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  1. ValdresRose

    'Tis the Season!

    Today I'm writing Christmas cards. We need a message written inside: May the Yellow of my old X'mas card white up this paper so you, my friend, will not know I'm broke. May the Yellow of my old X'mas card darken in the mail so you my papa and mama will know I'm broke. Blessed is that person...
  2. ValdresRose

    The Viking age

    Would it be correct to say: The Viking age started when the first ships left from Scandinavia, with commercial trade goods, arrived at the British Ilse. Those commercial trade goods were basically timber and dried cod fish. Scandinavia was basically Denmark, Sweden, Norway and possibly...
  3. ValdresRose

    The natural law of low self worth

    It appears that all acquired mental illness stems from low self worth. Environmental forces that shape a person's mental processes result in low self worth in early childhood. If there is truth in this the Buddha would have shared it with us, but where in Theravada Buddhist tradition does he...
  4. ValdresRose

    Someone, please explain the concept of Karma.

    Karma appears to be a very important concept for everyday living. The word has been misused many times in Western Culture. Can someone explain the process in accurate, concise terms, and please stick to the point? Please don't ramble on with verbiage and don't quote sources from Eastern...
  5. ValdresRose

    How would the Buddha answer me?

    My nephew is adamant that in the Christian Bible it say that taking one's own life is condemnation to his interpretation of Hell. The Bible was written by wealthy men who were slave owners and didn't want their slave ending their lives. Is it a condemnation and/or a sign of very low self...
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