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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:03 PM Original message |
Are Bodhisattvas gimmicks designed to help Buddhists? |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bodhisattvas volunteer to stay within the mortal realm |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That is what I thought. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bodhisattvas pledge (among other things) not to become |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Bodhisattvas aren't "saviours" |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I thought that was Benny Hinn. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I've been playing with that idea for a book |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Since both Buddhism and Catholicism proscribe homosexuality... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. proscribe homosexuality... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. One monk or another may take a stand on homosexuality, |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Republicans?!?!?! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Lots of misunderstandings here |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. It seems that many people believe that Buddhas can reincarnate. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. In Japanese Buddhism, there are several forms of the Buddha |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I personally would consider Jizo to be the most popular bodhisattva in Japan, |
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