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  • THISE VIDEO IS TO ACERTERN COP IAM PRAING FOR YOU

  • love Ajahn Brahm's talk!

  • Thank you for this video

  • Exactly what I needed to hear exactly when I needed to hear it. One of my "flaws" is a need to always be right. I rarely think what I say might affect others. Being right also tends to make me pessimistic and misanthropic. Considering for a moment that what I say might actually hurt others or cause them to act in negative ways later on, hopefully will make me think more carefully before I say something and help me to think about what a situation is rather than what I believe it is.

  • I read a guide for spiritual agnostics which suggested something called "G.I.F.T.S."- "Grant Intellectual Freedom To Speculate"- to yourself and others. It seems to me that the differences between the major religions are mostly in the areas of speculation- whether there's a God or Gods and what there nature is, what happens after Death, etc.. The ethics tend to be similar- "do unto others...". Once we recognize that individuals have freedom to speculate about the Unknown, we're halfway home.

  • beautiful talker, I can only hope that I meet him in this life time.

  • sadhu! sadhu! sadhu!

  • He is brilliant!

  • People, just wanna ask. Have you listened before you commented?

  • The Buddha died neither affirming or denying the existence of God.. but his followers developed Buddhism as an atheistic religion...... the way I see it.. the Buddha was only half right.......and half right is not right enough. I still think Jesus, who rose from the dead and paid the penalty for our sin/karma, and offers the gift of eternal life/salvation/enlightenment..­. to ANYONE who will believe/trust in and rely upon is the most amazing offer.

  • @janneyisin wow how cool this whole talk was about this comment : )

  • @janneyisin And trust, be it in people or saviors, is one of the higher beliefs the good man speaks of :)

  • really liked to listen Ajahn Brahm.... such a nice thinker and speaker

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  • To Alfulani5. I am sure you will continue to keep your ideas firmly entrenched. However rigidly you try to maintain your views whether it is by abusing others or other peoples beilefs the fact is that reality will never conform to the way you see the world. You are out of step with the real everyday world and thus deluded.. One day you will die and that is that.. To spend your life trying to fit life into the pigeon hole of the way you want things to be or see things is quite a waste of yor life

  • UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

    OF HUMAN RIGHTS

    Article 18

    Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

  • Yeh but unfortunetly the law is one thing and religion, moral and ethics something else.

  • @impermanentoo they should add....as long as it does not hurt/damage/isolate/discrimina­te anyone.

  • United Nation declare that every human has a right to choose their religion. Failing so, is regarded as violation of human right (Article 18)

    This is the rule of a civilised society. The rule of jungle does not work in 2009!

  • i know why you are here. there is nothing in quran to keep you interrested and spiritual you are trying to learn some buddhism. good for you mate. LOL.

  • Can you get out of here before we throw you out? I have at least 100 videos to show you about your religion. Would you want me to do it?

    Please show your human nature. Don't run around like a lunatic spewing filth all over the videos.

    Even the Muslims who can think right feel so embarrassed by your speech and action.

    I thought you're part of our big family? Keep the 5 precepts then! :)))

  • but watch this. this is really funny.

    "Arab on Treadmill"

    LOL.

  • this Muslim fruitcake alfulani5 is probably training with Al Qaeda as we speak ... such a dirty, dirty mind!

    Muslim extremist = Monafiq = dangerous

    Christian fundamentalist = stupid & annoying, sometimes dangerous

  • So please, if you wish to spread your hatred, do it in a place where others will pat you on the back and make you feel good about yourself. We are here to seek the Dharma and enlighten our conscientious awareness.

  • Many anal metaphors, Mr Musselman ... look, I am sure there are many gay clubs in Sri Lanka, where you can live out all your fantasies ... but don't sputter your filth in the context of these sacred teachings!

  • Be careful here, foul mouth, it is dangerous to say such dirty things about a holy man ... but, once again, your homosexual obsession shows ...

    You are sick, man, begone foul spirit!

  • @alfulani5 Are you really so sick,so filled with hate?

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  • The mistakes and misguidance of a few do not necessarily reflect the whole of a religion or organization. I'm sure "alfulani5" that of all people, you feel that way about how many people view Islam. So I wonder, what could be your reasoning behind seriously lambasting other religions (in this case Buddhism)? Is it because you are so insecure about your own respective religion that you feel the need to one-up others in an attempt to prove something?

