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You accuse me of being bitter and that is your opinion. I never said I was! I am just challenging your narrative.

You are way off in your assessment of me. I have no obsession with you and to accuse me of following you around is beside the point. This is a public forum and your narrative is extremely controversial and is a misrepresentation of Buddhism.

The idea that the so called Master is a reflection of the student is just more manipulation. There is no proof of that.

Liberating from what? If all phenomena are empty, then there is nothing to liberate from. Although there is no proof, later Buddhist true believers may have revised the Buddha's teachings to make it appear not nihilistic. Who says the Buddhadharma is full of light? That is just another conceptual notion.

You are not attached to concepts such as DO and Buddhism is better than Hinduism? Give me an honest answer.

What a vivid imagination! Negaception? That is a good one. :lol: What is stated above is the problem with religious belief systems. Always making unfounded judgments based on faulty logic.

I agree. I remember Idris Shah saying the same thing many years ago.

Why not frame your narrative in the first person. It remains your opinion only and is not shared by everyone. What basis in fact do you have to claim that Buddhism was the largest religion for 1000 years. You have claimed that extensive written records were not available during the Buddha's time and yet you continue to make outrageous claims.

Just read this and I am not feeling good about it! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/29/carbon-emissions-nuclearpower

Since when is physicalist capitalized? Didn't Vajraji start that? Just curious.

This is what some Buddhists feed naive people and in this case so called Westerners. Westerners have an ego problem according to enlightened Buddhists? Therefor all Westerners have an ego problem? How do enlightened Buddhists determine and by what criteria, who has an ego problem and who doesn't? Tibetan Buddhists don't have an ego problem? Where is the dividing line between East and West? Seems to me this projection comes from an entitled arrogant mindset which most likely refers to white Europeans and descendants of. Further, does it include the Native Americans of which I am a descendant of? African Americans? Speak for yourself Vajraji! I am really tired of the worn out rhetoric that has been projected upon anyone not conforming to Buddhist standards. On your part, a first person narrative would be appreciated by me.

Very well said!

Perhaps I went beyond the Buddhas teachings and found a more subtle vantage point. Just because people worship and revere the Buddha does not make him the universal teacher. Humans are very adept at anthropocentric projections which usually have a religious basis. Weather has a ritual? What does that mean? I guess the weather has self awareness?

Sky gazing is an excellent way to contemplate. Thoughts just come and go when doing that practice.

I am tired of you berating me and further, you know nothing as to what my personal experiences and realizations are! Why not go away and find your own forum that suits you best! People like you that hang around the dharma are the main reason I left it. The ego inflation was just too much.

I found the Visuddhimagga quite useful. It is a somewhat condensed version of the Pali Canon. It is available in many places for free on line. Here is one link. http://www.mediafire.com/?1icnmmvdxmm

I believe you are stating a quandary that can never be reconciled. If as you claim that during the time of the Buddha there were no extensive historical records created as to what the Buddha taught, then making any definitive proclamation as to the veracity of the Buddha's teachings, is erroneous.

Didn't the Buddha speak against ritualized practice?

Are you being facetious?

And you are not?

Lack capacity? That is a personal insult. You have no idea who I am or what my realized experiences are!

This is the problem I have with your Buddhist narrative. "Physically encased dichotomies"? What is that supposed to mean? Why not explain what you mean? Give real world examples.

It is not symbolic and on Tibetan Lama came to Santa Fe and performed this ritual. Although the ingredients were watered down. I did not participate. You have missed the entire point of my argument and was meant to challenge the Buddhist point of view as to their insistence on an internal world view only.

The point is that the present climate change problem is caused by pollution from carbon emissions. Humans are the cause and all the reputable scientific research substantiates that.