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| PANCHO |
 Oct 20, 2011, 10:35 AM
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Hi.
First post. I just finished reading a book about Buddhism and I have crossed feelings. The book is called "Awakening the Buddha within.' It does make good points but when the author keeps repeating over and over that Buddhism is the Truth it puts me off. It is as if he thinks he "knows" and nobody else knows anything and is lost. They repeat this so many times that I had put the book 2/3s of the way through. He does no leave room for doubts and he does not question his conclusions. Either you accept or you don't know. This is being done in a smooth (slick) way, mixing good points, and then later jumping to pie in the sky conclusions that are kind of romantic idealizations to create a meaningful story. Opinions? |
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| Joesus |
Nov 06, 2011, 06:55 AM
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Is that like saying anyone here can tap into intelligence and say something intelligent, so everyone here carries the same weight when it comes to impressing others?
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| PANCHO |
Nov 06, 2011, 09:29 AM
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QUOTE(Joesus @ Nov 06, 2011, 06:55 AM)  Is that like saying anyone here can tap into intelligence and say something intelligent, so everyone here carries the same weight when it comes to impressing others? Yes. The weight is in the "substance" not in the person expressing it. Someone not very intelligent can say something very intelligent, just like someone very intelligent can say non intelligent things. Anyway, a person is not always intelligent. Maybe he/she is intelligent in only a specific subject but not all. A person may only be intelligent for a small time depending on what he/she says not on who she/he is. She/he could live a long time and only be intelligent for a brief moment, not the entire span of life. |
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PANCHO buddhism and reality critic Oct 20, 2011, 10:35 AM
Joesus
Hi.
First post.
I just finished reading a book ... Oct 20, 2011, 01:04 PM Flex
Hi.
First post.
I just finished reading a book ... Oct 20, 2011, 01:11 PM
PANCHO The author sounds like a nice person (Asshole woul... Oct 20, 2011, 04:48 PM Flex Sounds like you follow a pretty Buddhist path to m... Oct 20, 2011, 07:25 PM PANCHO
Sounds like you follow a pretty Buddhist path to ... Oct 21, 2011, 03:19 AM Joesus
If someone claims to know an absolute truth, the... Oct 21, 2011, 07:36 AM PANCHO
I don't agree. The absolute is tangible, and ... Oct 21, 2011, 09:16 AM Joesus
In my opinion, to capture-view reality is to make... Oct 21, 2011, 07:30 PM PANCHO But isn't what you just said an opinion about ... Oct 22, 2011, 03:42 AM Joesus
But isn't what you just said an opinion about... Oct 22, 2011, 07:05 AM PANCHO
But isn't what you just said an opinion abou... Oct 22, 2011, 08:30 AM Joesus
[quote name='Joesus' post='116617' date='Oct 22, ... Oct 22, 2011, 12:51 PM PANCHO
Better than what is real? Usually the only probl... Oct 22, 2011, 02:17 PM Joesus
Better than what is real? Usually the only prob... Oct 22, 2011, 04:54 PM PANCHO
Relatively speaking the mental constructs are rea... Oct 23, 2011, 07:49 AM Joesus
You may be looking inside yourself for things you... Oct 25, 2011, 08:18 AM PANCHO I can see and understand the appeal of looking for... Oct 26, 2011, 04:15 AM Joesus
I can see and understand the appeal of looking fo... Oct 27, 2011, 07:29 AM PANCHO
relative to beliefs. Reality beyond beliefs requi... Oct 28, 2011, 04:28 AM Joesus
The earth is round but the earth is an object a... Oct 28, 2011, 06:44 AM PANCHO
The universe is created thru consciousness, it... Oct 29, 2011, 04:40 AM Joesus
To be conscious, you would need to be conscious a... Oct 29, 2011, 07:45 AM Flex Sounds like a true Buddhist to me. From what I can... Oct 21, 2011, 06:41 AM PANCHO
Sounds like a true Buddhist to me. From what I ca... Oct 21, 2011, 09:34 AM Flex Or you maybe be forced to be made aware of it in s... Oct 22, 2011, 07:26 AM Joesus
Or you maybe be forced to be made aware of it in ... Oct 22, 2011, 07:46 AM Flex I personally don't believe the Universe has it... Oct 22, 2011, 09:52 AM Joesus
I personally don't believe the Universe has i... Oct 22, 2011, 12:53 PM Flex Actually I was thinking of consciousness in terms ... Oct 22, 2011, 01:34 PM Dianah [/quote]
Poncho,
In your reading of Buddhism, yo... Oct 23, 2011, 01:24 PM PANCHO
Poncho,
In your reading of Buddhism, you mention... Oct 24, 2011, 03:59 AM Dianah
Sorry, I meant true emotions. I felt sorry about... Oct 24, 2011, 05:43 AM PANCHO
If I am understanding you correctly, to implement... Oct 24, 2011, 09:16 AM Dianah
What I was saying was that sometimes you may be ... Oct 26, 2011, 02:14 PM PANCHO
If I understand you correctly…beliefs are create... Oct 27, 2011, 04:15 AM Dianah
If I understand you correctly…beliefs are creat... Oct 27, 2011, 01:28 PM PANCHO
I agree, beliefs are not expressed explicitly li... Oct 28, 2011, 04:45 AM Dianah
I agree, beliefs are not expressed explicitly l... Oct 28, 2011, 10:54 AM PANCHO
Fear can be beneficial…but is there ever a time w... Oct 29, 2011, 05:27 AM antonyanil
Hi.
First post.
