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Old 08-25-2011, 06:05 AM   #1
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Default Are all beliefs tied together in a universil truth
The world is like giant gigsaw puzzle where there are twist and tuns and lies in every piece
but the most importent piece is me get that one to fit in and my life will be complete .
But to tell you i not shore i want to fit in it sounds boring .I like change and creativity.
Without these things life is pointless .
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Old 08-25-2011, 07:12 AM   #2
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I in the prosess of moving Because some people think that not wanting to fit in means that you should be
hated . yet they only hate what they don,t understand .You can not heal stupidity only allow them to learn
from there own mistakes .
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Old 08-25-2011, 07:46 AM   #3
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`Life can never find perfection. The boredom that you worry about isn't that bad. I believe in infinity, & I believe that I won't be bored because the universe is big, & I love to see the things in it move. I love the leaves floating down mountain streams into rivers & oceans. I love the milky way. I love the life around us, & long to let it live without suffering as much as I can. I long to cut its' binds, & set it free. As much as I can.
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Old 08-25-2011, 07:51 AM   #4
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yet they only hate what they don,t understand
I believe that so much of what we all say to each other is misunderstood. And it does feel like stupid people hate when they can't understand. But that doesn't make what we say to each other wrong. We just have to keep the faith and keep it in our hearts until someone understands.

Many people who are considered geniuses today were not even recongnised in their own lifetimes, remember that. This world & this universe bless us with their beauty every day. Appreciate what it brings & let it grow.
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Old 08-25-2011, 07:54 AM   #5
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All beliefs on earth are not now tied together in a universal truth, which is why we have wars.

But they should be. They can be. Odly enough, it seems to me that religions divide us.

Universal truth number one, life is sacred.
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Old 08-25-2011, 11:04 AM   #6
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Are all beliefs tied together in a universil truth ? Probably YES....only the many different political and religious leaders and their interpreters of our believes are mostly wrong. All religions teach Universal LOVE at some point. Since this is very difficult to hold up due to lack of TRUST ...that what ties us together ; being one human species from one genetic source has been masked and is boxed up in different moral and a-moral categories of mankind.
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Old 08-25-2011, 12:49 PM   #7
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[B] All religions teach Universal LOVE at some point.
I think you are talking about Lovng Kindness hajurbe, isn't it? As this should be the common foundation that eventually all religions, ethical frames and the like should converge so to stablish a common unuderstanding.

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Old 08-25-2011, 01:12 PM   #8
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I think you are talking about Lovng Kindness hajurbe, isn't it? As this should be the common foundation that eventually all religions, ethical frames and the like should converge so to stablish a common unuderstanding.

That's the word Loving Kindness! Yes! The power that changes hearts and minds!
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Old 08-25-2011, 01:15 PM   #9
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That's the word Loving Kindness! Yes! The power that changes hearts and minds!
Sure... and also sort of precondition so to develop the rest of the teachings for all traditions too, IMO. I think that, talking about Buddha teachings, the absence of Sila makes really difficult to advance in panna and samadhi.

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Old 08-25-2011, 01:37 PM   #10
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[B] All religions teach Universal LOVE at some point.
Also from the teaching of Buddha this can work well in terms of Universal Truth, hajurba:

6 “Here, householders, a noble disciple reflects thus:
‘I am one who wishes to live, who does not wish to die. I desire happiness and dislike suffering.
Since I am one who wishes to live who does not wish to die. I desire happiness and dislike suffering,
if someone were to take my life, that would not be pleasing and agreeable to me.20
Now, if I were to take the life of another—of one who wishes to live, who does not wish to die, who
desires happiness and dislikes suffering—that would not be desirable and agreeable to him, too.
What is undesirable and disagreeable to me [354] is undesirable and disagreeable to others, too. How
can I inflict upon another what is undesirable and disagreeable to me?’

Having reflected thus, he himself refrains from destroying life, exhorts others to refrain from destroying
life, and speaks in praise of refraining from destroying life.
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Thus, his bodily conduct is purified in three respects.22

The Discourse to People of the Bamboo Gate
Also a adventure to say no also about destroying life but harming life and beings in all its modes.

Thanks hajurba,

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Old 08-25-2011, 02:07 PM   #11
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Then there's this too....
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit...1.2x.than.html
Then Sakka, having delighted in & expressed his approval of the Blessed One's words, asked Him a further question:
"Dear sir, do all priests & contemplatives teach the same doctrine, adhere to the same precepts, desire the same thing, aim at the same goal?"
"No, deva-king, not all priests & contemplatives teach the same doctrine, adhere to the same precepts, desire the same thing, aim at the same goal."

"Why, dear Sir, don't all priests & contemplatives teach the same doctrine, adhere to the same precepts, desire the same thing, aim at the same goal?"
"The world is made up of many properties, various properties. Because of the many & various properties in the world, then whichever property living beings get fixated on, they become entrenched & latch onto it, saying, 'Only this is true; anything else is worthless.'
This is why not all priests & contemplatives teach the same doctrine, adhere to the same precepts, desire the same thing, aim at the same goal."

"But, dear Sir, are all priests & contemplatives utterly complete, utterly free from bonds, followers of the utterly holy life, utterly consummate?"
"No, deva-king, not all priests & contemplatives are utterly complete, utterly free from bonds, followers of the utterly holy life, utterly consummate."

"But why, dear Sir, are not all priests & contemplatives utterly complete, utterly free from bonds, followers of the utterly holy life, utterly consummate?"
"Those monks who are released through the total ending of craving are the ones who are utterly complete, utterly free from bonds, followers of the utterly holy life, utterly consummate.
This is why not all priests & contemplatives are utterly complete, utterly free from bonds, followers of the utterly holy life, utterly consummate."
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Old 08-25-2011, 10:21 PM   #12
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I remember having read that Sutta... thanks for remembering it plwk...

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