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"...state your peace to those who are receptive..." --> My sentiments exactly. Bravo!

Hi Nikki, I would like to respond to your post. I am a Buddhist and a Theosophist, and so I will be responding from a Buddhist and Theosophical perspective. Buddhism has many traditions, and they are very different from each other. I do not think you can get a good idea about Buddhism by only...

For many Buddhists, the question of God is just not important. There may or may not be a God, but it is not a question that many Buddhists worry about, or try to come up with an answer to. (There are also many Buddhists who say God does not exist.) But Buddhism is very clear that the task at...

NM, You said, "In Japan, I hear its Shinto in life, Buddhist in death." --> I used to live in Japan and I speak Japanese. The saying is, "We are born Shinto, get married a Christian, and die a Buddhist"!

Hi, NM, and welcome to the forum. I, too, am a Buddhist (although not in the traditional sense of the word "Buddhist"). You said, "...strict reliance on textual and scriptural guidance alone for which I find the latter to be immensely suffocating..." --> I feel the same way. "certain...

This reminds me of the Zen saying, "What do we do before enlightenment? Chop wood, carry water. What do we do after enlightenment? Chop wood, carry water."

Aw, Edgy, go ahead. Which post in this thread would you like to respond to? By the way, there are a ton of privacy settings in Windows 10 you need to take care of...

It's sad to say, but, yes, I think there were times when the scribes intentionally altered Genesis with intent to deceive.

According to my belief system, Genesis has been re-written down through the centuries. I do not believe the version of Genesis we see today is the original version.

I agree that the universe is cyclical. It has been said that this universe is only one in a seemingly endless line of universes. One of the criticisms of the story of Genesis is that it only deals with the beginning of this particular universe.

Before a meal, I like to say (in Japanese) "I will continue to make effort to become a Buddha." According to my belief system, we will all eventually become Buddhas, and the purpose of life is for all of us to do all we can to accelerate our progress along that path.

Steve, I used to be a moderator on another forum, and I have run into this kind of problem before. It is possible to assign and change attributes to specific threads (read-only, not read-only, etc.). Perhaps checking the attributes of both threads will give you an idea. If you need help...

The word is that a person's "judgement" occurs instantaneously, at the moment of death, which is why thoughts at such a moment are so important.

I think we can do anything we want to do, within the limitations of our (bad) karma. I think the conditions of our next incarnation are decided upon as a result of negotiations between ourselves and the "Lords of Karma". They give a little bit of freedom and responsibility in one incarnation. If...

When two people are locked together in a negative karmic bond, both people have to agree to end it. If either person wishes it to continue, it continues. It doesn't sound fair, but that is how it works.

Wil, There can be many reasons why two people develop a karmic bond and reincarnate together, again and again, good reasons as well as bad reasons, big reasons as well as small reasons. And. yes, many continually-reincarnating-together people have many kinds of relationships, parent/child...

China's National Day is October first. China has a big parade that people watch on TV. China also has a popular music TV show at night on that day, that people watch. But for most Chinese people, National Day is just a day off with no special celebration activities. Some Chinese people set off...

Steve, many years ago I did the same thing with the Dooby Brothers. I thought they were the greatest band in the world. I listened to their music over and over and over. I got so sick of their music! I now find myself actually avoiding their music, kind of like what you are doing with the Eagles.

No, Wil, what's your list?

"I debated adding Hotel California but the fact that I had to think about it convinced me I shouldn't include it" --> Fascinating!