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hahahaha! Say this again--slowly. ;)

Indeed. ;)

Permanance is unstable. There, ya happy now?

Oh goody! Let's hear it for eternal suffering! (How long can you cling to it?)

Life is pain. (See the First Noble Truth.) We all suffer. Fortunately, suffering is impermanent. I'm glad I could give you some comfort in your time of suffering. I don't rejoice at all in the suffering of others.

First of all, I am very sorry for your loss. :/ I don't know of any rules regarding pets, as monks generally didn't have pets. Buddha only gave advice to laypersons--laypersons are not subject to the sangha rules. (Buddha's advice to laypersons consisted of what certain actions would lead to...

He did specifically come here to tangle with me over a 10-year-old post where I called the Urantia Book a "channeled work." So blame me, if you need to blame anyone. *shrugs*

Personally, I would find this perfectly acceptable. The literature is being read. (Unless pages are ripped out of the book in the bathroom, then I would probably laugh my *** off.)

The Zen take on Yogacara can be found in the Lankavatara Sutra. I have found Yogacara to be quite useful even though I am not part of the "mind only" school. (I lean more madhyamaka.) https://terebess.hu/english/lankavatara-sutra.pdf

I stand corrected.

Devotional practice really isn't the main thing in Buddhism. Transforming your mind is what it is all about. You are digging in the dirt of your mind, pulling unskillful weeds and cultivating skillful crops within the garden of your mind. This just might be my Zen training speaking here...

Argumentum ad Populum may be a pragmatic application of the meta-purpose to keep the genome alive within a warmongering population. Within such a population, "who would win if we fought to the death?" would be favored over "love your enemies."

The Urantia book states that there were criticisms and grievances about the administration made, but does not list them. 53:2.4 (602.7) Throughout this period Lucifer became increasingly critical of the entire plan of universe administration but always professed wholehearted loyalty to the...

"Rupa-Loka" is the term, and it means "worlds of form." The gross material realm, the sensory worlds where we are, aka "kama-loka" are so-called because of the prevalence of the interaction of the senses with the environment.

I would think that it would behoove oneself to be sure and certain when there is a call for annihilation of another being. Now you are saying that annihilation is self-infilicted? Then why would there be a need for a plea for it? This has just made the case of the propensity of a collective...

Alright. So you are not sure? The call for annihilation is what I take issue with. Does annihilation solve problems? No. It is just kicking the can down the road. Nope. I'm questioning the plea for annihilation. I will say that I stand against annihilation. Both against any call for...

Like the Buddhist "fine material plane?"

I don't have sympathies for those who schemed to have Jesus killed. (Although I also agree with Jesus' plea of "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.") Do you agree with Gabriel's plea for annihilation?

How does the above part I bolded in purple differ from the reasonings used to put Jesus "King of the Jews" to death? I will go ahead and repost it here for easy reference: @Norm wrote: Can you give me the reference number or copy and paste the text here? Maybe I can find it. Is this what...