... A very personal definition - Enlightnment is what happens as you get creative. That is, the more useful ways in which people approach problems, finding...
Reminds me a lot of some of conditioning/programming techniques. I'm curious, will have to dig into the imagery used at some point. Alternately, I wonder what...
... Sounds pretty much like the function of Zen in Japanese samurai martial training (to the extent that any of them were actually trained in Zen - it was...
... Yes, unfortunately, I also have seen no necessary connection (in others or in myself) between having had a realization experience and being more ...
... While there's a lot of schools of martial arts that rely on Zen or Zen-style teachings, there have been plenty of other religious/martial pairings...
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=10,730,0,0,1,0 Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age Reviewed by Michael G. Barnhart...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0816641471/ Avatar Bodies: A Tantra for Posthumanism Ann Weinstone Univ of Minnesota Press - 2004 An ethically-based...
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/02/11/hallowell/print.html Pay attention! Dr. Edward Hallowell talks about adult ADD and why the neurochemical imbalance...
Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth by Michael Parenti The histories of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam are heavily laced with violence. Throughout...
Since original Buddhism has no God it can hardly be called a theology. Also wasn't Buddhism in its country of origin almost wiped out by invading muslims...
... Parenti's piece reveals many things, including his ignorance of Buddhist teaching (all that talk about God, for instance). The main thrust of his...
... As far as i know that was also the main reason that caused persecutions against buddhism in china.This lead to the disappearing of whole schools of chinese...
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/02/06/the_theological_r obot/ THE EXAMINED LIFE The theological robot By Joshua Glenn | February 6, 2005...
God and Evolution By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: February 12, 2005 An "analysis" of Democrats and Republicans from the Ladies' Home Journal in 1962...
I have quite a few problems with the an evolutionary theory of religious tendency, there are many examples and stuidies showing that there are biological...
... Pascal Boyer's book RELIGION EXPLAINED makes a fairly persuasive case that human cognitive systems make us susceptible to certain types of religious ideas....
I will have a look into this (all my source material is boxed in south Belfast, but it's findable). As I remember the point in made in retort to the 'death of...
A Tibetan Buddhist teaching Quoting an old Buddhist, who was quoting one of his teachers: "One's winds [energies] enter the center channel and one is capable...
Orgasm, Sneeze and (controlled) Breathing increase blood flow to the brain, the point of falling asleep is a bit misleading as if we measure sleep by brainwave...
... wrote: -snip- ... Interesting stuff. Not so much sources, but a few comments: It's a common recollection among those that followed the Greatful Dead that...
... It's not really up to date, this is a rather old book, but there is whole chapter about Marsilio Ficino and music in DP Walker : "spiritual and demonic...
You remind me that there were two Rosicrucians at the last Transvision in Toronto. One was a musician who is a doctoral student at the Vatican, and the other...
OK, I see what you mean Mark. The pattern of religiosity increase/decrease you describe is based on public reaction to events. I say that to distinguish such a...
Thanks for posting that link, Remi. There are striking parallels between the Tibetan teaching quoted and that Hindu Tantric text. I will mention something now...
The Mind and Life Institute is dedicated to creating a powerful working collaboration and research partnership between modern science and Buddhism--the world's...
(Copying this new spin-off thread to Trans-Spirit from its original place in WTA-politics, as well as to one or two individuals I don't think are subscribed to...
