Pema said she believes in the Buddha who taught
that the goal of liberation was to put out the
endless round of suffering.
Denise Evans:
That may be what she believes...
Almost the whole of Asia believes in samsara; it's
the corner-stone of almost all Asian philosophies.
kham eva
Perhaps this would be better, more simple and direct.
Also done by a Buddhist nun but without the baggage.
http://www.leighb.com/4bvs.htm
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@...
wrote:
Like I said, for simpletons :) Â I tend to always want to condense
and translate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
What about you guys? Got any cool credo lines you want to share,
quotes that nail it so well for you that you would consider them one
of your credos in life?
Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time.
turquoiseb:
Consider another of Rick's quotes from the home
page, this one from the Buddha:
So, you believe in 'Buddhas', because you read it
on Rick's home page. LoL
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with
Denise Evans:
I feel gratitude to the Buddha...
Which one?
for pointing out that what we struggle against all
our lives can be acknowledged as ordinary experience
- Pema Chodren, The Places that Scare You
You'd have to ask PemaI simply translated Buddha as Source or God or
Jesus or whatever Hindu god representshere is the rest of it...
Life does continually go up and down. People and situations are unpredictable
and so is everything else. Everybody knows the pain of getting what we
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
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I find I do not do much research, but I am in the will to
find out group. If it seems critical, I will look something
up. But writing on a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@ wrote:
I find I do not do much research, but I am in the
I was not suggesting censorship. You are actually off the forum for several
days a week anyway because you use up your quota. I did not suggest that *I*
wanted you off the forum. I was merely suggesting redistributing your responses
more evenly across the week, or varying your post times to get
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
I was not suggesting censorship. You are actually off the
forum for several days a week anyway because you use up
your quota.
Sometimes I am, sometimes I'm not. Depends on what's going on.
I did not suggest
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
wrote:
I was not suggesting censorship. You are actually off the
forum for several days a week anyway because you use up
your quota.
Sometimes
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
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What are you defending?
Xeno, it's not working. This isn't your thing. Drop it, please.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
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What are you defending?
Xeno, it's not working. This isn't your thing. Drop it, please.
Sure.
Many of the statements of Pema Chödron are based upon confusing the
practices of real life (householder responsibilities) with the
artificial life of monasticism.
Indian Mahayana monks and Tibetans were notorious confusers of these two
different realms and Pema Chödron articulates these same
Ya see, much of what resonates as truth for each of us is subjective, the
way I have experienced it. Hence the need to argue about which truth is more
truthful and which is the real truth.
--- On Wed, 9/14/11, richardwillytexwilliams willy...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: richardwillytexwilliams
I feel gratitude to the Buddha...
Which one?
Denise Evans:
You'd have to ask Pema...
Pema said she believes in the Buddha who taught
that the goal of liberation was to put out the
endless round of suffering.
Samsara:
http://tinyurl.com/7e2o5c
This assumptive idea is so thin. It is
Like I said, for simpletons :) I tend to always want to condense and translate
complexity into more simple paraphrase...after the analysis is said and done,
what is the main point and can I use it to inform my life? That's all I'm
really after in most of what I read. I don't disagree with you
That may be what she believes.In reading what the wiki definition sent on
Samsara, I happen to agree that life is a continuous flow - both Hinduism and
Buddhism seem to agree on this larger concept. The rest of the definition is
parsed out according to its respective religious context.By
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
Think about the Neoconservatives and their war against
science.
Wrong group. The neoconservatives have no war against
science. Their focus is almost exclusively on foreign
policy. Jeez, how ignorant!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
What about you guys? Got any cool credo lines you want
to share, quotes that nail it so well for you that you
would consider them one of your credos in life?
Only by investing and speaking your vision with passion,
can
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
snip
What about you guys? Got any cool credo lines you want
to share, quotes that nail it so well for you that you
would consider them one of your credos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
snip
Think about the Neoconservatives and their war against
science.
Wrong group. The neoconservatives have no war against
science. Their focus is almost
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
snip
Think about the Neoconservatives and their war against
science.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
wrote:
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Instead of calling people stupid or ignorant when they
make a mistake, why not enlighten them rather than
belittle them?
P.S.: It's only
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wrote:
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anartaxius@... wrote:
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anartaxius@ wrote:
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You can try to go as fast as you want in an obstructed lane, but no
matter how close you try to get to the car in front of you, you're
not getting there before he is.
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