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I'll put this up while i'm in the right frame of mind to post it, your views are wlecome.

FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
The Four Noble Truths represent the core of
the teachings of the Buddha, and are as follows:

The First Noble Truth
Unsatisfactoriness and suffering exist and
are universally experienced.

The Second Noble Truth
Desire and attachment are the causes of
unsatisfactoriness and suffering.

The Third Noble Truth
There is an end to
unsatisfactoriness and suffering.

The Fourth Noble Truth
The end can be attained by
journeying on the Noble Eightfold Path.




NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
Right Understanding
Right Thinking
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration

1. Right View

See things as they truly are without delusions or distortions
for all things change. Develop wisdom by knowing how things
work, knowing oneself and others.

2. Right Intention

Wholehearted resolution and dedication to overcoming the
dislocation of self-centered craving through the development
of loving kindness, empathy and compassion.

3. Right Speech

Abstinence from lies and deceptions, backbiting, idle
babble and abusive speech. Cultivate honesty and
truthfulness; practice speech that is kind and benevolent.
Let your words reflect your desire to help, not harm others.

4.Right Action

Practice self-less conduct that reflects the highest
statement of the life you want to live. Express conduct
that is peaceful, honest and pure showing compassion
for all beings.

5. Right Livelihood

Avoidance of work that causes suffering to others or that
makes a decent, virtuous life impossible. Do not engage
in any occupation that opposes or distracts one from the
path. Love and serve our world through your work.

6. Right Effort

Seek to make the balance between the exertion of following
the spiritual path and a moderate life that is not over-zealous.
Work to develop more wholesome mind states, while gently
striving to go deeper and live more fully.

7. Right Mindfulness

Through constant vigilance in thought, speech and action
seek to rid the mind of self-centered thoughts that separate
and replace them with those that bind all beings together.
Be aware of your thoughts, emotions, body and world as they
exist in the present moment. Your thoughts create your reality.

8. Right Concentration

Through the application of meditation and mental discipline seek
to extinguish the last flame of grasping consciousness and develop
an emptiness that has room to embrace and love all things.

Foresty, Light's just winding you up.

Not that I'm here to ruin anyone's fun, but put my proper discussion first eh? :-)

1. One who is not of the Jewish faith or is of a non-Jewish nation.
2. A Christian.
3. Archaic. A pagan or heathen.
4. Mormon Church. A non-Mormon.

Look at n...u...m...b...e...r.. 1.


Or indeed any of them.

2 - A Christian Muslim? No.
3 - So Muslims are heathens? No.
4 - No.

So, what's your point?

Light wrote:
> A gentile is not a racial background. A gentile refers to a non jew
> (y'know; like you). Ergo, every muslim in the world is a gentile.

No, no, no Light.

[URL]http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Gentile[/URL]

Forest Fan wrote:


>
> Another example might be...
>
> Gentile + Islamic = Gentile Islamic
>
> Do you see what I mean?


Bwah ha ha ha haaaaa! No dear boy; no-one forgot your formula. It was simply dismissed as the rantings of a little boy who wishes to feel special.


A gentile is not a racial background. A gentile refers to a non jew (y'know; like you). Ergo, every muslim in the world is a gentile.

Try again Gump; your lies aren't really fooling anyone.

Buddha didn't say a yes or a no about God.

Because there is no definate proof either way. It's down to belief.
At the end of the day, the whole point was that in enlightenment, he'd found a way to make his life better, and shared it with people.

You can do this with a God, or without a God.


And you're right, there's no proof in ANY of it, but no one has ever tried to pretend it was 100% fact. Practiced Buddhists have often shone with the most exemplary of human natures so you could say that there is strong evidence for it working for people.

And yes, I'm pretty much certain that it hasn't worked for everyone that's tried it, but what harm can trying it do?

You might've spent a few hours counting your breaths for nothing at the worst, and if it pays of, it could really bring out the Christian in you. :-)

Flockhart wrote:
> Right FX2(i love that name) which is it:
> Christianity or Judaism
> Keep it simple !

Did you forget my formula!?

Background (B) + Faith (F) = Background of Faith (BF)

Hebrew + Christian = Hebrew Christian

Another example might be...

Gentile + Islamic = Gentile Islamic

Do you see what I mean?

Light wrote:
> Flockhart wrote:
>
>
> He wouldnt know if it was god because he was hindu.
>
>
> Actually, he may have done; Hinduism states that "All paths lead
> up the same mountain" when it comes to religion. Apparently,
> Jesus is mentioned in the Hindu faith too. So it's not beyond the
> realms of possibility.

I seem to remember it being said that the bible was written until about 800ad and buddha lived in 500ad, ofcourse christianity was around before that time i presume. I'm getting confused.

Heh. Trying to get Gump to give straight (or, indeed, any) answers? Finding he'll run at the first sign of having to use his brain to actually think about what he says?

Welcome to my world...

Flockhart wrote:
> How does buddhism contradict christianity, answer me that FX2 ?
> Christianity or Judaism, which one is it ?

And answer these as well

Flockhart wrote:

>
> He wouldnt know if it was god because he was hindu.


Actually, he may have done; Hinduism states that "All paths lead up the same mountain" when it comes to religion. Apparently, Jesus is mentioned in the Hindu faith too. So it's not beyond the realms of possibility.