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You ask Hindu/Indian what Hinduism is, they all tell you different things. :D Vast quantity and diversity of Hindu heritage in practice, tradition, literature and history make it impossible to pin it down what hinduism is. Anyone, who claim to know what hinduism is probably pushing...

If you didn't meat to denigrate it, then you shouldn't have made a statement like "Hinayana do not, in general, use skillful means." This may be an unfair comparison but a statement like "N**** are in general economically disadvangaged" can't be excused as a mere statistical observation. As...

ah, yes I do. It is such a common concept in Mahayanan. And you didn't state that your usage of the term was specifically Tibetan. Having said it, stating that Theravadan buddhism doesn't follow Tibetan practice is hardly insightful comment in my opinion. Moreover, the idea that Theravadan...

here is what "hina" mean in sanskrit a. left, forsaken; excluded or shut out from, fallen short of (abl.); devoid or bereft of, free from, without (instr., abl., loc., --- or ---); inferior, less (opp. {adhika}); low, base, mean; incomplete, deficient, wanting. Abstr. {-tA}Å f., {-tva}Å n...

Well, I actually know the shorter one. (I had to google to refresh my memory though:)) It is "I will save everyone, end all suffering, know the law (dharma) and become buddah", general thrust being that one will enlighten entire humanity along with yourselves. However, I know longer version...

Do I know Bodisattvas bow? No because it is too long. :p Oh, my family tradition is Pure Land by the way but I can hardly say I follow it. The last time I came anything near PureLand practice is my granddad's funeral. Anyway, again the difference between Theravada and Mahayana is very...

o.k., better not degenerating into sectarian warfare here. I'm not even a Theravadan Buddhist. I did live in Sri Lanka for a while though. (^_^) As of my understanding of Diamond vehicle come from Japanese Shingon sect, the second major tantric/esotric tradition in buddhism. I'm not...

I just google "Shrii Shrii Anandamurti". Hey, Ananda Marga. We have a AM society in our university. I usually hang around with Buddhist society though. LoL. Few girls are quite pretty. Pitty about no-sex thingy though.:D

Hmmm, I think this "Theravada Buddhism" thread is severely lucking in Theravada perspective. Obviously, Vajradhara follow tibetan tradition and his knowledge of Theravada is more about what Tibetan buddhism says about "Hinayana", which often has no relationship to what goes on in Theravadan...

Just to get some historically verified part of the topic. Chan is a chinese translation of sanskrit word "dhyana" meaning meditation. It is related to the word "dhyana" to the extent that the word "meditation" in english has the same meaning as "dhyana". However, the chinese word Chan...

to go back to the original question. Among buddhist scholars of Chinese origin (i.e. China, Korean Japan), what you call, "creeping Taoism" is one way in which authenticity of Chinese translation of sanskrit sutras are discussed. To much of it and sutras could be declared "Apocryphal".

As of the theory of evolution, my understanding is this. Until the discovery of genetic, the theory was in lower level of scientific verification compared to say, Newtonian physics. Newtonian law of physics such as the demonstration Galieo conduct using Pisa Tower (never mind that he was way...

ah, firstly, there are two different linguistic issue here. Science means laboratory science, i.e. general concept in regard to process of empirical verification. Also, linguistically, science could mean " methodological activity, discipline, or study"...

My above post probably need to be explained bit further. Firstly, you do meet some buddhist who claim that if you are buddhist, you have to be a vegetarian. And they do quote buddhist scriptures to back it up. So obviously, my above claim is not as clear cut as it is. Basically, there...

:confused: hey, your statement "Buddhism ..... recomend vegetarian diet" is very wrong. Among Buddhism, only Chinese Buddhism enforce vegetarianism. I do grant that there are lot of Chinese buddhists due to their huge population, However, from the perspective of denomination, they are in...

The word Tao (or dou/michi in Japanese) is a common coroquial word, which simply means a "way". So some one who want direction could ask "michi oshiete kudasai" = "Can you show me the direction?" To add further, tantric tradition of india arrive in China about 500 AD as a part of Buddhist...

wow, your post is just a bit too long. The last paragraph seems to contain a question. Can you shorten your question a bit. :)

I think lot of people have misconception that creation of life is like mixing several ingredients in a cup and heating it. Well, what I'm saying that when something have to occur in right *process*, the potential of something like that occuring naturally become extremly unlikely. Let compare...

If someone don't care about god and commit evil, God is the original cause of such action. Afterall, he made human in that way. Somewhat he created us with capacity to commit evil. Berber isn't responsible for someone else. God on the other hand is.

Universe is vast and there are *infinite* possibility is an argument used for this. I often reply that in this case could there be a planet which happen to have someone who looks exactly like me with the same name. Obviously no one would think that even supposedly, the possiblity is...