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, psychology , mythology , Buddhism, ancient cultures and enjoy ... bought several books on Tibetan Buddhism, including The Bliss of Inner Fire by Lama Yeshe and the biography of Padmasambhava and his student Yeshe Tsogyal, Passionate Enlightenment - Women in Tantric Buddhism by Miranda Shaw and Vajra

I've been studying Buddhism for 10 years now. ... me that Taoism has nothing to do with Buddhism. I scoff at their knowledge of Buddhism. I do believe that Zen Buddhism is Taoism and Buddhism blended. I do blend a bit different but still. Zen started out in China under the name Ch'en Buddhism.

Buddhism would be the closest thing as a religion to my non-religious beliefs. In Buddhism , there is no God, nor any gods, angels, or demons. That's what distinguishes it from other major religions, and that's also what seems to make it so appealing to the Western mind. The only rule about Buddhism

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The How Much Do You Know About The World's Big Religions Test

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The Do you know your religions? Test

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Hi! And welcome to my insanely long religion test. I'll be using advanced logic and knowledge to determine just how multi-cultural and well-informed y... ...

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The Buddhist Test

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How far are you on the path to Enlightenment? Knowing the precepts is one thing, being Awakened is another...you might be nearly a Buddha and not kno... ...

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Distraught (scumbag) Father Kills Wife 5 Kids Self

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westernized interpretation of Buddhism which is all ... the nature of Buddhism as taught by it’s founder leads in all it’s logical implications to a pathetic life of non-desire, which is why all manifestations of Buddhism since have been watered down versions. Buddhism was readily adopted

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Celebrating Budda's Enlightenment

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lot about Buddhism if you are taking the stance that Buddhism is based solely on getting rid of desire, when it fact it stands on many more principles than this, and even then, many sects of Buddhism disagree with what the main precepts or ideas behind Buddhism really ... more about buddhism you

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Buddhism isn't covered specifically by Dawkins because, by his own ... Also, most Buddhism does not have worship at its core tenet, nor does it believe in the divine. Yes, some do, in some ways, but generally this is not the case, and the core of Buddhism is simply "Do as The Historical Buddha did and

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To you, is abortion an option in case of an unwanted accidental pregnancy?

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Buddhism. Buddhism ... In Buddhism, as I have been taught about it, karma is simply the chain of cause and effect,If you had read the link I posted before, you would have learned that Buddhism does not have a strict belief in cause and effect.for more on Buddhism: http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism

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To you, is abortion an option in case of an unwanted accidental pregnancy?

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match my own knowledge of Buddhism.Let's go from the start and see where we diverge:Buddhism teaches that "Life is ... would have learned that Buddhism does not have a strict belief in cause and effect.for more on Buddhism: http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/We're missing each other

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To you, is abortion an option in case of an unwanted accidental pregnancy?

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In Buddhism, suffering is a spur to growth toward enlightenment; so, if you're a Buddhist, the cruelest thing you can do is give someone a life ... I don't really agree, especially with Buddhism. Buddhism seems to be pretty intent on teaching people how to avoid suffering; not exactly a "suffering is

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would you date a buddhist?

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DiscoJ, while I wouldn't choose to speak for Buddhism as a whole, I can assure you, ... The only sects of Buddhism at all that believe in enlightenment, that I know of, is Pure Land Buddhism, and Rinzai Sect Zen Buddhism. In Soto Zen Buddhism, and many others, enlightenment does not exist, because in

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I'm starting a cult...

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 No-Âtman: There is no Self (âtman) in Buddhism, either as an essence or as a substance. ...  Karma: Because there is no substance or duration in Buddhism, the Buddhist view of karma is different from that in Hinduism or Jainism.

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