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For those who are not familiar with atheism within Hinduism, check out this article as an intro; Atheism in Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm not surprised all that much at all that atheism exists within Hinduism. After all the label "Hinduism" is a very big misnomer and...

Is there a concept of Dao or Brahman in any school of European (Norse, Celtic, Roman, Greek, Wicca, ect.) paganism? Paganism seems a lot closer to the earth and nature like hinduism or daoism; and a lot more different than christianity in this sense. What is the concept of the underlying unity...

In Zen Buddhism, koan is a story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Buddhism. You are supposed to meditate on whatever the question or riddle is and by doing so you expand your thought into new mental pathways. If you are a beginner it seems reasonable to solve the...

I think most people could never forget the complex robosapien. It in many ways acted like a complex organism but it didn't have the complex sensory input of a animal-like organism. But Robosapien Version 2 has a lot more advanced features and seems to even have a primitive sensory input. Check...

How many adherents are there in Taoism. I have seen estimates from 2 million to 30 million. How many Taoists are there?

I have always believed in reincarnation because to me it wouldn't make sense for awareness to just die off forever. It makes the most sense of any other explanation on what happens after death also because any other explanation of life after death emphasizes the importance of this life. It...

Is the Tower Of Babel story found the Bible and Torah in the Quran? If so how similar is it to the Christian and Jewish version of the story?

An interesting point was brought up in the "Do viruses have souls?" thread. A user stated that he/she did not believe viruses had souls because they did not consciousness. I define soul as consciousness as well but this would contradict my original belief that all life has souls. But if a lot of...

I read that one of the main reasons why we can never know the Brahman is because we are the very conscious of the Brahman. Is this generally accepted and can someone elaborate more on it? Also if this is true does that mean the universe's life conscious is in fact the mind of the Brahman (or...

I was going to make this quote apart of my sig. but it was too long. I thought in any case it would maybe make a better thread. Read this quote; “Nearly all peoples have developed their own creation myth, and the Genesis story is just the one that happened to have been adopted by one...

Buddhism and Hinduism may have similar ways in meditation but obviously there is one fundamental difference: Hindus meditate to get in touch with Brahman the ultimate, but I'm not sure what Buddhist meditate too:confused:, since it has no Gods or unifying force. Anyone want to explain?

For all you people that believe all life have souls (not just humans), what do you think of viruses? Scientists consider viruses neither living nor dead because they share only some characteristics of life. In my opinion viruses are half soul, as they are in between living and dead. What do you...

I always knew the City of 10,000 Buddhas existed little over 5 Miles away five miles away but I never knew how big the temple is in Western Buddhism. My hometown of Ukiah California has a couple major Buddhist temples, one of them being City of 10,000 Buddhas. Recreantly I found that this temple...

This question has puzzled me a long time. I just don't get why Jews do not sacrifice animals such as rams or goats. In the Torah and Old Testament clearly state that animals must be sacrificed in order for God to forgive the sins of man until the Messiah comes. According to Judaism the Messiah...

What do you think? Physical reality is usually defined as matter or observable physical material (or anything that takes up place). However recreantly physics as shown us that time and space are very much linked and that they have natural relationship. Einstein proposed time as 4 dimension of...

Are the concepts of the universal "life force" or "spiritual energy" that is part of everything that exists the same in Hinduism (prana), Buddhism (I think also prana) and Taoism (qi, chi or ki)? If not what are the differences between these mystical energy according to each religion?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html Could this be considered the beginning of the end:eek:?

The 19th Centaury Romance writers often wrote about the existence of an Oversoul or Universal Soul. The Oversoul is described as a universal soul that where all souls came from, a sort of God. All living things have souls. Many of these Romance writers started out as Christians but after...

What are the differences between moksha and nirvana? Both concepts are basicly the same thing, which is releasment from the cycle of rebirth. What makes moksha and nirvana that much different? Nirvana to Hindus and Buddhists; Buddhism. The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained...

How do you go to hell in Hinduism? In Abrahamic Religions you go to hell if you are not an adherent of that particular religion such as Christianity and Islam (which I so despise and hate about those religions) but of course the logic in Hinduism is far more realistic. You go to heaven if you do...