Greetings Catmoon,
catmoon wrote:Ok, so I've managed a human rebirth, with a reasonably sharp mind, I have encountered the Dharma and learned some of it, and even applied some of it.
Now, you are saying I've been at it HOW long??
... and how long have you got to go?!! Cor blimey.
With that many, many, many years supposedly involved, surely it wouldn't hurt to spend this lifetime praying to God for salvation? Perhaps we should hedge edge our bets and invest one measly lifetime in theistic religion? Each scheme seems equally unproveable to me, and God's offering is much quicker. I've even heard that in some religions, suicide bombers are offered a pretty sweet deal in heaven, complete with a harem of ever-so-lovely nymphs?
Now where's that can of worms, again?
Luckily the Buddha did not teach like that.
Perfectly formulated is this Buddha-Dhamma, visible right here and now, immediately effective, timeless, inviting each & everyone to come and see for themselves, inspect, examine and verify. Leading each and everyone through progress towards perfection. Directly observable, experiencable
and realizable by each intelligence...
The Buddha is cool.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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This probably arose out of a misinterpretation on my behalf over what "circular time" meant.