Hee hee hee. This is getting interesting. hahaha. The duel is on! Please continue! LOL
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@> wrote: > > Snip> > > > But Hinduism gets too complicated, too many paradoxes, ups and downs, too > > many inconsistencies, like the beloved. It takes love, faith, trust and > > commitment. Only with love can you accept a person in totality. > > > > No wonder the majority of Americans including Vaj, Barry and Curtis choose > > Buddhism. > > > > Little Hindu triumphalism huh Ravi? Ethno-centric bias is so predictable. > So you were born in that part of the world and amazingly enough conclude that > the stories they tell are the rightest ones. How convenient! > > I don't know how you got the idea that this totally non-religious person is > connected in any way to Buddhism, but it is erroneous. Other than studying a > bit of the Theravada version to understand my Thai friends better, I am at > the "I read Siddhartha isn't that about Buddha" level of ignorance about this > religion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ... that Steve Jobs is a Buddhist, according to Wikipedia! > > > > > > Well, I guess almost everyone knew that already... > > > > > > > Yeah Buddhism is easy, consistent, the Dalai Lama is always smiling, > > charming, diplomatic. Talks about love, compassion, helping suffering > > people. > > > > People want peace, instant good karma and feel goodness, Tibet needs money. > > It's like going to a whore, you want sex, relief and she needs money, a > > win-win situation. > > > > But Hinduism gets too complicated, too many paradoxes, ups and downs, too > > many inconsistencies, like the beloved. It takes love, faith, trust and > > commitment. Only with love can you accept a person in totality. > > > > No wonder the majority of Americans including Vaj, Barry and Curtis choose > > Buddhism. > > >
