[QUOTE=Surya Deva;34150]They have no idea what it is like to be alive.[/QUOTE]
We’ll, they may look at your life and say exactly the same thing. I mean, the fact that your concerned with whether or not Christians and Buddhists have any Idea what it is like to be alive, IS an indication that your life may be lacking something.
I have a very dynamic, fighting spirit. I am very lively. People who know me will testify just how bold, dynamic and lively I am. I take no nonsense from anybody and I do whatever I like. I do not suppress any of my desires and openly live out my desires.
So no you cannot compare me to a repressed Buddhist or Christian monk.
[QUOTE=Surya Deva;34178]I have a very dynamic, fighting spirit. I am very lively. People who know me will testify just how bold, dynamic and lively I am. I take no nonsense from anybody and I do whatever I like. I do not suppress any of my desires and openly live out my desires.
So no you cannot compare me to a repressed Buddhist or Christian monk.[/QUOTE]
This is a very desperate answer. Bold? Dynamic? Take no nonsense? I genuine feel sad after reading this. It sounds like the words of a lost, lonely, frightened soul. You don’t have to compare yourself with different people. Life isn’t a contest. Your OK just the way you are. I promise people will like you. You don’t need to try and demonstrate to others that you are special. You don’t need to have people agree with everything you say, in order to be loved. Learn to love others. Love Buddhist just the way they are. Love Christians just the way they are. They will love you just the way you are. Have the courage to be different and have the courage to accept difference. The whole world will show you love like you’ve never know, once you accept yourself, and accept others. I hope you can learn to listen to others, and share your thoughts with others. It’s not you verses everyone who’s different. It’s you sharing your differences. The world can be a kind warm, place… But you need to find kindness and warmth in yourself first.
Wise words from such a young spirit. Much to think about! Thank you for sharing. As I’ve said before, there are many paths on our journey. They all, hopefully, lead to the same place. Love rules all. Love trumps all. Love ROCKS!
YogiAdam- Really it all boils down to one very important question, “Is Fosters really Australian for beer?” LOL!!!
[QUOTE=lotusgirl;34237]YogiAdam- Really it all boils down to one very important question, “Is Fosters really Australian for beer?” LOL!!![/QUOTE]
It is, but we don’t drink it. Or though, I saw Ricky Gervais drinking it on his stand up DVD, so I think I might have to give it a go. I think I remember grown-ups at BBQs drinking it in the 80s lol.
[QUOTE=lotusgirl;34237]YogiAdam- Really it all boils down to one very important question, “Is Fosters really Australian for beer?” LOL!!![/QUOTE]
Ahhhh! Fosters. It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
[QUOTE=YogiAdam;34232]This is a very desperate answer. Bold? Dynamic? Take no nonsense? I genuine feel sad after reading this. It sounds like the words of a lost, lonely, frightened soul. You don’t have to compare yourself with different people. Life isn’t a contest. Your OK just the way you are. I promise people will like you. You don’t need to try and demonstrate to others that you are special. You don’t need to have people agree with everything you say, in order to be loved. Learn to love others. Love Buddhist just the way they are. Love Christians just the way they are. They will love you just the way you are. Have the courage to be different and have the courage to accept difference. The whole world will show you love like you’ve never know, once you accept yourself, and accept others. I hope you can learn to listen to others, and share your thoughts with others. It’s not you verses everyone who’s different. It’s you sharing your differences. The world can be a kind warm, place… But you need to find kindness and warmth in yourself first.[/QUOTE]
There is nothing that will stop me from forming a judgement on something, I am afraid. I have a simple philosophy in life and that is live and let live, but this does not mean that I will agree with another.
[QUOTE=Surya Deva;34285]There is nothing that will stop me from forming a judgement on something, I am afraid. I have a simple philosophy in life and that is live and let live, but this does not mean that I will agree with another.[/QUOTE]
Yep, again, I NEVER said you need to agree with anyone! Where does it say that??! Where on this whole forum did I say you need to agree with anyone??!!
According to Jawaharlal Nehru “Glimpses of World History”, Buddhism was hounded out of India by Brahmin cruelty and Hindu intolerance.
Yoga is not a religion, but a divine science. I know people practicing Yoga and Buddhism at the same time and i don’t see any problem about it.
What does it matter, everyone dies anyways.
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I was quite accepting of Buddhism in the past but now I see it as a rather insidious and life denying belief system. It is tamasic. It dulls life. It’s just
as bad as Christianity in some respects. In fact Christianity seems to have a huge influence of Buddhism.
In any case I think the original historical Buddha and the original historical Jesus were realised yogis and did not teach the nonsense their followers later
interpreted and institutionalized.[/QUOTE]
There is a saying among my people, that every saint has his hands bent toward himself. In this, you are clearly one of them.
[QUOTE=Sonrita;67763]What does it matter, everyone dies anyways.[/QUOTE]
I wish you to be this detached when your time comes along.
[QUOTE=Hubert;67786]There is a saying among my people, that every saint has his hands bent toward himself. In this, you are clearly one of them.[/QUOTE]
Hubert, what am I missing here ? In a post before it was said the Christianity had an influence on Buddhism. However, Buddha lived 563-483 BC.
Here it is an interesting book, Social History of India, showing how and why Buddhism was hounded off India:
[QUOTE=Sonrita;67763]What does it matter, everyone dies anyways.[/QUOTE]
It does matter a lot. Look eg what a misinterpretation of the sacred book of
Bhagavad Gita can do:
[QUOTE=oak333;68572]It does matter a lot. Look eg what a misinterpretation of the sacred book of
Bhagavad Gita can do:
Mahatma Gandhi interprets the sacred book of Bhagavad Gita in a great, spiritual way:
This damned battle of the -isms. It drives me sick, and it is driving my generation towards extreme nihilism, pessimism, and worse of all, apathy. Where we see similarities, we are shot down by references to outdated “sacred” texts and treatises and given out-of-context quotes from saints and sages that promote segregation and exclusivity. The pious preach their way is the one way, they put down others perspectives and paths, criticize, often without any sort of factual knowledge, other peoples beliefs and practices, and walk around as if they have found the most perfect, most pure, most authoritative way to practice yoga or whatever tool one uses to live a peaceful, liberated life. I’ll be damned if anyone here is practicing anything ‘pure’ or ‘sacred’–everything flows–ideas, movements, philosophies…EVERYTHING–everything is mutually influenced by something else, related or unrelated. It is ridiculous, and pitiful, and it has left me, along with thousands of other youth looking into spiritual practices, with a negative perception of spirituality.
It is as if we have all forgotten the diversity and differences between peoples which makes this world so colorful and interesting. When I smell flowers I think of home and I smile. When my friend smells flowers, he thinks of his father’s funeral, and he weeps.
It’s the nature of religion to believe that your particular beliefs are correct and superior to the beliefs of others. That’s what makes religion contentious and divisive. It takes a sort of detachment to be able to compare and contrast different beliefs, and it’s perfectly valid to draw similarities and differences. But doing so requires accurate information. There’s a huge difference between accurate information and misinformation. The latter should always be opposed.