  • Those instances of which you speak are not rampant. Secondly, if you want to speak of "what goes on" on an intellectual level, then you must also include the staggering statistic that over 95 percent of terrorism in the world in perpetuated by Muslim extremists. Every religion has its issues, and I do not think that you of all people have much leverage in your argument considering the facts.

  • Listen, Mr Musselman ... you speak pejoratively of those who run around in slippers? (I notice your remark in one of the other EXCELLENT Ajahn Brahm talks) ... I live in Indonesia, and it is the MUSLIMS that are often (not always) very dirty in their habits ... we should all honour Islam, of course, but why are so many of its practitioners so benighted in their attitudes and behaviour?

  • Ungreateful pig!!

  • Have you had a primary education, Musselman? Or you wish to honour me again? I accept the epithet "great"; I have no problem with it ... but your "ungratefulness", to think and talk so dirty, is rather typical, alas, of many of your faith (NOT all, I stress)! Many Muslims will have a row of wives (and impregnate a few others), but stone to death if a widow remarries!

    I wonder how many of these characters are closet homosexuals, the nasty ones?

    Peace, Mr Musselman!

  • he he. so you love to hang out with lunatics. LOL. that make you a lunatic too. LOL.

  • alfulani5, you know what? You try to sound articulate and you're not. You spread the hate and I don't know why. I don't know how this peaceful monk can pissed you off. I would assume that you might have family issue. Are you on PMS? LOL

  • cuchohe, your words are very profound.

  • Watch:

    "Srilankan Buddhist monk's Sex"

    To find out what kind of sex animals the Buddist monks are!

    They promise enlightment for women who make sexual offerings to them!

    LOL

  • he he.

    why don't you talk about how muslim fathers in sri lanka sell their little girls for sex because they cann't afford to help their big families.

  • Little boys, as young as 5 are made Buddist monks just to satisfy the sexually starved stinky old Buddist monks!

    They end up as sex slaves waste their childhood and even adulthood and probably die young due to HIV!

  • Little boys, as young as 5 are made Buddist monks just to satisfy the sexually starved stinky old Buddist monks!

    They end up as sex slaves and probably die young due to HIV!

  • there is no point of your cheap talks.

    do something for all the muslim little girls who are molested by their fathers and uncles by selling them at the age of 5,6 to older men for couple of dollors.

  • Watch

    "Srilankan Buddhist monk's Sex"

    To find out what kind of sex animals the Budist monks are!

  • he he.

    why don't you talk about how muslim fathers in sri lanka sell their little girls for sex because they cann't afford to help their big families.

  • Watch the video below:

    " What is thighing"

    Poor little girl. Can't even defend for themselves. If this happens to your little sisters or daughters, how do you feel.

  • Why not stop acting like a child and answer some questions!

    And for those who are looking for the truth! The Buddist monks screw little boy monks! And the Buddists are force not to talk about it!

  • i think you were screwd by buddhist monks. otherwise how would you know every details. you are not in sri lanka.

    did it hurt. ha ha.

  • Luckily I escaped from the demon monks!

    From the way you speak it looks the people screwed by monks are much more than anyone could imagine!

    May be you should start calling them "screwing monks" or "fucker monks"!

  • so you were screwed by monks. LOL.

  • ha ha. good one mate. "40 year old virgin". i bet $1M that he is still a virgin. that's why he acts like a lunatic. LOL.

  • I learned to curse from devout Buddists!

    And while at the jungle you are supposed to meditate you morons, leave You Tube go realize!

    Being a Muslim we dont need to stay in desert. We can stay in palaces if we can afford! While you rot in a jungle.

    LOL!!

  • he he. you and your jungle theory. don't you have anything to do man. you are not a teenager anymore. you are 40. so act like a adult.

    don't be childish. LOL.

  • Stop calling your Buddah childish!!

    Afterall he is the one who has shown the way to enlightment is to rot in jungles!

  • he he. be a man first. behave according to your age. this is a problem with this world now.

    a 40 year old muslim man knows only one thing. insult other religions.

  • Your Buddah shown you the way to jungle! So follow him to the jungle and prove you are not a hypocrit!

  • i'm in the jungle with my fatima. he he. and also my laptop. jealous ha. enlightment and fun at the same time. he he.

  • I guess Budda too was screwing in the jungle!

  • yeah but he was never a child molester like mohhamed or whoever it was. ha ha.

