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karma- essentially every action has an equal reaction. there are different ways to interpret this. the buddha taught about karma in this life. this kind of karma is a factual thing that cannot be denied. i'll give a hypothetical example to explain: if a person steals something they will worry they will be caught. this worry is a negative feeling and could be called negative karma. doing bad things like this create people that do not like this person and even if they don't know who the person is it has created negative feelings in them which will effect the world through their actions. the more negative actions someone does the more worry and guilt they accrue. they also build up more and more people that don't like them and may cause them problems. this is concrete. doing many bad things affects a person negatively emotionally and usually affects the physical world in ways that are problematic for them as well. the next i will say is plausible, but it's a theory more than anything: a thief may forget their crimes but later in life they may worry again when reminded of what they stole or subconsciously set themselves up to be stolen from out of repressed guilt by leaving their wallet on a car seat with the doors unlocked or something similar. the buddha described us as containing a storehouse of past karmas. this could be likened to the subconscious mind. we create consequences and results for ourselves based on our actions. karma is described as an ever changing thing that builds on itself. this kind of thought can be applied to any action we take. |
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I once heard of a christian priest who was also a zen priest, though I never checked to see if this was true. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
wow that's really cool! sounds plausible. strangely in many sects of buddhism there are priests who perform holy tasks such as weddings, funerals and blessings but in the original teachings there is none of this. when people died they didn't do anything. the buddha didn't marry people or teach how this should be done and he didn't bless anything. these things were outside of his teachings, technically they aren't related directly to what he taught and were all left to whatever government or religious bodies were around at the time and were up to the people involved to decide. |
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Last edited by somniumrex; 01-27-2011 at 06:11 AM.
I hear when people die in monasteries they hang them up so everyone will see them; some others float them in water. To teach impermanence. It also has a sort of effect of waking you up, to what you are right now as a form of life. Roadkill does the same thing for me. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
very insightful! ajahn chah gave a very good talk about death, here is the link if you are interested. |
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Last edited by somniumrex; 01-27-2011 at 06:28 AM.
what do you think about the god/divine power aspect of buddhism? do you believe in it, if so why etc. |
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