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Ok .... thanks.

A ton of Christians ... in a big truck?

Would you like us to make the arrangements?

Ruff ... sorry that's the dog.

I have tele-vision .... which is close.

Butler! get out of here ... you'll start as a Footman and work your way up like everybody else.

Pure Land Buddhism affirms a particular aspect of the possibility of liberation and that this is achievable through particular methods. As I understand the highest teachings of Tibetan Buddhism such as Dzogchen and Mahamudra do not refute the rest of the Buddhist path ... the Four Noble Truths and so on ... but build on them to give a 'higher' or more direct pathway to the goal. I have not heard of Dzogchen masters who refute parts of the dharma in the way you do.

@songstan you make some interesting points there. Thanks.

...just for clarity ... theology is discourse on the nature of god(s) ...

My body is a Sinclair ZX81 with 16 kb of RAM. I was all the rage in 1984 but now people just point and laugh. I don't have a hard drive or hard anything just a dodgy casette tape player which squeaks a lot when I try to load a programme. Is there any hope for me?

Buddhist theology is not complex ... it is non existent because theology means the study of God and Buddhist do not acknowledge a creator God (while they may accept divine beings they are not supreme or able to liberate beings). I think you are very confused. I really can't say any more than that.

If you want to know about that picture ask the people who made it. the DL is head of the Gelugpa sect and also was political head of the Tibetans in exile ... he is now the figure head only. The ethics of mahayana Buddhism is very similar to Christianity and many lamas are very polite about Christianity in this respect ... it does not mean he/they is becoming Christian ... you cannot be Christian and Buddhist as Buddhism denies a creator god and teaches emptiness and dependent origination. However ethically in terms of compassion and so on there are similarlities ...in fact many suggest jesus was influenced by Buddhists either by travelling to Kashmir or via trade links down the silk route ... the DL gets a lot a negative propaganda from the Chinese govt. because he is popular in the West ... he seems to me to steer a difficult but carefully delineated path between extreme views and so on ... he is NOT a Buddhist Pope he does not speak for all Buddhists and not even for all Tibetan Buddhists so what he says/does is not actually that significant. he has made mistakes because he is human. But generally he seems to be kind, compassionate and a dedicated monk.

Its not serious its ridiculous because you have made no case at all ... just posted a picture and then a bit of wild speculation. I'm all for tangential conversations and banter ... but we are supposed to be discussing cultivation.

Its in the Pit where it belongs.

You won't necessarily get a message back but it will be considered cos it goes on to a report log that has to be signed off.

No its the Pope who's Jewish surely

I think you American's should cheer up. As a Brit I know how painful it is to be an ex world power but hey there's life after world dominance you know. You gave the world Kentucky Fried Chicken, Cola and Marlborough Lights which must be a good thing. So you monitor everybody's emails ... imagine the poor soul who has read all that junk about penis enlargement ... the NSA must be full of goggle eyes insomniacs who sit up all night twittering and tweeting. Give them a break. Snowdon doesn't like PRISM ... he'll like PRISON even less that's for sure. What I don't get is why anyone is surprised by all this spying ... didn't we know they did this anyway? Hey maybe its a false flag double bluff diversion from something even more nasty. Let him off too, don't chase him from Hong Kong to Russia to Ecuador ... give him amnesty is somewhere nice and forget about it.

They didn't see her coming.

I think he has to make five posts in the lobby first.

Its illegal.

Could try this: http://www.amazon.com/Qigong-Meditation-Circulation-Yang-Jwing-Ming/dp/1594390673/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372434006&sr=1-10 haven't actually read it yet but everything else by this teacher is good.

On wild nights I hunt gazebos ... track them to their lair but never, never kill them.

keeps doctor at bay by throwing apples at him it's fruit therapy.

Sure.

I'm not saying which but I live under one of these.