old3bob

ok the 4th line is conditional context and without it the other lines are at least problematic per what I've been trying to get at...

Keep on deflecting... Anyway I'd say most forms of Buddhism (and Bon) have ways and means (aka fierce guardian's) to address evil, evil spirits, etc.. (with no dilly dallying around) Speaking of "eastern" ways what did Rama do with Ravana, to begin with he didn't roll over with niceties'.

Jesus did not use darkness to rid the possessed of darkness, please get in context if you can?

I was surprised the first time I read that toothpaste can be toxic! Its incredible that that can be!

what did Jesus (or what any spiritual master would) do when dealing with evil, to begin with he did not bless it...

does the saying give that presumptive context, btw FOC do you truly understand evil?

To see if any banditos can be reached with humanistic philosophical diplomacy while having Taijiquanista backup?

nah Steve, (as in assuming the "Einstein" of Buddhism, namely Nāgārjuna didn't have a real clue or never took a bite going by a submitted paraphrase of his?) and if such was so then all teachers, ways and pointers could at some point fall under a generalized or particular and narrow nixing... as for a showing of the Self only the Self can show the Self. (with Self being a four letter word to some die hard nixers)

ok, it is only a conceptual idea for those that only have a conceptual idea, but not in fact. As for that "emptiness" saying you quoted I'd go with, "samsara properly understood is Nirvana" (paraphrase) instead since it is a clearer pointer. (at least to me)

Thanks, now the gringo knows; btw why would either ever be in a dark alley where banditos roam? Oh now I see its to take care of those banditos.

no offense meant Taomeow, but if a person had never heard of any Taoist terms then by random association "taijiquanista" sounds like a name for a Mexican (female) chef of spicy foods.... ;-)

with "emptiness" being beaten every which way but loose, here is another one: emptiness is empty of enslavement, limiting attachment or identification, thus emptiness can be said to be free and freedom in the deepest "Wonder of wonders" and eureka like sense. (and beyond the four-fold negation which is important intellectually but not enough)

did she also sing?

It's anybody's guess as to how long it takes Dolly or Cher to put on their faces but you gotta love them for their big hearts... Sly and Arnold don't bother much with same and mostly let their age show...

good idea although real yogis or yogin's can hold their breath underwater for a very long time, and the really advanced ones could levitate out a tub if things went awry.

yea, hibachi caused home fires is another one....

and of course the first part of that is up for interpretation via various opinions.

So we have morphed from garden hose safety to non-duality, and nobody is upset like some get get upset with talk of politics. (which is part of the subject daily life and death a lot whether we are able to admit it or not)

...and not far from the bathroom some women (and guys too) are going through the dangers of 'putting on their 'faces' with god only knows what compounds... ;-)

righto, a rhetorical question to a non-Buddhist, but I'll give it a shot which is not exactly kosher on my part because of that. A (full) Buddha has realized the "Buddha nature" which is beyond a particular vehicle as a person or Being that exists in time and space and which even though an advanced form is still under related laws of manifestation.

What I meant was that a particular Buddha does not exist outside of the laws of manifestation, although "Buddha nature" does.

umm, I'd say that is a major generalization; lets not forget the mystical monastics.

FYI, some of the newer garden hoses have had their plastic parts burst apart under pressure and then hit the person using them...

Did the stats say how many were electrocution's? Even with the newer gnd. fault outlets I think some people are not being very safe with electrical devices in the bathroom. I've told family members to never let electrical cords get near water or get wet!

well ok, but we don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water either, btw the first echo, or the first prana/light may not be the source but is dam close and connected. (thus discounting same with cosmic sounding generalization is kind of like smiting one's own face)