Tag Archives: Buddha
Buddha’s Advice On Belief And Scepticism
You have to give Buddha a lot of credit. This is a guy that in ~400 to 500 BC celebrated the law of conservation of energy as a truth to be internalized and made the basis of philosophy/religion. The notion … Continue reading
Excerpts from The Gospel According To Zen: Beyond The Death Of God
“A university student while visiting Gasan asked him: ‘Have you ever read the Christian Bible?‘ ‘No read it to me,’ said Gasan. The student opened the Bible and read from Saint Matthew: ‘And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider … Continue reading
Wash Out Your Mouth!
Below I copied a quote in response to the final question in Optimistic Musings: – If you couldn’t use the word God, what word would you use? Christian piety makes a strange image of the object of devotion, “Jesus Christ, … Continue reading
Atheism, Cont.
In a recent post I decried Atheism, or the way that some approach it, for being absolute. However, as Cheryl reminded me, atheism or no faith does no necessarily equate to anything absolute, but rather the opposite. My scattered thoughts emerged … Continue reading
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