From: Party of Citizens (citizens@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 14:18:49 MDT
Am I correct that the word "budh" means "awake"? Can someone then be a
buddhist and be a Christian or Muslim or whatever at the same time?
POC
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Brian D Williams wrote:
>
> >From: "Sehkenenra" <Sehkenenra@netzero.net>
>
> >At the same time that I realized all this, I understood something
> >else- that the calm I had experienced at Mt. Shasta *was* the
> >empowerment that I was looking for. I started to recall a
> >Buddhist concept that I had read about in a book by Robert Thurman
> >a year before- that of the Bodhisattva- someone who takes this
> >calm out into the world, and acts from it, rather than avoiding
> >the world like a monk. I understood that if I could develop and
> >work from a higher state of consciousness, it would help me be
> >more rational, compassionate, and effective. Maybe, then, I
> >really can do something to help the world.
>
> >-Nicq MacDonald
> >Transhumanist with Buddhist tendencies
>
> Yes, you've achieved some insight here, one can have Buddhist
> tendencies and not be a monk. And of course Buddhism is about
> actiions rather than words.
>
> The monks lifestyle is not for me either, but meditation and my Zen
> Buddhist studies, have given me a completely different perspective
> on life (still evolving) and a great measure of peace.
>
> As I've argued here before the purpose of life is to help others.
> Life has meaning when lived according to it's purpose.
>
>
>
> Brian (Extropian with Buddhist tendencies)
>
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