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YANGON (AFP) - More than 1,300 Buddhist monks marched in Yangon on Thursday, their largest demonstration in Myanmar's main city against the junta since they launched a protest movement in force earlier this week. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new...

Check this out and reply OLD TESTAMENT "PROPHESIES" OF JESUS PROVEN FALSE I I have to say, Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, makes a very compelling arguement!!!

This seems pretty worthwhile... Ripa Ladrang

Who are the seven past Buddhas? Theravada monks in Thailand chant about the seven buddhas in the evening, and I cannot find any information about them. Thank you. Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sammbudhassa. Josh

I recently bought a copy of the Majjhima Nikaya (translated to English from Pali by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi) and this Sutta is the first one in the book. At the very of the Sutta, the last line reads as such: That is what the Blessed One said. But those bhikkhus did not...

This comes from chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching (Translated by Gia-Feng and Jane English): Empty yourself of everything Let the mind become still The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return They grow and flourish and then return to the source Returning to the...

I was watching the Discovery Channel (as I often do, but the History Channel is better) and they were explaining the universe. Their explanation is that the universe is not all atoms, there has to be some other form of existence that creates gravity in order to hold galaxies together. Model...

Last semester in Eastern Religions (a college course), I began to study Hinduism. While I'm a Buddhist at heart, I began to read about Sarasvati, the Goddess of Wisdom, Music, the Arts, and the Vedas. Whilst I was at school, I would imagine her sitting on top of the school meditating, and I...

Hello, I am a current Buddhist with Sanatana-dharma aspirations. I'm quite confused over an event that happened to me last night. Last night I was meditating on a burning candle, and something wierd happened. I really can't explain it, how does Agni fall into the Hindu pantheon of Gods and...

this seems a little weird, but while I was meditating while focusing on a burning candle, something happened. I didn't reach Nirvana or anything, but this was much different. My question I pose to everyone is this: Is it possible for Agni (Vedas fire god) to be a Bodhisattva?

The following is a section of Essential Buddhism by Jack MaGuire, page 27: A big tough samurai one went to see a little monk. In a voice accustomed to meeting with obedience, the samurai said, "Monk, teach me about heaven and hell." The monk looked up at this mighty warrior and...

Hello everyone. It's been a while since my last post, but this I find difficult to understand. I am currently in College to become a High School History teacher (I know, High School?? is a questionable, but honorable job) and this morning a teacher in my World Civilizations class said something...

Did anyone know that Buddha Shakyamuni is actually a Catholic saint? I don't want to get in trouble plagarizing, so I will quote the whole section in ESSENTIAL BUDDHISM, A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BELIEFS AND PRACTICES by Jack MaGuire. Page 30 and 31:

I went to a website offering books as a type of dana, and I selected one. Of course they had to wait to get funding to send me the book, and now I have it. It is called "Pressing Out Pure Honey, A Practioner's Study Guide." It is a book of notes by Sharda Rogell on the Majjhima Nikaya. I...

Hello, I took world religions two semesters ago and last semester Eastern Religions. I have adopted Buddha Dharma as my religion because it is the most peaceful, practical solution in my mind. Later I find "my mind" as a contradicting statement. After reading many books and adopting the...

Hello, I took world religions two semesters ago and last semester Eastern Religions. I have adopted Buddha Dharma as my religion because it is the most peaceful, practical solution in my mind. Later I find "my mind" as a contradicting statement. After reading many books and adopting the...