Not sure which sutta(s) this is based on, but the story has value:
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Good and evil have no fixed form. It's as easy to turn from doing bad to doing good as it is to flip over the hand from the back to the palm. It's simply up to us to do it. Master Hsuan Hua.
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The video says: "they were finally free from ideas of heaven & hell".
In fact, I think if we study study other religions, it appears the ideas of "heaven & hell" were made prominent by Buddhism.
In fact, I think if we study study other religions, it appears the ideas of "heaven & hell" were made prominent by Buddhism.
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fake Buddha quoteNicholas Weeks wrote: Not sure which sutta this is based on, but
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Could be so, but maybe story not in a sutta?cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:23 amfake Buddha quoteNicholas Weeks wrote: Not sure which sutta this is based on, but
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i think he kept noble silence instead of answers to vachagottacappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:23 amfake Buddha quoteNicholas Weeks wrote: Not sure which sutta this is based on, but
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The Thirty-one Planes of ExistenceNicholas Weeks wrote: Could be so
Scattered throughout the suttas are references to as many as thirty-one distinct "planes" or "realms" of existence into which beings can be reborn during their long wandering through samsara.
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The planes notion is Dhamma, I just wonder about what Buddha supposedly said about God to the Atheist & Rama worshipper.cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:48 pmThe Thirty-one Planes of ExistenceNicholas Weeks wrote: Could be so
Scattered throughout the suttas are references to as many as thirty-one distinct "planes" or "realms" of existence into which beings can be reborn during their long wandering through samsara.
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those in the heavens are angels & GodsNicholas Weeks wrote: I just wonder about what Buddha supposedly said about God
hence the atheist is incorrect
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are heavens and gods just mind state or real entities? i think they are real entities .. what you think?cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:17 pmthose in the heavens are angels & GodsNicholas Weeks wrote: I just wonder about what Buddha supposedly said about God
hence the atheist is incorrect
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I think the afterlife is more real than this lifeconfusedlayman wrote: what you think?
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It sounds like a fake-buddha-quote. I don't think there is any place where the Buddha tells someone "there is a God" as in creator god, even for a skillful means point. Impermanent devas, yes, all the time, but no creator-god.Nicholas Weeks wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:10 pm The planes notion is Dhamma, I just wonder about what Buddha supposedly said about God to the Atheist & Rama worshipper.
See this long previous thread on god in buddhism:
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what you mean?cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:23 pmI think the afterlife is more real than this lifeconfusedlayman wrote: what you think?
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well the afterlife is very lastingconfusedlayman wrote:what you mean?cappuccino wrote: I think the afterlife is more real than this life
this life is very brief
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The message at the end of the video is pretty good, but it's based on a fake-buddha-quote, because the Buddha is not known for using untruths, even for skillful means, according to Classical Theravada.
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Psalm 14 wrote:The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”