first
child, took all their savings and opened Video Library in St. Louis,
Missouri.
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Author: Angel - Inner QuestAngel - Inner Quest
Date: May 30, 2007 19:37
Truth is greater than any religion
The differences in the teachings of the various religions are due
largely to the inevitable spread and adoption over time of degraded
and corrupted versions of the teachings in place of the original.
Subsequent followers and students not being of the same high order as
their Prophets, their understanding was less than perfect.
Consequently, as they passed on to the succeeding students their
flawed interpretations, the original and true divine teachings were
effectively replaced or obscured. Further, aggravated by differences
in language and culture caused by a lack of communication between the
various peoples of the world, sad but true, misinformation and
confusion is now pervasive and widespread.
However, with increased communication and racial integration, and as
everyone of us continues to push forward in our development, all these
differences will eventually be resolved and the real teachings will
reemerge and come together, united in the One Truth.
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Author: MerlinMerlin
Date: May 30, 2007 09:43
On May 25, 4:54 pm, Angel - Inner Quest nerdshack.com> wrote:
>> please show us the scripture that refers to a christ comming to
>> earth.
>
> Don't let your heart be troubled.
it isn't.
> You trust in God, now trust also in
> me.
this is what con men say all the time. have you never been swindled
by a fellow christian? never?
> In the kingdom of my Father,
where is this? god runs invented and oversees the entire universe.
> there are many mansions. I am going
> to prepare a place for you.
after you die.
> And when everything is ready, then I will
> come and get you so that you, too, may be with me where I am." (JN 14)
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Author: met00met00
Date: May 30, 2007 09:05
Angel - Inner Quest wrote:
> Influence of Hinduism
>
> It must be remembered that Buddhism is based on the principles of
> Hinduism and espouses certain of its fundamental beliefs. Included
> among them are Transmigration or the return of the soul into other
> forms of life; Karma or the consequences of one's actions and Nirvana,
> which is the state of being a pure spirit, pure, so far as lack of
> lust for physical things are concerned.
Actually, the "wheel of life" is not taught as a religious
preconception. What is taught is that until one attains enlightenment we
are bound to this plane of existence to continue to try to obtain it.
Enlightenment is NOT Nirvana. It is a state where one knows their proper
place within the universe. What is taught is that Karma is the ebb and
flow of energy of the universe. When one places positive energy around
them they attract more positive energy about them. Thus the embodiment
of the eightfold path will lead to enlightenment.
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Author: Angel - Inner QuestAngel - Inner Quest
Date: May 29, 2007 18:30
On May 30, 7:45 am, met00 gmail.com> wrote:
> Angel - Inner Quest wrote:
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>> Please feel free to interject your views and opinions.
>> Buddhism taught us how we could more efficiently attain to Nirvana and
>> freedom from the rounds of rebirth, old age, disease and death.
>> Gautama Buddha enjoins us to follow the Middle Way of life between the
>> extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification through our
>> recognition of the Four Noble Truths and our commitment to the Noble
>> Eightfold Path.
>
> Correction. If a "religion" is a belief in an external higher power of
> any sort (inclusive or non-inclusive of worship to said sources), then
> your inclusion of Buddhism as a religion is incorrect. Don't be upset,
> many people feel that Buddhism, atheism and other belief systems that do
> not acknowledge a higher or external power that has control over our
> lives/souls/whatever as a religion when in fact they are all an absence
> of religious beliefs and therefor are specifically not religions.
>
> That said, I would recommend that you continue study of Buddhist belief ...
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Author: Angel - Inner QuestAngel - Inner Quest
Date: May 29, 2007 18:21
jen830603 wrote:
> Angel - Inner Quest wrote:
>> On May 25, 8:53 am, Merlin gmail.com> wrote:
>>> please show us the scripture that refers to a christ comming to
>>> earth.
>>>
>>> On May 24, 7:59 pm, Angel - Inner Quest nerdshack.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please feel free to interject your views and opinions.
>>>
>>>> Progressive Revelations
>>>
>>>> People everywhere have grown to be disbelieving and critical of all
>>>> religions. They argue that the old dogmatic teachings just don't make
>>>> sense and instead of being a good influence, they have even become a
>>>> force for evil because of the fanaticism and religious wars that they
>>>> propagate. Nevertheless, before we swing over to the other extreme
>>>> that is reverse fanaticism, perhaps we should rather first be open to
>>>> new concepts and teachings, more rational and lucid explanations.
>>> ...
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Author: Raymond KarczewskiRaymond Karczewski
Date: May 29, 2007 13:56
"TAKE BACK YOUR CAMERA" Day Could Well Become the "Symbolic" Boston
Tea Party Answer of Sovereigns Making a Clear Statement of Freedom
Against the New World Order.
By: Raymond Ronald Karczewski
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Author: jen830603jen830603
Date: May 29, 2007 13:27
Angel - Inner Quest wrote:
> On May 25, 8:53 am, Merlin gmail.com> wrote:
>> please show us the scripture that refers to a christ comming to
>> earth.
>>
>> On May 24, 7:59 pm, Angel - Inner Quest nerdshack.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Please feel free to interject your views and opinions.
>>
>>> Progressive Revelations
>>
>>> People everywhere have grown to be disbelieving and critical of all
>>> religions. They argue that the old dogmatic teachings just don't make
>>> sense and instead of being a good influence, they have even become a
>>> force for evil because of the fanaticism and religious wars that they
>>> propagate. Nevertheless, before we swing over to the other extreme
>>> that is reverse fanaticism, perhaps we should rather first be open to
>>> new concepts and teachings, more rational and lucid explanations.
>>
>>> Going back to those early Scriptural times, we will find that the ...
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