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Little is known about them, even in this country itself. But they do exist. :spy:

http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/meeti ... buddhists/

I wonder what kind of buddhists are they? Descendants of Sammitiya school? :reading:
Quite interesting.
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How interesting. Sounds to me like they are pretty careful about saying too much about how they practice or doing anything too openly which is sad to hear. :anjali:
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Zom wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:42 pm Little is known about them, even in this country itself. But they do exist. :spy:

http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/meeti ... buddhists/

I wonder what kind of buddhists are they? Descendants of Sammitiya school? :reading:
Quite interesting.
Good question. What kind of buddhism is this??
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Found some more pieces of information. VIDEO :thumbsup:

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dharmacorps wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:11 pm How interesting. Sounds to me like they are pretty careful about saying too much about how they practice or doing anything too openly which is sad to hear. :anjali:
Hardly surprising given the religious context..
"Does Master Gotama have any position at all?"

"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'" - Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta


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Very interesting.

Would also be interesting to know if there are any left in Afghanistan, as well.

As Afghanistan and Pakistan both have rich Buddhists histories, it doesn't surprise me that there would be a few holdouts.

Do they experience daily violence as the Coptic Christians do in Egypt?
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Manopubbangama wrote: Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:14 pm Do they experience daily violence as the Coptic Christians do in Egypt?
Not wanting to hijack the topic but while Coptic Christians have been targeted by a number of terrorist attacks attributed to non-Egyptian organisations, they certainly do not face daily violence in Egypt...
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