I just finished reading a book ... Nov 04, 2011, 10:00 PM PANCHO
Buddha kept silent about God indicating that God... Nov 06, 2011, 05:03 AM Joesus
.......a person is not always intelligent. Maybe... Nov 06, 2011, 01:55 PM PANCHO
.......a person is not always intelligent. Mayb... Nov 07, 2011, 05:05 AM Joesus
[quote name='Joesus' post='117017' date='Nov 06, ... Nov 07, 2011, 09:40 AM PANCHO
[b]Then the following impression was imagined and... Nov 07, 2011, 10:44 AM Joesus
I've read a book that says that anybody can b... Nov 07, 2011, 03:51 PM PANCHO I think you are picking on minor things and blowin... Nov 08, 2011, 04:43 AM Joesus
I think you are picking on minor things and blowi... Nov 08, 2011, 08:01 AM Quantum Sunlight
A Buddha is one who has achieved a level of consc... Nov 08, 2011, 09:08 AM PANCHO
[quote name='Joesus' post='117082' date='Nov 08, ... Nov 08, 2011, 09:44 AM Joesus
I agree with this. I see Jesus and Buddha both as... Nov 08, 2011, 05:22 PM PANCHO
When fear is given a firm grip in the belief syst... Nov 09, 2011, 06:23 AM Joesus
We seem to have a fixed idea of reality. You talk... Nov 09, 2011, 08:40 AM PANCHO I agree that there could be an underlying human re... Nov 09, 2011, 09:47 AM Joesus
I agree that there could be an underlying human r... Nov 09, 2011, 05:10 PM KoolK3n
I agree with this. I see Jesus and Buddha both as... Nov 08, 2011, 09:46 AM PANCHO
I think we are getting close to the core of the ... Nov 10, 2011, 05:44 AM Joesus
I think we are getting close to the core of the... Nov 10, 2011, 07:58 AM PANCHO
it is the evolution of human consciousness that r... Nov 10, 2011, 09:21 AM Joesus
[quote name='Joesus' post='117116' date='Nov 10, ... Nov 10, 2011, 06:02 PM PANCHO
There is only now, and then Now, and again NOW... Nov 11, 2011, 04:33 AM Joesus Belief systems are what draw awareness of the ego ... Nov 11, 2011, 08:28 AM PANCHO
Belief systems are what draw awareness of the ego... Nov 11, 2011, 10:27 AM Joesus
Belief systems are what draw awareness of the eg... Nov 11, 2011, 04:03 PM PANCHO
My experience plays a big role in my belief. I do... Nov 12, 2011, 06:49 AM Dianah If everything is one and yet emanates in individua... Nov 11, 2011, 11:00 AM Joesus
If everything is one and yet emanates in individu... Nov 11, 2011, 06:11 PM Dianah
What is form?
What is real that is not a beli... Nov 12, 2011, 06:48 AM Joesus
What is form?
Consciousness in activity
What i... Nov 12, 2011, 09:43 AM PANCHO
How do you know is consciousness what you experi... Nov 12, 2011, 01:57 PM Dianah Any belief is just potential.
Potential is as th... Nov 12, 2011, 03:24 PM Joesus
A man may tell himself many things, but do other... Nov 12, 2011, 03:55 PM Dianah
Free will is only employed until one surrenders ... Nov 12, 2011, 05:16 PM Joesus Free will exists within the union of the soul/self... Nov 12, 2011, 06:50 PM PANCHO Once one starts quoting scriptures to explain thin... Nov 13, 2011, 10:56 AM Joesus
Once one starts quoting scriptures to explain thi... Nov 13, 2011, 06:59 PM PANCHO
Scripture is simply known as the words of the enl... Nov 14, 2011, 05:56 AM Joesus If you are happy with those thoughts...then C... Nov 14, 2011, 08:04 AM Dianah Joe,
What is your definition of a belief? Maybe,... Nov 14, 2011, 02:54 PM Joesus
So Joe, What is your understanding of belief? And... Nov 14, 2011, 05:28 PM PANCHO Maybe different believes are born from different w... Nov 15, 2011, 05:40 AM Joesus And then there is X and Y above and beyond their r... Nov 15, 2011, 07:37 AM PANCHO
And then there is X and Y above and beyond their ... Nov 15, 2011, 09:43 AM Joesus Which life? I have more than one. Nov 15, 2011, 03:56 PM PANCHO
Which life? I have more than one.
You got me th... Nov 16, 2011, 04:25 AM Joesus
[quote name='Joesus' post='117183' date='Nov 15, ... Nov 16, 2011, 07:17 AM PANCHO
All lives are interconnected. The one you are bor... Nov 16, 2011, 08:02 AM Joesus
I think you are the one that has a fixed thinkin... Nov 16, 2011, 06:14 PM Joesus The brain may be simply called the physical counte... Nov 18, 2011, 08:57 AM Dianah Those who point a finger with specific intention i... Nov 18, 2011, 04:04 PM Joesus With 7 billion ideas and images being projected, h... Nov 18, 2011, 05:00 PM PANCHO
With 7 billion ideas and images being projected, ... Nov 19, 2011, 06:32 AM Dianah
Accepting is to simply allow. To allow is unders... Nov 20, 2011, 03:05 PM Joesus
Accepting is to simply allow. To allow is underst... Nov 20, 2011, 05:08 PM Joesus Feelings are feelings, consciousness is not bound ... Nov 19, 2011, 05:06 PM PANCHO
Feelings are feelings, consciousness is not bound... Nov 20, 2011, 04:12 AM Joesus
Thoughts and feelings are mixed. You can categor... Nov 20, 2011, 10:02 AM |
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