A simple explanation of why Buddhism is correct.

Originally posted by bibledefender

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by bibledefender

Again I refer to my invite to a debate on the Resurrection. Yes or no?

As a Buddhist, I'll debate any Christian on any topic. No problem for me.

Ok, how does the ground rules for our debate sound to you? May I suggest since this is an open forum (again anyone can just jump in and put their two cents in, which would possibly detract attention from the debate), would you be interested in joining a moderated debate site (onlinedebate.net is a good one, although predominately atheist)? Or maybe email?

My first post here already demolishes any claim that you possibly can make:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

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5 pages and no flags.
Not very credible really.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
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5 pages and no flags.
Not very credible really.

You gotta love this forum.

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I just don't believe you are an authority on Buddhism from what i have read. You might see the finger but have you seen the moon?

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
I just don't believe you are an authority on Buddhism from what i have read..

But who are you to decide?

You are just some sort of gnostic nondualist Christian type.

As far as I know, I'm the only long time serious Buddhist on this site with a lama.

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
I just don't believe you are an authority on Buddhism from what i have read..

But who are you to decide?

You are just some sort of gnostic nondualist Christian type.

As far as I know, I'm the only long time serious Buddhist on this site with a lama.

The use of labels give you away.

Stating that you are a serious Buddhist and now labelling me 'gnostic nondualist Christian type'.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
The use of labels give you away.

Stating that you are a serious Buddhist and now labelling me 'gnostic nondualist Christian type'.

I'm going by your own comments on this forum. Looks like I struck a nerve.

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I do not label myself or 'others' as this presumes there is separation.
And assumes there is something when you have 'said' there is nothing but you do not 'know' there is nothing.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
I do not label myself or 'others' as this presumes there is separation.

I'm not a monist. If you want to be a Kashmir Shaivaite, go for it.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
And assumes there is something when you have said there is nothing but you do not know there is nothing.

I've never said there was nothing. That would be nihilism.

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Labels, labels, labels.
It is only labels that divide the whole.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
It is only labels that divide the whole.

You are the one saying there is a whole, like a Kashmir Saivaite. This is a realist view.

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
It is only labels that divide the whole.

You are the one saying there is a whole, like a Kashmir Saivaite. This is a realist view.

Until you give up the labels you will not see the moon, just the finger that points.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
It is only labels that divide the whole.

You are the one saying there is a whole, like a Kashmir Saivaite. This is a realist view.

Until you give up the labels you will not see the moon, just the finger that points.

Yeah take your own advice. There is no whole.

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
It is only labels that divide the whole.

You are the one saying there is a whole, like a Kashmir Saivaite. This is a realist view.

Until you give up the labels you will not see the moon, just the finger that points.

Yeah take your own advice. There is no whole.

Until you know the whole you will feel incomplete.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
Until you know the whole you will feel incomplete.

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You have to prove there is a whole. The onus is on you to support your claim.

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
Until you know the whole you will feel incomplete.

edit on 15-8-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)

You have to prove there is a whole. The onus is on you to support your claim.

I cannot tear the walls you 'believe' are there down. And putting the onus on 'another' is where all the trouble starts. The belief in 'other'.
There is no 'other'.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain

Originally posted by NotReallyASecret

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
Until you know the whole you will feel incomplete.

edit on 15-8-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)

You have to prove there is a whole. The onus is on you to support your claim.

I cannot tear the walls you 'believe' are there down. And putting the onus on 'another' is where all the trouble starts. The belief in 'other'.
There is no 'other'.

edit on 15-8-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)

I agree there is no other. I've said as much before.

But there is no whole either.

Its free from the extremes of unity and multiplicity.

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If there is no 'other' then what's missing? It must be complete.
It is one without a second.
The word 'whole' could be mistaken for 'a thing' and what was really meant was complete.
Or This Is It.

Originally posted by Itisnowagain
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If there is no 'other' then what's missing? It must be complete.
It is one without a second.
The word 'whole' could be mistaken for 'a thing' and what was really meant was complete.

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Whole, first off, implies that something exists. This is a realist view.

Secondly, if one person obtains Buddhahood, do all people obtain Buddhahood?

All we can say is that humans have the same nature of mind, but not the same mind.