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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:23 PM Original message |
How do you "convert" to Buddhism? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I personally believe it is easier to be closer to the truth by going |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I agree. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I don't see how a search for things that give you peace... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Finding out that forgiving your enemies gives you the kind of peace |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just Say Ommmmm. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Buddhism isn't the temples, the robes, the chanting, the incense or the prayer wheels |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. start on the net |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. In Soviet Union, Buddhism converts to... Oh, never mind. nt |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think that you can be both |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Start at Naraka. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. I cant. There's a Giant in my way. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. You can be Buddhist and anything else (Jewish, Catholic, etc.) |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. My sister knows two Catholic nuns who are also Buddhists. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. One of the most respected "Zen Masters" is Father Kennedy here in Northern NJ |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Buddhism allows for any previous held beliefs. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. By not converting to Buddhism. nt |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Simply study and follow the eightfold path as set forth by Gautama Buddha. |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Find a Sangha in your area and attend. |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Very helpful reply, thanks so much. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I sent you a PM with info to Sanghas in your area |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thank you! Very kind of you to help. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Allow me to tag |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. I once heard a Buddhist monk state that... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Well, Buddhism is certainly a religion to many for more than tax reasons |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sorry. Didn't mean to offend at all. Just sharing my experience. |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Ajahn Brahm is the monk who spoke of religion and buddhism |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. A good place to start is... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Buddhism is not a religion. |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thanks so much for all of the helpful replies. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. We live in Chicago and my husband attended a meditation class at a local |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. You have to imagine one hand clapping. (involves jerking off) |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. My guess would be to consume Buddhist literature and meditate. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Given your screen name... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That would be a lesson in patience for the Buddhists. nt |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. Depends on what kind of Buddhism |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. What is your goal? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. You don't convert. You "awaken" to the intuition that you are the God you seek. |
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materialist101 (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. Funny I'm from a country with tons of buddhists |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. By stupidity, like for any other religion.... |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. What is the sound of one Jew converting? |
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