  • Look who is talking

    Talking about child molesting, thousands of little boys are ordained to be screwed by elderly monks as we speak! I wonder how many punchi hamuduruwos have been screwed by Ajan!

    And talking of the prophet, he MARRIED a young girl and took care of her. Never in her 65 year life she regretted the marriage NOR complained about it!

    Why not you get a life!

  • ha ha. after mohhamed married a little girl of 9 years old. tha's you call rape in civilized world.

    allah's messenger is child molester. wow. what a religion.

    no wonder there is no dignity in your words. what was her name. aisha or something. poor little girl. how the hell a old man sleep with a 9 year old girl. that's so disgusting.

  • Prophet married a young girl and took care of her. And during her 65 year life she never regretted her marriage NOR complained about it!

    You know what is disgusting!! It is old monks screwing little boys less than 8 years old. This goes on in every temple!! I wonder how mnay punchi hamuduruwos Ajahn has screwed so far!

    You grumble and misquote about one incident 1430 years ago while whereas 1000s of such incidents take place EVERY DAY IN YOUR OWN TEMPLES!!

  • so it's true mohamed married a 9 year old girl.

    he married a little girl so he can take care of her.

    wow. hey guys next time when you want to take care of a little girl don't adopt her. marry her.

    ha ha. if you don't know aisha said no women should go through the pain and suffering that she had to go through. wow. allah's messenger's heroics. what a sex addict.

  • Since youd ecided to keep silent on the subject. I guess Ajan too is a child molester like all the other Buddist monks!

    I feel sorry for the thousands and thousands of young boys who are ordained only to be used as boy prostitutes for monks!

    Looking at your arrogance I wont be surprised if you were a punchi hamuduru yourself and got screwed by stinky monks!!

  • he he. don't change the subject. how do you possibly worship a sex addict.

  • I am not changing the subject!! I am verymuch IN THE SUBJECT!!

    First we DONT worship the Prophet!

    Second he married a girl and took care of her!! Unlike your estinky monks who screw several young punchi hamuduruwos and leave them to die of HIV!

  • ha ha. i'm going to find a muslim girl who is 9 years old and marry her and take care of her. ha ha.

    mohamed was a sex addict. accept that.

  • If everyone who marries is a sex addict that will include your father too!!

    Leave this Buddism crap it looks it is turning your brain into pig poop!

  • he he. not every one is a sex addict. i was talking about mohhamed. the guy who raped little aisha.

  • And your ansestral mother who got screwed by a LIOn must ahve been a sex addict too who engaged in animal sex!!

  • allah had animal sex with a pig. don't forget your history. LOL.

  • he he. why not talk about the child molester who had sex with 9 year old aisha. poor girl.

  • Thousands of child molestations are taking place RIGHT now in temples.

    And this guy wants to talk about a legitamate marriage that took place 1430 years ago!

    Why dont you get a life??

  • how come a marriage between a 60 year old and a 9 year old is legitamate.

    no wonder muslims like younger girls. that's what they learn from childhood. to molester little girls.

    wow. what a religion.

  • @alfulani5 Your a very sick individual.

  • All of a sudden you act like a lunatic not different from your master Buddah!

    Go back to the jungle, the wold will be a better place wihtout you mudrders.

  • unfortunately we cann't go to jungle all the muslims terrorists are hiding in the jungle. probably meditating. LOL.

  • You stupid! learn who is a Tamil tiger first!

  • no wonder you love terrorists. Tamil Tigers are terrorists. how can someone deffend a terrorist group. they have killed so many muslims yet you support them.

  • You just extend the limits of stupidity!

    It looks you have been screwing too much during vesak and its making you mad!

    Who told you I support LTTE??

  • any man with some common sense understand it. how can any one betray his own country.

  • Betray my country?? What the hell are you talking about! It looks you too are getting closer to the complete lunacy that you mistake for "enlightment" !

    Good luck with your "enlightment" LOL!!

  • If you are Buddist you should be in the jungle meditating.

    If not you are just another hypocrite making a total fool of yourself!!

  • he he. i don't think a buddhist will listen to your hypcrosy. maybe a banckrupt useless muslim.

    when did you banish from sri lanka.

  • IF you are not in the jungle by now you have no right to call yourself a Buddist you MORON!

    I dont banish from anywhere!!

  • where did you learn buddhism. why would anyone go to a jungle. anyway you are someone who was banished. lucky you didn't end up in a jungle. he he.

