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Bodhisattvas, or bodhisatta's (Pali).

This seems pretty worthwhile... Ripa Ladrang

Who are the seven past Buddhas? Theravada monks in Thailand chant about the seven buddhas in the evening, and I cannot find any information about them. Thank you. Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sammbudhassa. Josh

Maybe this is in my copy, but the last line says DID NOT, and then it ends. Thank you for the clarification.

I recently bought a copy of the Majjhima Nikaya (translated to English from Pali by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi) and this Sutta is the first one in the book. At the very of the Sutta, the last line reads as such: That is what the Blessed One said. But those bhikkhus did not...

The wise rejoice in giving and thereby gain happiness thereafter. Dhammapada 177

This might not relate here too much, but the Buddha was also made a saint. Josephat and Barlaam. do a search on it. Its rather interesting...

Toujour_333 mailed the book Heart of the Buddha's teachings. It is rather good. But to anyone who is dying OR has never read anything from Thay Thich Nhat Hanh, I would recomend No Death, No Fear. It's simply amazing.

This comes from chapter 16 of the Tao Te Ching (Translated by Gia-Feng and Jane English): Empty yourself of everything Let the mind become still The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return They grow and flourish and then return to the source Returning to the...

Very interesting to think about...

The miracle is not to walk on water; the miracle is to walk on the Earth. Thich Nhat Hanh

My history proffesor claims (and I agree) that Atlantis was Crete during the Minoan Civilization. Think about it...Plato learned from the Egyptians about Atlantis. During the Minoan Civilization, Crete was perhaps the first European superpower. A french archeologist (I do not recall his name)...

Check out this website and some of the forums... (moderator edit)

The Buddha spoke to Bhikkshus to refute the Nigantha (Jain) point of view. The whole Sutta is explaining how the Jain view of striving is fruitless. This is found in the Devadaha Sutta (part of the Majjhima Nikaya). I have this book I will mail to anyone willing to read it. "A Practitioner's...

In the Majjihima Nikaya, the Buddha has a discourse on how Jain practise is wrong. I know Jainism is that of extremes (hence digambaras, nude monks), but why would the Tathagata criticize others? Why not practise listening deeply as in Thich Nhat Hanh's book "Freedom wherever we are," instead?

Please state your source...All areas where this is presented in my history and religious textbooks are represented from a Buddhist perspective. The hindu perspective is different, and the Jain and Sikh perspectives are different. The Jain religion seems to me (I have no sources) to be older...

You are helpful, but where is she mentioned in Hindu text?

Remember, Shakyamuni lived for some time after attaining liberation. Therefore, Nirvana cannot be the end of destiny if one can live after attaining it. I don't know if this makes since, so i'll stop here.

Let me add that there is no forum for Jainism on c-r. If there is and I am missing it, please let me know.

I was watching the Discovery Channel (as I often do, but the History Channel is better) and they were explaining the universe. Their explanation is that the universe is not all atoms, there has to be some other form of existence that creates gravity in order to hold galaxies together. Model...