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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 08:18 am: | 
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I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one” - Elbert Hubbard
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 12:07 pm: |
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Like a frontier fortress,
guarded inside & out,
guard yourself.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell.
-Dhammapada, 22
"Do we actually value religious diversity, or have we determined, because of our history, to endorse a particular religious tradition to the exclusion of others?"
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 07:40 am: |
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A monk asked, “The mountains, the rivers, and the great earth-from where did all of these things come forth?”
Tiantai said, “From where did this question come forth?”
-Zen’s Chinese Heritage
"Do we actually value religious diversity, or have we determined, because of our history, to endorse a particular religious tradition to the exclusion of others?"
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 09:05 am: |
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As a single slab of rock
Won't budge in the wind,
So the wise are not moved
By praise,
By blame.
Like a deep lake,
Clear, unruffled, & calm;
So the wise become clear,
Calm,
On hearing words of the Dhamma.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
"Do we actually value religious diversity, or have we determined, because of our history, to endorse a particular religious tradition to the exclusion of others?"
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Craygie_chaos
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Username: Craygie_chaos
| | Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 09:17 am: |
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thx, that makes alot more sense than what i was trying to come up with |
Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 03:14 am: |
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Hello Travis.
The meaning I took from the quote is that all things are a part of an indivisible continuum.
Perhaps this quote might help:
"All things are one and have no life apart from it; the One is all things and is incomplete without the least of them. Yet the parts are parts within the whole, not merged in it; they are interfused with Reality while retaining the full identity of the part, and the One is no less One for the fact that it is a million-million parts."
"Do we actually value religious diversity, or have we determined, because of our history, to endorse a particular religious tradition to the exclusion of others?"
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Craygie_chaos
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Username: Craygie_chaos
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 08:36 pm: |
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Hi my name's travis, i dont no what you all are talking about at the moment, but i just want to jump in with a question, because i dont no how you see this, jennifer, i like all of the quotes you posted, very deep meaning, this one caught my attention tho:
"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true."
Buddha
To me this quote means that there is a God, but everyone creates their own divisions and believe them and kill people over them and so on when it should just be a unity between everyone, just to no that there is a God, and thats all you need to no. It just seems like the quote contradicts everything about religion, since buddhism is a religion does that mean that the buddha believes buddhism is wrong as well as all the others??? |
Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 09:34 am: |
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And those who have no mental vigilance,
Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate,
With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug,
Their learning will not settle in their memories.
-Sântideva, "Bodhicaryâvatâra"
A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
-Sutta-nipata, translated by H. Saddhatissa
…You can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable sufferings it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it. However, as a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process of life…Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
You should make your observations yourself,
You should not be the man of someone else,
Not in the dependence on another should you live,
Nor go about making a trade out of holiness.
-Udana Sutta
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
Buddha
Your search among books, word upon word, may lead you to the depths of knowledge, but it is not the way to receive the reflection of your true self.
When you have thrown off your ideas as to mind and body, the original truth will fully appear. Zen is simply the expression of truth; therefore longing and striving are not the true attitudes of Zen.
-Dogen, "The Practice of Meditation"
"Do we actually value religious diversity, or have we determined, because of our history, to endorse a particular religious tradition to the exclusion of others?"
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Timelesspilot
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Username: Timelesspilot
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 08:35 am: |
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http://www.thestarlitecafe.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?39/114310
"Once upon a time...was a master of crime ..."Born again for HIS glory" and now thats my story...The Timelesspilot, "Chaplain Ken" {alias} "Firewalker" CB radio Channel 13 There were 12 disciples and JESUS makes 13. http//www.blueletterbible.com
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 11:36 am: |
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A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
-Sutta-nipata, translated by H. Saddhatissa
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one” - Elbert Hubbard
Let us today take a stand to end all kinds of fear and hatred of "the other." - Abdul Malik Mujahid
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 03:21 am: |
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…You can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable sufferings it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it. However, as a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process of life…Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one” - Elbert Hubbard
Let us today take a stand to end all kinds of fear and hatred of "the other." - Abdul Malik Mujahid
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 05:35 pm: |
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You should make your observations yourself,
You should not be the man of someone else,
Not in the dependence on another should you live,
Nor go about making a trade out of holiness.
-Udana Sutta
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one” - Elbert Hubbard
Let us today take a stand to end all kinds of fear and hatred of "the other." - Abdul Malik Mujahid
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Jennifer03801
Starlite Member
Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 09:11 pm: |
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha
"...I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong and 100,000 (600,000)(650,00)people paid with their lives; 1600 (2952) (2954) (2964) (2969) (2972) (2980) (2983) (2987) (2989) (2990) (2993) (2996) (2998) (3000) (3002) (3003) (3024)3054) (3060) of them American soldiers sent to their deaths on a pack of lies; 15,000 (22,032) (22,401) (22,834) (47,657 non-mortal casualties)of them wounded, many of them disabled forever on a pack of lies." George Galloway
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 06:38 pm: |
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In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
Buddha
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one” - Elbert Hubbard
Let us today take a stand to end all kinds of fear and hatred of "the other." - Abdul Malik Mujahid
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 05:29 pm: |
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Your search among books, word upon word, may lead you to the depths of knowledge, but it is not the way to receive the reflection of your true self.
When you have thrown off your ideas as to mind and body, the original truth will fully appear. Zen is simply the expression of truth; therefore longing and striving are not the true attitudes of Zen.
-Dogen, "The Practice of Meditation"
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one” - Elbert Hubbard
Let us today take a stand to end all kinds of fear and hatred of "the other." - Abdul Malik Mujahid
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