"At that time the Buddha gave a gradual instruction to the householder Upali (the Royal barber from the low caste) on giving, morality, heaven, finding fault with carelessness, no longer being engrossed with sensual pressures, and the merits of renunciation. Upali's mind was ready, supple, free from hindrances, exuberant, and dedicated, and so the Buddha proclaimed the teachings of all the Buddhas, that is, suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering and the path to the end of suffering."

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Why Do You Care - Think About It


So what, who really cares if Christine O'Donnell, the nominee for the Delaware Republican Senate, dabbled in witchcraft.
I would have given her more credit if she stood her ground. Why do her beliefs or practices bother you?
Has freedom of religion denigrated to “my way or the highway”? After all how harmful is a theology that believes that the God and Goddess are merely two aspects of the same Godhead, often viewed as a pantheistic deity, thereby encompassing everything in the universe within its divinity? Or maybe you didn’t know that when you rushed to judgment.

Or what about Rand Paul and his Aqua Buddha?
As one who has spent many years actually studying Buddhist philosophy, I assure you I have never heard of an Aqua Buddha, Aqua Velva, but no Aqua Buddha.
But who really cares?

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