--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are you saying that MMY is just a puppet with no own existence, > > > no own will, > > > > Yes. And not just he but everyone. > > Just to interject, some of us don't believe that > this is true.
Sure, because God doesn't want you to believe :-> > > > no sense of responsibility of his actions. > > > > I wouldn't say so. One can still do whatever one *thinks* is best, > > and at the same time be aware that whatever we think, is totally > > conditioned and is what God wants us to think (paraphrasing > > Balsekar) > > Some of us, myself and millions of Buddhists > included, don't believe in God, either. :-) Uncle,yes. But 1) to not believe in free will, you do not necessarily have to believe in a personal God. This is just, so to say a way of speaking. 2) Buddhist AFAIK don't believe in the existence of a seperate 'self', which could have the notion of being the doer. I have here a quote attributed to Buddha: "Events happen, deeds are done. There is no individual doer of any deed." (Translation by Balsekar) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
