In Buddhism,desire and ignorancelie at the root of suffering. By desire, Buddhists refer to craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality, all of which are wants that can never be satisfied. As a result, de
Religions affect the lives of its followers greatly because if you're a Muslim you have to pray five times a day, if you're a Jew you can't have any other gods, and if you believe in Buddhism you have to follow the middle path to stop suffering. All these rules you have to follow...
The Kagyu tradition is the second oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism after the Nyingma tradition. The Kagyu and Nyingma have been very close both in terms of lineage and historical connection, mutually influencing each other’s traditions and practices. The Kagyu tradition however, belongs to w...
Why is Buddhism a religion? Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions and originated 2,500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe thatthe human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment, or nirva...
“postmodernism” to refer to a set of ideas, widely held among academics in the past 30 years, which takes inspiration from Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, and denies the worth of claims to truth. One will frequently find postmodernists (John Caputo is one of the more explicit about ...
I argued in April that that critique did not apply to a modern eudaimonist Buddhism that naturalizes karma. Thompson replied that it does, on the ground that naturalized, probabilistic, or this-worldly karma was “incongruent” with karma’s “traditional meaning and function”. Thompson puts ...
This may launch you into a new agey realm you’re not comfortable with, but I think you’re touching on the edges of Buddhism with your description of the new brain and the new, networked behaviour. Mindfulness, defeating ego and overcoming material attachment. What’s the concept of no-...
I am connecting all the dots from third eye Buddhism to Egyptian hieroglyphics. The unfortunate thing is I am 56 now and have achieved all my goals so using the information I have at my desposal is going to waste, I dont need much help if you know what I mean, I’m not even ...
Many people believe St. Romain is a devout Christian. He claims he loves Jesus, believes in salvation, and is a member in good standing within his church. What changed though were his sensibilities. He says: I cannot make any decisions for myself without the approbation of the inner adviser...
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