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HPu7TI-XXXY Hey, it's yrreg! :D This video is pretty much strawman after strawman with poorly thought out out conclusions about money and happiness. And then he pulls the "Well Stalin was Athiest" move with Buddhism. I might agree with the Dalai Lama segment, though. However, that is part of...

From Buddhanet: Is it possible to prove the four noble truths through western "scientific" reasoning? The Four Noble Truths: 1. There is suffering. 2. Suffering is caused by desire. 3. It is possible to cease desire and thereby end suffering. 4. The way to cease desiring is the noble...

I used to get e-books from them. But now I really don't trust what they say. I've been going through many popular buddhist sources and have been finding them all blathering this type of stupidity when it comes to rebirth. This type of thing is always holding me back from doing research.

I consider myself a Buddhist, but I'm also a skeptic. I'm part of a community of skeptical buddhists, here: http://www.sasana.org/ Most Buddhists, however, are not skeptics. They literally believe in the metaphysical baggage of Buddhism, which is different, better or worse, dependent on the...

Lupus has contributed an insightful, though obvious to people accustomed to seek insights, observation to my hobby of research in critical Buddhology. I like to have a dialogue with you, Lupus. Tell me what is the usefulness of an orgasm effected by self-stimulation? Shall we first...

I have said earlier I believe in that thread on "Buddhism, sense and nonsense in," that it would seem for some Buddhists in the West there is nothing to give up but to do meditation the Buddhist way. That was a brief digression from the topic, owing to my participation in the Buddhachat Forum...

I just made an edit or revision at the start of the Wikipedia article on Faith in Buddhism. It now stands thus: My contribution consists in saying that faith in Buddhism is not supposed to be blind faith but in fact it is blind faith. Faith is an invention of Gautama consisting in taking...

What is sense and what is nonsense? and what are the sensible things in Buddhism and what the nonsensible? Let me give you an example of what is sense and also in the same example what is nonsense. Imagine that a stone is in a trajectory heading toward your head and someone calls out to you...

I have seen these terms badied around a bit, and more than by just a single poster of the board. Elite is a term coined by Prebish or nattier to denote western buddhists whoe eshew most of the trappings of buddhism, while ethnic refers to a huge variety of practices around the world, as...

Hello yrreg it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums? I was looking for that debate between Best Ben, a proponent of...

There are only so many patterns of human behavior. Take this analogy: converting to a religion that is already old by thousand of years is like buying a used car also known as a second-hand car, What I do is if I have the financial resources, get designers and engineers to fashion my new car...

From the beginning of my posting history here I have been trying to find the key whereby I can unlock the personality of Gautama, aka, Buddha (enlightened or more correctly awakened, but not immunized thereby from food-poisoning by eating rotten meat). The frustration in exchange with Buddhists...

Warning: This thread is just an academic exercise. Smile. ================================= Ryokan had brought to my attention a thread of mine in the Internet Infidels Discussion Board, which ultimately ended up closed by the powers that be in that forum of free inquiry, free thought, and...

What do I stand to get from Buddhism? What does any Buddhist stand to get from Buddhism? What does Gautama stand to get from preaching Buddhism? Recently I received by postal mail a free issue of some magazine which is starting off, completely free; but with the free issue there is an...

This is a series of threads about whether religions are *useful*. Is Buddhism (or related primarily meditative / introspective practices) * good for its believers? * good for their families? * good for the world? Take a utilitarian view please.

The Boy With Divine Powers & Born Again Buddhists - Premiers August 27 at 7.30pm Above is from a TV column in Australia. I'm never sure with Disovery Channel, but the advertising blurb I just heard a few minutes ago on the tube seemed to be saying that there are now so many reincarnated...

Someone told me about an interesting thread for me to look up, about the 'no self' of Buddhism, and that led me to the idea that I could be a Buddhist without conviction but for any good incentive that is morally neutral. What do you guys say? Yrreg

In re: An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/ I sent this email as feedback to Randi, and hope he will reply to me. By the way, colleagues here, do we have anything in the website of JREF where Randi gives enough...

So, let's get started with the title of the page in the website, The Living Dharma, the page namely with the heading "Real World Buddhism". About the page Real World Buddhism, right away I must say that the authors who are presumably Buddhists of the website are not critical, because they are...

I entered this phrase, "purpose of life" +Buddhism, into Google and it returned as the first hit the following: The Purpose of Life According to Buddhism - ReligionFactsExploration of the Buddhist view of the purpose and meaning of life. www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/beliefs/purpose.htm - 19k...

Upon consideration I have concluded that budddhism is not scietific. It may promote the methods of scepticism, in that it encourages a person to judge the merits of dharma on one's own. But I believe that Epepke's arguments in other threads are very valid, this is not the sole threshold for...

Source. Source. Source. Source. Source. Evidence enough for you, epepke?

Before anything else, I am here just to share my observations on Buddhism on the basis of skeptical criticism. No, I am not any member of any group out to oppose Buddhism. Certainly what I share of my observations are not conducive to the reinforcement of people convinced of the merits of...

Below is the opening of a bio of the Dalai Lama, from Wikipedia. He is the best person to interview in the way of an experiment to find out how he really thinks of himself as a reincarnation of another person who died hundred of years back. I will email him or his office to arrange a...

I like to meet with skeptics here who can tell me how Buddhist doctrines like rebirths and Nirvana cannot stand up to skeptical criticism. And also the usefulness of meditation, specially that of the Zen school. yrreg

I recently read that Dalai Lama had said in an interview that the reason the people in Tibet was suffering was because of (their?) bad karma. My question if anyone knows is, how do buddhist combine the feeling of compassion to people who suffer while also having the opinion that they had it...

I have a question about the karma doctrines held by Buddhism and Hinduism. Under karma, all suffering anyone experiences is a result of sins they've committed in a past life. While this doesn't dispose of the problem of evil, it does deftly explain the "problem of luck" in regards to...

I have been reading a bit about Buddhism. Specifically, I am reading "One Breath at a Time - Buddhism and the Twelve Steps." by Kevin Griffin. One of the things he talks about is the seven "hindrances", of which "skeptical doubt" is said to be either the worst or the hardest to overcome. Sorry...

Sarira - Buddhist relics of cremated monks. Paranormal relics or unexplored science? Hello, I have been lookiing on the Internet for articles verifying / debunking "sarira", which are relics that are said to be found in the ashes of monks of the Buddhist faith "who have led extremely pure...

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