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Re: the greatness of Gautama, why? ...me spiritual? I remember after I wrote that message in the other thread on end destiny of man and life in Buddhism that I want to make a lot of money, easily and quickly, that I also said earlier here in the message above that I have become more...

Re: the greatness of Gautama, why? Happy fish are like happy folks. And I am left wondering what is the point of that exchange between the two Chinese gentlemen who admire nature and are given to gab. Is this anecdote recorded in order to challenge guys like myself to search for the terrific...

Re: End destiny of man... "mystery of the void." I entered this phrase, western buddhism, in Google and found this hit, the first, among the "1,330,000 English pages for western buddhism," which attracted my interest: fwbo :: The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order Organisation devoted to...

Re: End destiny of man... and beating about the bush...? to be frank with you, it would be interesting to know if any of the Buddhists' responses to any of your queries on this forum have actually be accepted by you. i have the feeling that you tend to discount our replies for reasons that you...

Re: End destiny of man and life in Buddhism... No one knows any more Buddhism. Thanks, Vaj, for your patient response. Allow me to commend you for not answering my questions with in effect more questions by using cryptic language, as someone here. No, I do not ascribe to cryptic language...

Thanks, Vaj, for your patient response. Allow me to commend you for not answering my questions with in effect more questions by using cryptic language, as someone here. No, I do not ascribe to cryptic language where the listener is left with the trial of finding out what exactly the speaker...

Re: the greatness of Gautama, why? ...derails as fertilizers. I really don't go for moderators trying to stop socalled off-topic postings in a thread, or derails, etc.; because in the process of discussion on a topic other subjects and questions can arise which can be even more interesting...

Re: End destiny of man and life in Buddhism... selective Buddhism. Quote: You mean Buddha, Gautama, never taught about Nirvana as aspired after and worked for by Buddhist monks in the sanghas of Burma, Thailand, and Sri Lanka? Nirvana is the opposite of samsara, and is an extreme. Buddha...

Re: End destiny of man and life in Buddhism... what? no Nirvana? More and more I am coming to a certainty that Eastern Buddhism and Western Buddhism are like twins that will never meet. You mean Buddha, Gautama, never taught about Nirvana as aspired after and worked for by Buddhist monks...

Re: End destiny of man and life in Buddhism.. skirting the issue. 1. Not everyone will reach Nirvana in the context of a definite time cycle. I.e. you don't just go to Nirvana at the "end of the world." 2. From what I understand, Buddhism does not view the world and existence as having a...

Re: End destiny of man... correction, please, and apologies. ...5,000,000,000 x .05 = 50,000,000 humans... Wrong! on two counts, wrong population figure and wrong math. Correct: 6,565,451,606 x .05 = 328,272,580 -- still too many humans. Susma

Re: End destiny of man and life in Buddhism.. Sanskrit vs Pali Before anything else, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I am thinking of doing a new thread on scripture and tradition in Buddhism. I have noticed from hits with Google that there is practically nothing about scripture vs...

Re: End destiny of man... I wanna make a lot of dough. I also like to make a lot of money, that makes two of us; and I am always looking for ways and means to make lots of money with the least work, the quickest way, and of course the safest. People tell us from routine wisdom that money...

Re: the greatness of Gautama, why? Organize a group of beneficiaries. Perverse skeptics call that anecdotal evidence, perverse because they worship skepticism like the golden calf. I call that testimonial evidence which for me is worth a lot of examination on the one hand and also adoptation...

Re: the greatness of Gautama, why? Thanks, everyone, really. I have not read so edifying messages for a very long time. Thanks everyone for your contributions to my education and spiritual instruction. About the name of Gautama or Gotama, what's in a name? a rose by any other name is just as...

Re: End destiny of man and life... from Sri Lanka. I have come across a website on Buddhism to all appearances from a Sri Lanka source, not from Westerners engaged in Buddhism. You see, when you read about Buddhism from Westerners, they tend to overlook what they find unacceptable in the...

Re: the greatness of Gautama, why? I guess we do have at this point of the thread a consensus of three Buddhists or Buddhism sympathizers on the greatness of the man, Gautama: his greatness being due to his teaching on how to end suffering. Now I would like to address like a child this...

I am not a Buddhist, but I do read about Buddhism and Gautama. And from what I have been reading so far, I am really at a loss to understand the greatness of the man, greatness as shown in the praises sung by his followers, in the giant statues of the man, and also art works. So, what...

Re: End destiny of man... Let's start with what is meaningful for each of us. But wouldn't you like to be around, at least to witness out of curiosity? For my part I want to put it on record that I am most unabashedly and most interested in being around when the end destiny of man and...

Thanks, everyone, for your participation, specially to those who do not see any hate speech in my opinion about Buddhism. I have a thread on the end destiny of man and life in Buddhism. I notice that Buddhists and sympathizers seem to be skirting the issue whether and what is the end destiny...