U.S. State tries to ban karma!
U.S. State tries to ban karma!
Maybe Las Vegas should introduce similar legislation?http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2011/02/04/ ... ntroduced/
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Amusing.
Thanks Alan!
Thanks Alan!
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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Ah ha. So that's the state that's free of karma.
badumpbump.
badumpbump.
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We already have eliminated karma:alan wrote:Maybe Las Vegas should introduce similar legislation?http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2011/02/04/ ... ntroduced/
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Bwahahaha.... wow that is hilarious. I am showing this to everyone.
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Actually, its probably a good idea to ban karma, at least the way that those like Sharon Stone interpret it. When karma is used as an excuse for not helping the victims of crime and natural disasters, or leaving the sick and dispossessed to face their fate alone.
The problem that Buddhists and others face in western countries is overturning centuries of prejudice, and bigoted misinterpretations of the Buddha's teachings.
When you see the atrocities and human rights violations that are common in Buddhist countries, then it is little wonder that intelligent people want to reject these ideas.
The problem that Buddhists and others face in western countries is overturning centuries of prejudice, and bigoted misinterpretations of the Buddha's teachings.
When you see the atrocities and human rights violations that are common in Buddhist countries, then it is little wonder that intelligent people want to reject these ideas.
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HmmmBhikkhu Pesala wrote:Actually, its probably a good idea to ban karma ... reject these ideas.
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Now if someone will only legislate to ban karma -vipaka we would be really getting somewhere.