I think its a wee bit rich for a sect to condemn all of its critics to a "world of hell" whilst they themselves are free to criticise other sects of Buddhism willy-nilly.

Of course you should voice your opinion.

I don't really feel the need to tell anyone, unless they ask, or something arises in conversation. I don't feel the need to really.

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Those people already held a view of rebirth, he was teaching them in terms they would understand Metta The flaw I can see in that arguement is that the Buddha normally doesn't have any qualms about telling people when the view that they hold is wrong. Why would he neglect to tell people that the vi...

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Those people already held a view of rebirth, he was teaching them in terms they would understand Metta The flaw I can see in that arguement is that the Buddha normally doesn't have any qualms about telling people when the view that they hold is wrong. Why would he neglect to tell people that the vi...

Hello I often found that though I meditate daily sometimes it becomes too much like a habit, something that I just do automatically and because of this my meditation seemed to lack purpose and I often found it frustrating sometimes. I realised that probably the problem was that I didn't think too mu...

Morality, concentration and wisdom.

That is the basis of all Buddhism as far as I know.

I heard Ajahn Jayasaro mention that even being an arahant does not necessarily make one a good teacher, if you aren't the kind of person that can teach people anyway, realising the Dhamma doesn't mean that you would suddenly have the ability to be a great teacher. I guess this means a good teacher i...

Greetings Laurens, I accept that the Buddha himself never spoke directly about Life to Life Rebirth You accepted an untruth right there, in the Pali Cannon the Buddha mentions several times about how rebirth occurs post mortem. The suttas demonstrate the Buddha discussing post-mortem continuance, b...

I accept that the Buddha himself never spoke directly about Life to Life Rebirth You accepted an untruth right there, in the Pali Cannon the Buddha mentions several times about how rebirth occurs post mortem. Whether or not you yourself accept rebirth is another thing, but it's plainly obvious that...

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"Imagine no possessions"

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