I would say someone who is born into a devout buddhist family in a poor country has much better karma than the rich person born in a western country who goes through life not being interested or curious about Dharma.

Thoughts and prayers for him and his family

Unfortunately chicks don't dig dad bods

Conquer suffering

DNS wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:46 pm Buddha - centrist, center-right
Theravada - center-right
convert Theravada Buddhists - center-left
Mahayana - center-left
convert Mahayana Buddhists - leftist to far left

All in my opinion, ymmv

Burmese Theravada - far right?

Buddhas aren't capable of taking away anyone's suffering by will. They can only teach the Dharma.

Post the video

Spend time at a theravada and zen center and see which one resonates with you the most. Both are legit.

In jodo shinshu there are zero precepts. One is allowed to get married, eat meat, and drink alcohol. This is the most widely practiced mahayana sect in Japan.

The dharmakaya is the same for every Buddha.

Absolutely I'll let you know

From what I hear the best ones are from Germany but they are a little pricey. I would love to try out the ones from Japan if I can find them here. The one I tried so far is Coors Edge which wasn't that bad.

A study conducted by the department of psychology at Indiana University said, "Because non-alcoholic beer provides sensory cues that simulate alcoholic beer, this beverage may be more effective than other placebos in contributing to a credible manipulation of expectancies to receive alcohol",[8] ma...

Does this constitute as a precept violation? Yes. Forget the Buddha. Try to convince a policeman to get away from a fine that you had only 0.5 alcoholic Beer. https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=19594&p= I've read that a slice of chocolate cake and a cup of orange juice have the same level...

retrofuturist wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:52 pm Greetings,

If you can become intoxicated and heedless on 0.5% non-alcoholic beer then fair play to you.



Moreover, I think an effort to do so would just lead to bloating and frequent urination, neither of which are violations of the precepts.

Metta,
Paul.