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As for many other things: personal experience is probably the best way to know if that choice is right for you. LIRE : How Much do Flight Attendants Make in United States, UK and the world 2024 #4. Girls, girls, girls.. Why would someone choose not to have sex? As a Buddhist monk...
The emperor Constantine was said to have used candles in an Easter celebration in the 4th century A.D., and there are also references to candles in the bible. Many Buddhists light candles at their shrines, where the candle's light represents the enlightenment they seek. In Wiccan religi...
There are definitely GLBT Buddhists in America, and some tend to have an idealized view of Buddhism. In our conversations, some blame Christianity for patriarchy, male dominance, and war. (Discrimination against lesbians and gays is part of sexism and patriarchy.) They're surprised when I say ...
Tibetan Buddhists may opt for a sky burial, in which one's remains are left exposed to be consumed by vultures. Some people plan to be cremated when they die while others may find the thought of destroying their body by fire -- even after they're dead -- to be disturbing. Some ...
relativism. There is Good and there is Evil and the Vatican exists in a sinful world to help the rest of us tell one from the other. To claim now that the Church never really led society but was a mere weathervane, blamelessly reflecting whatever morals happened to be in fashion at ...
This is also confirmed in the Dharmagupta-vinaya, where Buddha is asked whether it is proper to “recite spells from talismanic scriptures by non-Buddhists securing the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the home” (誦外道安置舍宅吉凶符書呪; Sìfēn lǜ 四分律; T. 22, No. 1428, p. ...
Buddhists believe that on the day that the Buddha died, he summoned all animals to his side. Only members of 12 species -- dogs among them -- reached him before his death. He rewarded those who came with a year of their own, which is why the cat has no sign in the Chinese ...
Tibetan Buddhists may opt for a sky burial, in which one's remains are left exposed to be consumed by vultures. Some people plan to be cremated when they die while others may find the thought of destroying their body by fire -- even after they're dead -- to be disturbing. Some ...
Tibetan Buddhists may opt for a sky burial, in which one's remains are left exposed to be consumed by vultures. Some people plan to be cremated when they die while others may find the thought of destroying their body by fire -- even after they're dead -- to be disturbing. Some ...