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Are you splitting hairs or trying to educate me? One of my favourites is the parable of the raft. For what it's worth, you will find more entries at Google if you search for "Parable" than if you search for sutra or sutta in this particular instance.

Nope, in this case it was at least partly or more likely largely, jealousy. When I first met the girl in a coffee shop, there was an immediate mutual attraction. At the time she was staying in a house owned by a married Buddhist couple. She was quite free to see me as often as she liked. As she...

Alas no. It was many years ago, but one of those things that stuck in my mind.

I was told this about 25 years ago by a friend who had been a practicing Buddhism for 20 years. I understood the bit about "changing from moment to moment," because I can relate to that in my own life. But I don't understand the bit about being reborn as a person who has no recollection of...

Would you say that a typical, average Buddhist was open minded? I think they are just as bound up in dogma as are Christians. I have observed this from Buddhists I know personally, especially but not exclusively a Chinese Buddhist nun who has been a close friend for some years. She is so...

On the subject of different energies, what do you make of this? Miracle fakir under med scanner again - The Times of India The story was posted on Facebook by a Singaporean friend who is thoroghly versed in Buddhist teachings.

Hi Brad. I have spent a lot of time at Christian forums where people have differing ideas about the end times. I have never encountered anything remotely as detailed as your post, and certainly not about the lava and so forth. So I would like to ask you, what is the source of this complex...

It seems to me (at this early stage in my study of Buddhism) that huge amounts of dogma have grown up after his death, and I doubt very much that Buddha would have been pleased with this. I think he was very much against dogma.

Christians who believe in one life only, love to use this argument (countless incarnations) to discredit Buddhism. In the event that there were no human bodies, I guess they could inhabit the bodies of aliens, or perhaps cockroaches, as these small creatures are considered most likely to...

Can you define for me the difference between reincarnation and rebirth? Then I might be in a position to assess whether you are being pedantic. It is a common notion for people who wish to discredit Buddhism to refer to countless incarnations. Are you saying then that there is no mention in...

I have come to this forum specifically to learn about Buddhism as I know very little about it. So to me, yes, it is very strange to think a human could reincarnate as an insect. Although you have answered the question, the answer doesn't mean much to me as you are apparently assuming I am...

OK, whatever. Speculate away. :) So the question is not whether it is a SIN but whether it is a GRAVE sin. Or perhaps in Catholic terminology is it a venial sin or a mortal sin? Am I getting close?

You demonstrate your ignorance my friend. There is absolutely no correlation between a sociopath (formerly called psychopath) which is an incurable physiological abnormality, and suicidal feelings to which just about anyone can succumb in certain circumstances. A sociopath would be the last...

I am aware that Buddhism has a different teaching on reincarnation than for example Theosophy and various occult schools. 1. Is there a period of time between death and rebirth? What is the length of this time and does it vary from soul to soul? 2. Given that Buddhism was founded at around 500...

I know that some Buddhists and probably a larger proportion of Hindus, believe that humans can reincarnate as an animal or even an insect. This information I have got from Buddhists and Hindus who I know personally. It seems a strange notion to me, but I would like to know whether this is...

I like that analogy and perhaps that is why the crown chakra was named thousand-petalled-lotus in the first place.

My original question was about statues of Buddha wearing head-dress which I understand to represent the thousand-pettalled lotus or crown chakra, fully awakened so that kundalini can connect with the universal consciousness. So if kundalini is not accepted by the vast majority of Buddhists...

Marvellous post path_of_one. I will post it on one of my websites when I decide which one, probably TOP SCIENCE NEWS For this purpose, if you have no objection, could you send me your real name in a PM.

It was a real no-no in the particular lodge of Theosophy which I belonged to. However in a book I have by the author Murdo Macdonald-Bayne, who had travelled to Tibet to learn from the Tibetan masters, there is a simple exercise set out for safely raising kundalini. Because of its potential...

I was cut off while trying to add to that post. It is my understanding that prana comes from the air we breathe, fohat from the combustion of food and kundalini is a super energy which is used unconsciously by people who excel in their chosen field. How is it that one person can run, say, 25...