Without Discoverable Beginning (The limitations of science)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, January 20, 2012, 18:29 (4472 days ago) @ dhw

Maybe it should have stayed with me... I thought Ven. Young shed some clear light on the notion of theology and Buddhism, and discussed the reason why I for example, got the wrong impression about the Dalai Llama's positions when clearly--he thinks reincarnation is an essential belief. It also discussed, or at least brought to light, some of the very nonmaterialist parts of Buddhism, such as believing that the Buddha is still very much with us. (How?)

I can now see when other authors cearly believe in something as a spiritual truth.

He got caught in evasion, i agree, when confronted with his claim about having had "an NDE." I was interested in this, however, as it was the first time I heard such talk from a modern Zen teacher.

Bhikku Bohdi addresses this directly in the Book that spawned this thread.

It seems to me, that the greatest challenge to accepting Buddhism is coming from Buddhists themselves!

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"