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**viagra-kaufen** · 04-27-2012, 10:03 AM

I think several, liberal forms of ritual are always happening in our lives. Replacing negative "rituals" which the chattering mind repeats everyday with more positive rituals such as meditation and intentional prayer (like the Boddhisattva Vow) is the pro-active way of creating good karma for one's self and gradually all of life.

Hmmm...I guess I never thought of meditation or the bodhisattva vow as a ritual. But I can see how it would be. On one hand, mediation is a religious action, one that is intentionally done in the same (or a similar) way, repeatedly. Almost like prayer, I suppose. On the other hand, one could say it is more of just an action one does because it is beneficial. Like how I probably need a car to get to work, I probably need to meditate to clear my mind.

I'd wager that it's all pretty much semantics. Good point, Bgood.

04-27-2012, 10:03 AM	#18
viagra-kaufen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	I think several, liberal forms of ritual are always happening in our lives. Replacing negative "rituals" which the chattering mind repeats everyday with more positive rituals such as meditation and intentional prayer (like the Boddhisattva Vow) is the pro-active way of creating good karma for one's self and gradually all of life. Hmmm...I guess I never thought of meditation or the bodhisattva vow as a ritual. But I can see how it would be. On one hand, mediation is a religious action, one that is intentionally done in the same (or a similar) way, repeatedly. Almost like prayer, I suppose. On the other hand, one could say it is more of just an action one does because it is beneficial. Like how I probably need a car to get to work, I probably need to meditate to clear my mind. I'd wager that it's all pretty much semantics. Good point, Bgood.
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