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goodfella
A fan of the Buddha... and others. : ) Am a part-time Master of Arts Student in Buddhist Studies. We're studying Meditation this semester. Am not a total theoretician, I do practice & have been doing for a long time. I started meditation when I was an eight year old, when I felt I was getting stressed out at school. I'm 33 now & still live with my parents, lol, whom I love to bits. I've had a pipe-dream of one day becoming a monk, for quite some time. I hope it'll one day be realised. : ) Metta Everyone! Peace & Love, Arjuna XX
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Some say September 11th was an (American / Governmental) Conspiracy, to increase support for the war on Iraq / Afghanistan. (See e.g. 'In plain sight' or 'Zeitgeist, the Movie' on Google.
What say you? (Just a simple survey).
Please respect each others' views, and let's not get into debate. I'm just curious as to what people on here think.
Is purely for statistical purposes. Simple one word answers will suffice: Yes (It was a conspiracy) / No (I don't think it was) / I'm not sure / Will look it up.
Best wishes, AJ
7 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoWas Jesus a Buddhist?
Or at least affected by Buddhist Teaching? Buddhism had reached as far as Egypt by the time of the early Christians. There was a branch of Buddhist Jews in the Holy Land, called the 'Theraputae'.
Ancient Christian doctrine had a lot in common with Buddhism, including the belief in Reincarnation. This remained until c 343 CE when all such references were removed by a corrupt Roman Emperor, at the Treaty of Nicea, where several Western Bishops' lives were threatened if they did not concede to remove the references from the Bible.
Buddhism was spread largely by the Silk Route.
According to Buddhism, 'God' was made into a Stream Entrant, by the Buddha (c 500 years BC). See e.g. the following discourse, the Discourse on the questions of Sakkha (Sakkapanha Sutta), DN 21: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.21.2...
Also the Aquarian Gospel says that Jesus travelled throughout Asia Minor during the 16 or so years he is not accounted for, in the Bible. It is said there that he learned meditation from Indian Rishis, as well as other skills...
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Best Wishes,
AJ
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11 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade agoIs the Key to Forgiveness of Others...?
To see that we have committed innumerable instances of every possible atrocity in past lives, ourselves?
Thus, "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone".
- Jesus
Is the Key to Redemption to keep doing Good until we atone for all the sins of the past, to thus "outgrow" them?
Best Wishes,
Arjuna
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Best Wishes,
Arj
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