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Originally Posted by Terumoto
I am aware of it's nature. What i'm asking here, is are there any downfalls? Holes? That I may be missing. I'm about a hair away from taking the zen path. Actually to tell you the truth, i'm already beginning to practice it, I just made this thread out of interest.
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make no mistake about it, my post was intended for those who were still unclear as to exactly what buddhism really is. discussing it with you would be preaching to the chior and fruitless for the both of us.
oh yeah and as far as "holes" go, I my self saw none during the process. Then again, I was more about the zen, which is the part most ambitious buddhists lose sight of. They absorb them selves with the "god" and reincarnation parts, which I found no interest in.
That's the beauty of buddhism. Buddha states that one dosen't have to persue god in order to be at peace and bursting with joy.
buddhism is also the only such system that I've seen that also puts you in the good graces of any god you may chose to believe in short of luciferianism which sees strength in destruction and suffering. I can live with that
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Originally Posted by PIMPIN aint easy
i think he means for example if tomorrow human race was to die out lets take christianity for example then good go to heaven bad to hell
but wit buddhism its about living life over and over until u reach nirvana, since u dont get another chance at life because there is no more humans for u to be reincarnated bk into 2 and since u yourself hav not reached nirvana yet wats happens then??
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Well for starters Buddhism teaches that Heaven and Hell are both states of mind. If you experience dukka (unhappiness) you are in the hell that you have made for your self. if you do not have any desires to control you, you are in the heaven that you have made for your self. A soul can not possibly "go" to a heaven or hell since a soul has no concept of pleasure or pain - concepts for a physical form.
as for reincarnation, buddhism states that your soul may not (and usually does not) reincarnate in a human body, you typically reincarnate as an animal, plant, or insect, depending on your level of enlightenment in your prior life time. The lower your enlightenment, the more simple the life form, the higher, the more complex. Reaching enlightenment frees you of the limits of the physical forms and moves you into the next plane of existance.