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buddha

  1. TransmutingSoul

    Are you waiting for any Fullfillment?

    That is really the discussion based on the OP question. Are you waiting for any Fullfillment? Please post what you are waiting for. Personally my mind, prayers and action's are all focused towards the goal of the unity of all humanity. That goal is pursued in the knowledge that one can only...
  2. M

    Question to Buddhists (and Adepts of Meditation)

    I like to read about Buddhist teachings and meditation stuff (since there is some scientific evidence indicating that mindfulness meditation is very beneficial, so it is worth learning and practicing it), but there is a teaching very hard to swallow which my rational mind just can't accept, and...
  3. E

    Has Buddha the Magician appeared?

    A man claiming to be BUDDHA the Magician is starting to stir up some people into believing that he is the God of the bible, he claims that "God" is just another word for "Magician", in a little 20 page pamphlet he gives an "example" of his Magic Spells, I'll just quote one of the parts from the...
  4. Dawnofhope

    Pure Land Buddhism and Amitābha Buddha

    I’m in Japan at the moment and just visited a temple in Tokyo that’s part of Pure Land Buddhism, one of the most important and influential sects in the history of Japanese Buddhism. It constitutes a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism that exists across Southeast Asia. The three primary texts of...
  5. ellens9

    I have school project, can you help me?

    I have a schoolproject in which contains a question about Buddha. If anyone can be a Buddha, what do you do to become one? How should you act, live and think? Kind regards, Ellen
  6. ronki23

    Hinduism Outside of India

    Japan has 7 Gods of Fortune, 4 of which are Hindu Gods: Daikokuten is the Japanese version of Mahakal (Shiva) Kichijoten is Lakshmi Bishamon is Kubera Hindu Murtis in Japan's Daisho-in Temple
    • ronki23
    • Thread
    • angkor watt buddha buddhism cambodia hinduism india japan shinto thai thailand vietnam
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Hinduism DIR
  7. Dawnofhope

    Buddha and Christ - Convergent or Divergent?

    Christ and Buddha are arguably amongst a small handful of men who have had the most influence on humanity over the last two thousand years. Let’s consider Their lives and Teachings. These two men have brought teachings that have profoundly shaped the moral, spiritual and intellectual lives of...
  8. SalixIncendium

    Enlightened or Divine?

    I, along with seven other members from our local Vedanta group, sat down for a discussion with Swami Sarvadevananda yesterday. In that discussion, we spoke about figures such as Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and a few others. Swami Sarvadevananda as well as a few others that were there...
  9. barneyjj

    Destroying fake Gods

    Hi all, I am not a believer or non believer in religion however I respect others beliefs. My son for the last year has become a Christian. A few months ago he destroyed all of my Buddha statues as he believed they were evil. My husband and I were very upset particularly with one that was given...
  10. B

    The Power Of The Mind

    I posted a thread talking about this, but from the replies i saw i realized i should change a lot of what i said and say things more clearly, especially after the information i got. So here you go: "What you think you become"-Buddha Everything about you you're convinced of happens to you...
  11. B

    The power of the mind

    "What you think you become"-Buddha Everything about you you're convinced of happens to you eventually. The mind can do miracles. Many people, if not all believe in a specific religion due to stories they hear. For example, a saint curing someone or a God saving someone from a misfortune. In all...
    • Balsamous
    • Thread
    • brain buddha christianity god islam mind mind capacity miracles miracles of god power of thought
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Science and Religion
  12. MountainPine

    Was the Buddha a vegetarian?

    According to Mahayana Buddhists, the Buddha was a vegetarian. The Mahaparinirvana Sutra teaches that he taught against eating meat: Then Maha-Kasyapaika-gotra asked, “If it is very important to uphold the impropriety of meat-eating, would it not then be wrong to give meat to those who do not...
  13. P

    Finally

    Finally, Technology has reached Buddhism too. I just read an article on Robot monks and it was especially designed to spread Buddhism. It is quite awesome right. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/26/robot-monk-to-spread-buddhist-wisdom-to-the-digital-generation
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