| howdydave 2006-09-08, 2:26 am |
| puma wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Your question is a very personal one... So, my answer will be another
> personal...
>
> Sidarta Gautama, that is Buddha did not give any answers to this type
> of questions why? Because he wanted the owner of the question should
> solve this.
>
> In Buddhism when an ARHANT becomes fully enlightened they say that,
> this ARHANT is released from birth and death cycle... NO REBIRTH
> anymore...
>
> This clearly indicates that,,, in reality there is no REBIRTH... to
> realize one needs to be FULLY ENLIGHTENED.
>
> In Buddhism again, there is NO-SOUL, that is ANATMA principle
> works...If there is no soul,,, who is gonna be reborn ?
>
> If I am asked to summarize all my sayings,,, I say that your answer
> will depend on your way of thinking,,,
>
> So you have to deem it by yourselve...And remember,,,all our beliefs
> are second or multi-hand knowledge,,, therefore they can not indicate
> the TRUTH,,,in order to reach the TRUTH, one needs to have first hand
> knowledge...
>
> First hand knowledge is your own experiments this is why they give a
> great deal of value
> to the experiments in schools...Other wise all the knowledge becomes
> like stories...
>
> With compassion,
>
>
> Puma
>
Howdy Puma!
We are indeed getting into the higher realms when each
of us begins to differentiate for ourselves the difference
between: TRUTH, FAITH and KNOWLEDGE.
Dave
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