  • Buddim is about enlightment and you are supposed to be in the jungle looking for the so called enlightment!!

    If not call yourslf a Hindoo!! you loosers!

  • too bad you are 40 something years old but still don't have a simplest idea of any religion. but after all these years what you have learn from allah is to insult others.

    people who say things without knowing the actual facts are called ignorant idiots. unfortunately you are one of them i hope allah will give you some brain.

  • I know for a fact the goal of Buddism is to reach enlightment. But YOU are not working towards it!

    Stop wasting time in You Tube, and go to the jungle!

  • how do you know i'm not worknig towards it. don't tell me you know me. LOL.

    and who told you that you need to go a jungle to reach nirvana.

  • I know you are not working towards it because you are wasting so much time typing utter nonsense in You Tube you idiot!

  • he he. what are doing here. trying to save the world. ha ha.

    i know you want to be a buddhist. otherwise you wouldn't be here. i know lots of people follow buddhism secretly.

  • Dont change the subject you fuckwit! Go to the jungle now!

  • calm down. you have so much anger and hatred. hatred is your biggest enemy.

    i know you haven't find peace in quran. otherwise you wouldn't act like this cheaply. if you need help we are here to help. let the anger go. otherwise it will burn you inside.

  • You taught me how to hate you Buddist dickhead!

    Now shut up and meditate! LOL

  • so you listen to buddhists. you don't have any control. pray for 5 times a day but cann't control your imotions. too bad.

    you should do meditation. it will help you to control your feelings.

    lot of muslims want to do metitation but they are scared. don't be.

  • In Islam we can and have to hit back with the same intensity we are hit with!

    You on the other hand are supposed to rot in a jungle no matter what happens! So get lost!

  • you are the one who is the wrong video. i'm just trying to learn some buddhism. how about you go to a islam video and learn some islam. because you don't even know whether allah exists or not.

  • You spill your filth all over Islamic channels and now acting like a saint!

    You go remove your hate filled comments from Islamic channles I will keep quite!

    Anyway there is nothing to learn in Buddism. Even the big idiot Ajan says its ia realized thing. So go the jungle and realize it!!

  • that's the problem with muslims. why cann't you let us watch this peacefully and go and mind your own business.

    BUddha is the greatest. may buddha show you the path. have kindess and compassion. hatred only leads to destruction.

  • You spill your filth all over Islamic channels and acting like a saint elsewhere!!

    You go remove your hate filled comments from Islamic channles I will keep quite!

  • but i'm glad you are here. it shows how much you want to learn buddhism even though you pretend to hate it.

  • First, Only fools need to see and touch things to beleive!! Intelligent can figure out things with clues!

    Second, whatever happened to your quest to enlightment! You are wasting your time typing in You Tube. Go to some jungle and work towards enlightment HYPOCRITES!

  • ha ha. you are angry. because you know you cann't answer my question. like i said before there is no point going to buddhist videos every day insulting buddha, you should go to some islam videos and learn something about allah.

  • I dont runaway from anything! I got other things to do besides trying to teach a bunch of dumbos!

    Anyway you are just plain hypocrites! You are suppoed to be meditating in a jungle in your quest for enlightment, instead of talking nonsense in You Tube!!

  • he he. i'm waiting for answer. you talk big about islam. still didn't prove me that allah exists.

  • Proof is your own body which is controlled by Allah!. Try staying for a month without eating, sleeping or driniking! Or try stopping ageing, getting sick or dying!

    AND IF YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL YOU BODY IS BEING CONTROLLED BY A SUPREMEM BEING!

  • so how do we know whether it's allah or jesus or anyother god. ha ha. no man. we need solid proof. you are saying lot of crap.

  • I told you once!!

    Understanding God takes common sense, which you seem to be lacking!

  • i told you too. to understand buddhism you need commonsense. so if i don't have commonsense neither you. don't you see you habe begun to sound bit pathetic my man.

    when we ask a simple question about islam you say you have to have commonsense. because you cann't explain anything. now who is the real hypocrit here.

  • IT is not a question of proving God, rather you have to disprove God!

    Try staying for a month without eating, drinking or sleeping and live for eternity!

    Thats the onlhy way you could disprove God!

  • i think you are very immature. if you cann't prove tell me i'll ask someone else. maybe you don't know islam atall. you don't even know whether there is god or not. i'll ask someone else. meantime you go and learn something.

  • First, Only fools need to see and touch things to beleive!! Intelligent can figure out things with clues and signs.

