Reply #32: There are a "breed" of buddhists who believe that... [View All]

[liberalitch]

No one person can enter nirvana..... we have to all go as a group.
(Bodhisatva... i think)
In that case Karma can be a very very frightening thing.... because what one does effects us all.... the further down in the "circles of karmatic grace" that the activities of the bushies put us is horrifying..... none of us will ever get to live with Brahma in heaven.

I, on the other hand, am a Zen Buddhist. Karma is a personal thing. BUT it is responsibility of each of us to make the exhibition of goodness possible for everyone by making the world a better place.
In other words, Bush can't keep me from going to nirvana.... but he certainly can make it harder for me.... or anyone else to make the right decisions that bring our cycle of death and rebirth to a close.
I'm going to be really pissed if I have to keep coming back here because of him.