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by Buddhist Prime
Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:16 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mentioning Buddhism in public
Replies: 49
Views: 14073

Re: Mentioning Buddhism in public

David2 wrote:
Be like me advertise the Hell out of Buddhism:
I would not recommend that. That is not what the Buddha taught.
He didn't teach us how to take a bath either, but we know how to do that.
Buddha taught only about things that stopped suffering, anything else and he would not respond.
by Buddhist Prime
Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:31 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Are ther any Buddhist rites for Exorcising Demons?
Replies: 28
Views: 23714

Are ther any Buddhist rites for Exorcising Demons?

Has there ever been a demonic possession ever recorded in Buddhism? And if so has there ever been a Buddhist Exorcism that expelled the demon? I'm just curious as to why Christianity is so full of them, yet I have never heard of Buddhism ever having anything like it. I always concluded that maybe Ch...
by Buddhist Prime
Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:20 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mentioning Buddhism in public
Replies: 49
Views: 14073

Re: Mentioning Buddhism in public

You got pawned by a Christian, see according to them they can lie their butts off, because in their eyes, Buddhism is of the Devil, so they lie all the time, and if they are wrong, then on Sundays they pray to Jesus for forgiveness, and once the slate is clean they go out and do it all over again. B...
by Buddhist Prime
Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:34 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Unconscious Thought Influencing Others?
Replies: 2
Views: 880

Unconscious Thought Influencing Others?

Buddhists: What type of Buddhism believes that once a new thought is created it enters the conscious mind stream, and allows access to other sentient beings unconsciously, (and might explain the 100th Monkey Theory)? I think I came across this in Shantideva's "Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of ...
by Buddhist Prime
Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:24 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Why do Monks/Bhikshus have to Chant early in the morning?
Replies: 11
Views: 5902

Why do Monks/Bhikshus have to Chant early in the morning?

Why can't they just wake up when they want to and concentrate on doing meditations? What does the Chanting and Prostrations do? I see it as meaningless rituals that accomplishes nothing. I would like to reference the Kalama Sutra when speaking of the above. In the Kalama Sutra, Buddha says. Do not b...