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**dxpfmP0l** · 01-12-2011, 02:55 AM

Jayam,
What a great post, thank you very much. I think a lot of people have trouble with this. Probably a condition of growing up in places where savior religions are prevalent. Many don't realize their own awesome power, and will attribute everything to their god, including their own successes ("I couldn't have done this without Jesus" is a common phrase). What you posted is exactly what interested me most about Buddhism- it is non-hierarchical, and does not ask you to give your power away or attribute it to anything other than your own effort.
-RT

01-12-2011, 02:55 AM	#6
dxpfmP0l Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	Jayam, What a great post, thank you very much. I think a lot of people have trouble with this. Probably a condition of growing up in places where savior religions are prevalent. Many don't realize their own awesome power, and will attribute everything to their god, including their own successes ("I couldn't have done this without Jesus" is a common phrase). What you posted is exactly what interested me most about Buddhism- it is non-hierarchical, and does not ask you to give your power away or attribute it to anything other than your own effort. -RT
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