Dharma Paths

I personally would just quote a lot of Scripture, and direct this man to read into Buddha Dharma, and the Vedas for himself... perhaps he can open up his eyes that way and even acheive Enlightenment. One of his rules is that you cannot quote scripture in the essay (no bible quotes, vedas, suttas, e...

If you win, you could always donate your winnings to charity.

Billionaire businessman Robert Bigelow is offering prizes of almost one million to the top essays that are the most convincing that there is an afterlife. He was in numerous business ventures including Bigelow Aerospace. He always had two burning questions: 1. Are we alone in the universe (he has do...

Fasting is good. Something that can be done on a regular basis is intermittent fasting. The One meal a day program (OMAD) has proven to be very healthy. It is has been practiced for thousands of years from Buddhism and Jainism. https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=One_meal_a_day The monks and ...

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Just my opinion, but I think the people making these books were trying to capitalize on the popularity of Jesus / Christianity and trying to make a new religion / movement by "rediscovering" new truths from Jesus. IMO, that's bullcrap. How is the "sleeping prophet" behind the Urantia Book any diffe...

Offhand DNS can probably come up with some Theravadin texts that state the reality of matter faster than I - but I will poke about. Some Buddhists and perhaps some Buddhist schools state that all is illusory, taking the anatta doctrine too far. The world does exist. Samyutta Nikaya 22.94 : “ Bhikkh...

Oh no, now you're regressing, you don't even have Buddhism and Jainism in your top 10. :tongue: Dang Urantia book at fault? Yep, that must be it. :tongue: There are all kinds of books out there claiming to be Divine revelations, some channeling of Jesus, like ACIM. Just my opinion, but I think the ...

Oh no, now you're regressing, you don't even have Buddhism and Jainism in your top 10.

Chinese (Chan) Buddhism has a similar reverence for animal life and approval of vegetarianism, but that is just one school, one segment of the much larger religion of Buddhism. Not really - all of Chinese Buddhism promotes and practices vegetarianism, Pure Land etc. (Or they used to, maybe with rec...

I came across Parshvanatha recently while studying this wikipedia article on 'Animal Rights.' It was my first introduction to this sage. :namaste: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights Yes, Jainism is perhaps the most respectful of animal rights of all religions. In virtually all religions yo...

Should be fixed, try it now.

Nicholas wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:40 am Looks like only a few sections are done, but gravelly voice and some mispronunciations aside, a worthy project!

His first videos had a higher pitch, I think. He may have slowed the voice speed down, to sound more gravelly.