    Second, You still act like a fool when I remind you of the Goal of every Buddist! Stop peddling your stupidity to the world and go work towards your goal sitting in a jungle!!

  • "alfulani5" you don't know anything about allah. you are stupider than the stone age people. they used to pray for the sun thinking the sun was the god. they were right. sun acted like the god. sun gives us lot of things in our daily life.

    but what does allah gives you for praying 5 times a day. nothing. people like you getting stupider and stupider by the minute. that's what has happened to bankrupt muslims.

  • Why are you wasting your time on you tube like an idiot??

    Go meditate and reach your mythincal enlightment!!

  • you are the one who said "Only fools need to see and touch things to beleive!".

    if enlightment is mythical Allah is mythical too. ha ha. are you stupid or something. you say something next time you say something totally opposit. that's called stupidy my friend.

  • We ahve enough and more proof about Allah! Just because you are stupid and cannot understand, it does not mean there is no God!

    On the contrary there is no proof of enlightment. PRobably all that sitting in the jungle made Buddah go mad, and you mistake it for enlightment!!

    So funny!

  • yes i'm asking you to show me the proof. and how the hell a muslim knows whether there is proof of enlightment or not.

    you sound childish. why don't you share your secret proof with us. so we all can convert to islam.

  • ha ha. yeah he is just a coward. he must be in some other buddhist video trying to provoke buddhists. what a loser.

  • Happy wesak season for all buddhists.

  • I am not at all angry!

    I just state the facts!! and if the facts turn out to be absurdities it is not my problem!

  • ha ha. don't be so hard on "alfulani5". afterall he is a messed up muslim. muslims are not entitled to see the truth. they are the ultimate slaves.

  • Too advanced for those who fall on the feet of a common bag of sh*t!

    Its funny!!

  • Tell me Mr. Bottledsunshine what is immature about my responses?? Please refrain from making false accusations just because you have no counter argument!!

    Tell me what is wrong in helping those poor souls walking barefoot in Bankok under hot sun begging for food in their "quest for enlightment" the real facts of Buddism and its absurdities?

  • Lord Buddha help theses muslims to see the truth and stop their violence against innocent people. muslims stop terrorism.

  • This is strange! One full sentence from you without profanity!! I dont believe this! Do a search in your tube "war monks sri lanka" and find out who is doing all the violance!

  • ha ha. either you are with the terrorists or you are with the government. not today even 1000 years ago buddhist monks were there in the first place to fight for their country. too bad you don't understand the simple truth. ah. afterall you are a muslim.

  • Magebaba: Lord Buddah is dead and gone and he CANNOT help no one!

  • atleast you know he existed. but where is allah. ha ha. have you seen him.

  • People with common sense can easily recognize Allah. It is harder to understand for those who dont ahve that!

  • same goes to you. people have commonsense easily recognize buddha. but it's hard for people like you. who are slaves to a fake god. still you didn't prove me allah exists. because you cann't.

  • Hmm, Someone was saying on one video, why waste time when god is not proven. They say they are not even sure if there is such thing call heaven?

  • LIGHTENEDTHUNDER

    Same way God is still not disproven!!

    In case God turns out to be true you will pay the price burning in hell for eternity! It justs takes half an hour per day to be a Muslim and you are assured of success on the day of judgement INCASE Islam is true!

    Afterall what have you got to lose? Dying as a non-Buddist is no problem at all!

  • If you can beleive matter and time has always been there why cant you believe God has always been there??

    It mmakes much more sense to believe this universe and everything therein is the creation of a supreme being considering the complexities preciese workings.

  • It takes a fool to go around circles. Intelligent think and put gother puzzles and come to conclusions!!

    According to Buddism what you are doing now is wrong! You are supposed to meditate and realize things rather than typing away on you tube!!

  • How did matter and life come into being?? We have only 2 options!

    1. Created by one almighty God

    2. By random chance of sheer coincidence!

    And nothing in between!

  • If there is no one in conltol and people are born again and again by random chance how can one be sure Buddah or anyone else who claims to have attained nirvana is not born again as an insect!

    There are more than 800,000 life forms besides humans. And most of them are insects and micro organisms. Considering this the chances of one being born again as human is ONE IN 800,000!!

  • Alfulani5 I think instead of trying to find convert to embrace Muslim, You should stay away as is like you try to convince a married woman to marry you. Please leave the Buddhists alone! Go out there and try to convert the evil and wicked people.

