I'm Christian and Buddhist! Ask me anything!

Seriously!

or have you ever?

I am not sure I believe in hell, but I do tend to believe in reincarnation.

are you?

unaffiliated.

I do believe Jesus lived, was the son of God, sent to die for our sins.

That's about it.

I love the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. And I do think they parallel the teachings of Buddha quite closely. I find their parallels quite fascinating, actually.

I think Christianity was supposed to be quite a peaceful belief but was perverted.

is way overrated, anyway.

it is like having tea and no tea at the same time. Simple.

you figured me out.

Only an overwhelming desire to procreate sitting up.

There's not much difference, ultimately. Oh, except to certain fundies, you're going to hell. As are all buddhists. Who cares how compassionate that doggone Dilly Llama is. He's gonna burn! Him and those homersexuels!

Okay, anyway, the question...Jerry Falwell just said that to you. What is your response?

Well, I just repeated to him his recent quote about using nukes on the Iraqis.

I don't know, I honestly don't think I care enough about what Falwell thinks to even muster up much of a response to him.

Probably just sit there and try to be Zen-like and make him uncomfortable with the silence.

Though I'd have no particular attachment to his response.

Hee hee.

a lick of difference.

difference in teaching/belief that I've seen, I think.

But, what do I know. The eternal now gets lost in linear thinking and meaningful concepts become rationalized. I look for synonymous
concepts and meditate on them My understanding comes from a sort of gestalt synthesis. I get a bit lost in the lingo.

I was simply reflecting on the "bare bones" obvious sort of difference.

Make me one with everything.

Meat+buddhism=??

Shocked the shit out of me. But I've seen it.

it's largely due to the supply of edible material, not so much choice. I could be wrong. Yeah, that'd be a first.

they were more or less forced to eat yak meat to supplement a spare diet, in Tibet. When they come to the states it is so odd to see meat come into those vegetarian kitchens to accomodate the meat eating Geshes...so ironic.

Because they have no attachments.

Just sprayed a very nice white wine all over the monitor after reading that one! "No attachments ..." ROFLMAO.

:7 :headbang:

I like it!

Throw it in the ocean. :)

but grasshopper, how am I to answer your question when you supply the answer? :)

What is the name of the best Zen teacher?

M.T. Ness

What happens when a Buddhist becomes totally absorbed with the computer he is working with?

He enters Nerdvana.

Once there was a monk who was an expert on the Diamond Sutra, and as books were very valuable in his day, he carried the only copy in his part of the world on his back. He was widely sought after for his readings and insight into the Diamond Sutra, and very successful at propounding its profundities to not only monks and masters but to the lay people as well.
Thus the people of that region came to know of the Diamond Sutra, and as the monk was traveling on a mountain road, he came upon an old woman selling tea and cakes. The hungry monk would have loved to refresh himself, but alas, he had no money. He told the old woman, "I have upon my back a treasure beyond knowing -- the Diamond Sutra. If you will give me some tea and cakes, I will tell you of this great treasure of knowledge."

The old woman knew something of the Diamond Sutra herself, and proposed her own bargain. She said, "Oh learned monk, if you will answer a simple question, I will give you tea and cakes." To this the monk readily agreed. The woman then said, "When you eat these cakes, are you eating with the mind of the past, the mind of the present or the mind of the future?"

No answer occurred to the monk, so he took the pack from his back and got out the text of the Diamond Sutra, hoping he could find the answer. As he studied and pondered, the day grew late and the old woman packed up her things to go home for the day.

"You are a foolish monk indeed," said the old woman as she left the hungry monk in his quandary. "You eat the tea and cakes with your mouth."