RongzomFan

And atheist opinions mean nothing to me. Its a simplistic western response to another simplistic western philosophy.

Point them to my thread: http://thetaobums.com/topic/28469-atheism-is-realist-buddhist-definition-just-like-theism/ I will debate with them any day of the week.

But why should tantric Saivas, for example, adhere to Vedas and Upanishads in the first place?

stefos appeals to the Pali Canon is one sentence, but then will trash it in the next. There is a big cognitive dissonance. For example in this very thread he hints at trashing the Pali Canon with the tape recorder comment.

Simple Jack, . stefos will say the Pali Canon is corrupted Come on, how many times have we seen this.... http://thetaobums.com/topic/26805-buddha-kept-silent-about-god/?p=399614

stefos is not just skeptical. He aggressively trashes things he doesn't understand, goads people etc.

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stefos always does this kind of thing.

Rainbow body is your nature. You are incapable of understanding this point. So be it, alwayson

Of course Pure Land is not in the Pali Canon. What does that have to do with you constantly dissing it?

Its interesting that you refuse to understand that this is a bardo practice. Praying to Amitabha ensures that your own wisdom manifests as a Pure Land in the bardo state.

Why are you interested in tantric systems such as Dzogchen?

then stop following Dzogchen. Face that fact. alwayson

Everyone knows Mahamudra and Dzogchen are tantra. Have you not heard of the 17 tantras? There are no bandhas in Vajrayana? Have you heard of trul khor and tummo?

Buddhism also includes the teaching of the Mahasiddhas, not just Buddha.

its interesting that you never seem to learn anything, and post the same stuff over and over again

The mistaken views of the masses are meaningless. What are the views of the monks?

Um... The nonenlightened deities are mundane sentient beings that die, sort of like extraterrestrials. The enlightened deities are Buddhas, for example Hevajra, Vajrakilaya, Ekajati etc. etc.

Afterlife? You mean bardo and rebirth?

But what is the definition of gods? In Buddhism, the nonenlightened "gods" are mundane sentient beings that die.

Kriya yoga of Lahiri Mahasaya is a New Age tradition that can be flushed.

"The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts" is an infamous critique of New Age. The author concludes that "spirit guides" are actually hungry ghosts from Buddhism.

now shit is just getting even more weird.

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