What do you believe?
Any Buddhists here?
by John Doe 83 Replies latest jw friends
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JWoods
My live-in lady companion is a life-long Buddhist (Vietnamese lady). So are her kids. (Other members of her family are Catholic...)
I consider it probably as much a philosophy as a religion. If you do call it a full-blown religion, it must be the most permissive and non-judgemental major religion on earth.
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John Doe
Does she have Buddha statues?
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Mad Sweeney
Lisa Simpson announced that she's a Buddhist on last night's Simpson's episode. Bart called her a Hindu and she shouted at him, "Buddhist! I'm a freaking Buddhist!"
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JWoods
Does she have Buddha statues?
Only the fat guy kind - she says this is not really supposed to be a statue of the Buddha himself, but rather kind of a "good feelings" image.
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John Doe
Is Buddha a god?
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poppers
Is Buddha a god?
No; he was as much a "god" as you are. Buddha was just a guy who "woke up" to what he really is. Buddha means "the awakened one". He pointed the way for others to wake up as well.
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awildflower
The thing about people like Buddha, Jesus, Lao-tzu, these "awakened" individuals who tried to show by example what they knew inside, is that people made a "religion" out of them and ruined the real message these ones had. That's a shame, because their message was all encompasing and simple and brought us right back within for the answers. No I'm not a Buddhist but I take things from all of them and leave the 'religion' of it behind...........wf
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Farkel
I admire many things Buddha said. Let's put it this way: I admire more of what Buddha said than what Jesus said.
Farkel
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VoidEater
I believe that suffering comes from attachment to things or situations.
I believe that the only meaningful response to the world as it is is compassion.
I believe that most trouble man makes for himself through an over-active mind.
I believe there is an awareness of the interconnectedness of all things within the experience of existing.