  • I am not trying to convert anyone.

    I am just doing my duty of conveying the message to the intellligent.

  • Maybe in that we have "no right to believe"

    we actually DO have a right to believe

  • This mans words are changing my life. Thank god... or whatever, that there is still sanity left in this world.

  • Living in a Buddist country, I am not able to get answers about Buddism. Each time I ask a Bhuddist they just change the subject or just beat around the bush.

    Questions:

    1. If thre is no God why waste millions and millions of cash and prime real estate building massive temples?

    2. Who controls Karma?

    3. Who made matter from nothing and gave it life?

  • Living in a Buddist country, I am not able to get answers about Buddism. Each time I ask a Bhuddist they just change the subject or just beat around the bush.

    Questions:

    1. If thre is no God why waste millions and millions of cash and prime real estate building massive temples?

    1. My view: Any skillful buddhist understands that building temple is not the important priority in buddhism. It is just a place where people meet. The buddha can teach buddhism anywhere, even in a forrest.

  • 2. Who controls Karma?

    My view: Everything(include body) is impermanent. It always grow and die.

    3. Who made matter from nothing and gave it life?

    My view: Things arise because of thought generated in the mind.

    Try doing some meditation and you will be more happy and peaceful in mind to share this world with people, regardless of religion and disagreement.

  • Dear ronyyk for your question 3 I can understand your frustrasion Budda gave a very good example for this kind of questions. Suppose a person has been hit by an poison arrow, and the man is in pain and dying. but he won't allow others to pull out the arrow and treat him,until he is told the details of the person who soot the arrow, the kind of material that the arrow was made and so on. without thinking what is to be done immediatly. It is unlikly that you will get an answer to your question.

  • 1) There is no god in Buddhism but we have devas and boddhisatva. We are not suppose to rely on them for help as we have to work to get the reward, like we have to work for our money. They are normally guarded by devas (divine beings) we can get help if we really need to. It is mainly a place to learn the teaching of the Buddha, to chant for protection, to consult the monks for any problems or questions and a place for us to meditate, to contemplate and share our wholesome thoughts

  • 2) We are responsible for our own karma. If I do bad so don't expect anything good to come to me. If I slap others, I will probably be slapped by the person in return. So karma ripen right away but some ripen later

  • Buddists claim they are born because of Karma. So tell me did you decide to be born?

  • We can't decide if we want to be born. That is depend on how much good karma we have accumulated in the past. It's just like you can't decide which house you want to buy unless you have save enough money. In the same manner, my Muslims and Christian friends say that they just have to pray and God give them everything. I can't deny that sometimes prayers come true, just like Buddhists, our good wishes come true as well. But if I have no money, I have to work for it, God won't give me!

  • We can't decide if we want to be born.

    That means you dont control Karma. Someone else keeps track of your Karma!!

    This whole subject is so self contradictory and confusing!!

  • Considering Buddha Siddhartha talked to a god, Buddhism doesn't say there is no god it says that when the Buddha talked to god, god told him that he was also born of existence - he did not create it. He is great when humans in comparison look at god, and say "I am this, but he is that!". You are one with god, your hand doesn't worship your brain - it automatically does as the will of the brain. We are all hands of the source. God is also a hand, maybe the arm.

  • Interesting, I know so little it seems. I understand that the monks do not drink but is that rue of ALL who are Buddhist? I'm just curious. Peace

  • There are different degrees of adhering to some of the rules. I believe Buddha described them as guidelines instead of commandments. Some Buddhists drink, but in moderation. It depends on the person, the sect, and the level of adherence, I suppose.

  • There is a Chinese saying that goes "jio ro chuan tsang guo, fou tzu xing zhong liuo" which means "meat and alcohal pass through the body, Buddha stays in the heart. I can only speak from experience and In China, which is prodominantly Pure Land Buddhist, it seems that it is mostly the monks who refrain from these.

  • So often i'll see people and events around that their way is not the way and all i can do is knowing in my mind they still do not understand. But on the real, they do not understand the wisdom because of their fundamental controlled beliefs..

  • I've been living the buddhist way since I was young without even realizing it is buddhism until recent understanding.

    The have total peace with myself and the only problem i have is that other people do not understand what i understood and the way i live. Therefore, they will thought i'm weird and it is hard because they dont give their peace even if i give mine.

    Anyone can comment?

  • i can totally relate! i went through the same situation.