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 Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:39 pm
I do not believe so, the Buddha never taught of being lukewarm ( if you understand what that means) You will never attain Nirvana if you aren't completely following the correct principles.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:13 pm
God of Science I do not believe so, the Buddha never taught of being lukewarm ( if you understand what that means) You will never attain Nirvana if you aren't completely following the correct principles. That is correct. It is the path of finding those principles, the many lifetimes of practice and effort, during which one is "lukewarm." After all, most sentient beings will not attain even a partial realization of the Dharma in this lifetime. The correct Path for each of them is that path which will, in the future, lead to this realization. Only a self-realized Buddha can follow the Buddha path.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:24 am
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:24 pm
Preface: I didn't read through all the posts here.
Simply to offer another point of view: What the four disciples wrote could simply be their own interpretations of what Jesus taught.
I can't recall at moment who, but one of the disciples, after Jesus' resurrection and ascension to Heaven, went about the land preaching that women as an entire race were harlots and a curse, and that materialism of any kind was a curse. He was most probably the first Hellfire-and-brimstone preacher.
Yet Jesus never gave evidence of believing that way: he defended the woman accused of adultery when the townsfolk wanted to stone her. The disciple, if you go by his preaching, would probably have stood by and commended the mob for their righteousness.
He traveled with a (rumored) prostitute, and taught her as much as he taught the men.
My point: I wouldn't necessarily go with the writings of the disciples as a solid "this is what Jesus taught" source, anymore than I would go with one Buddhist discipline and say, "This is what Buddha taught".
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:51 pm
It is possible to have been a practicing Buddhist and convert back to Christianity and still hold to some of your previous Buddhist philosophies. If you are a Westerner and convert to Buddhism from Christianity, you still have some of your Christian baggage you carry around with you. You don't automatically forget all of your Sunday School teachings from childhood or all of the hymns you used to sing, or the words to Oh Come All Ye Faithful at Christmastime. If you've ever read Lama Surya Das, then you know that an American Buddhist is an ecclectic mix of the baggage they carry. They are not born into the religion. And yes, Buddhism is a religion! But it also has an awesome philosophy for living at its core - which is that of compassion. So does Chrisitianity - at its core. Jesus said love one another as you love yourself, above all else. That's pretty awesome - love one another - what a concept, sometimes forgotten - what a shame when that concept gets forgotten.
My heart cries out to the world heart love one another heart
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