Yes, exercise is important. I once heard that there is literally no medicine which helps the heart better than exercise. Even collateral blood vessels around blocked arteries are formed better with exercise. Incidentally, a guy who runs a website called Nutritionfacts.org, Dr Michael Greger, is als...

I think you need to look up the works of Dr Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr John McDougall and Nathan Pritikin. Dr Caldwell Esselstyn has got a TED talk on actual angiographic reversal of heart disease. He has an actual book called 'prevent and reverse heart disease'. Needless to say, all three of these guy...

With a world population of over 8 billion people, how many of us are fully enlightened?

Yes, but not as bad as killing a larger animal. But it's best to not kill any animals. Like, sometimes scientists kills rats to discover medicines, the medicines could save thousands of human beings, so I don't think it's going to be wrong for the scientists to kill and experiment on few rats. If w...

DNS wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:59 am

confusedsoso wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:56 am

DNS wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:29 am The origin of the Apple name for the company founded by Steve Jobs:

Wasnt Steve Jobs a buddhist?

Yes, he was a Zen Buddhist. He even attended some Zen Buddhist retreats.

I think he said something like enjoy each moment as if tommorow was your last day alive. Powerful quote.

The origin of the Apple name for the company founded by Steve Jobs: According to Steve Jobs, the company's name was inspired by his visit to an apple farm while on a fruitarian diet. Jobs thought the name "Apple" was "fun, spirited and not intimidating."[196] Steve Jobs and Stev...

BrokenBones wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:24 am English of course

Esperanto at a push.

1.5 billion people in this world speak english I believe. Most spoken language.

Can you get rid of bad karma by way of other karma religions such as hinduism, jainism, sikhism etc?

Can I get rid of bad karma by way of Jesus Christ? I think it says in the bible that god forgives those who forgive others. Can forgiving get rid of bad karma? YOU CANT!!! simple as that only buddhism teaches the correct term of kamma and its escape. What about other karma religions like hinduism, ...

If you knew you were going to die in one week, what would you do?

SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:19 am

confusedsoso wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:10 am

SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:03 am
What is age got to do with it?

Because people and priorities change.

You have to define what satisfaction and happiness means to you.

Realizing your goals in life, being able to live with yourself and being happy and content.

SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:03 am

confusedsoso wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:48 am

SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:45 am It depends on what you want to do.

How about being satisfied with your life.

What is age got to do with it?

Because people and priorities change.

SarathW wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:45 am It depends on what you want to do.

How about being satisfied with your life.

At what age would you consider yourself to be old? I am thinking around early 50s.

Why do women not involve in war? Some women are involved with supporting roles in the war but they rarely involve in combat operations. What is the reason for this? According to Buddhism, a woman can't be the Mara god. Is this the reason? :D Women are always involved in war in some capacity, I take...