How about giving everyone a "Get Out of Samara Free" card after sign up?
Could really boast membership. 
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Just a Suggestion
by Su Dongpo » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:03 am
"Tell us what's wrong with this forum. We will listen."
How about giving everyone a "Get Out of Samara Free" card after sign up? Could really boast membership.
How about giving everyone a "Get Out of Samara Free" card after sign up?
Could really boast membership. -
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Re: Just a Suggestion
by Ben » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:10 am
Yes, but unfotunately, you would still need to earn it!
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Re: Just a Suggestion
by Mawkish1983 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:21 am
Didn't the Buddha already show us how to get out of samsara? He made it look so easy 
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Re: Just a Suggestion
by mikenz66 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:54 am
Mawkish1983 wrote:Didn't the Buddha already show us how to get out of samsara? He made it look so easy
In the same way that Charlie Parker made playing the sax look easy?
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2648
Seven years of practising your scales should do it...
Metta
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Re: Just a Suggestion
by David N. Snyder » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:02 pm
heybai wrote:How about giving everyone a "Get Out of Samara Free" card after sign up?
No guarantees about getting out of samsara, but a guarantee to accept rebirth. All you need to do is read the 453 + posts in the Great Rebirth thread:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41
The discussions and arguments go on and on, and in circles too, just like samsara.
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