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Hello Aloka,

Thanks for your reply. While i totally agree with you that if i split up my questions into different threads more members will be inclined to answer them, but i believe that raising questions is good in its own right even if kept unanswered.

Sometimes i ask questions when i already know the answer, my intentiion is not to question other member's knowledge (that would be silly) but to examine different interpretations to the same issue as everone of us look at it from a different angle.

My questions could be food for thought for beginners even if kept unanswered. Those with thirst for knowledge would contemplate on the issues raised and do their own research.

For the more experienced members, my questions might remind them of some basics while they focus on more advance issues. One of the disadvantages of having advanced knowledge is that you spend most of your time looking at details and you forget about the big picture hence we found many sects in buddhism and many scholars got too deep into buddhism to the extent that they forgot the orginial message of Buddha. I am not sure if you ever heared about Osho and his large collection of Rolls Royce!!!

From my understanding, the Buddha treated all bhikkhus the same to aviod the most senior ones of having high opinion of themselves hence the second question in my orignial post comes in as handy reminder how cunning and decptive the ego can be even to the more senior members of this forum. My question about kids can be taken as a reminder that we can learn even from kids how to be happy without a reason

To sum up: questions does not have to be answered to be beneficial.

Peace

PS: Osho was NOT Buddhist but a spiritual teacher