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I like the stories in Christianity, but you gotta love those punchy buddhist mantras

2007-11-03 11:12:09 · 8 answers · asked by GEISHA 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

8 answers

It's a tie.
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
H.H. The Dalai Lama
"I have found the great paradox of love is if you love until it hurts; then there is no more hurt, only more love."
Mother Teresa

2007-11-03 11:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by Pangloss (Ancora Imparo) AFA 7 · 2 0

And just as men depend upon A boat for traversing the sea, So does the mental body need The matter-body for occurrence. And as the boat depends upon The men for traversing the sea, So does the matter-body need The mental body for occurrence. Depending each upon the other The boat and men go on the sea. And so do mind and matter both Depend the one upon the other. 'Visuddhimagga' (XVIII, 36)

2007-11-03 20:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You like stories and quotes?) Buddhism has many. Dhammapada is popular among Buddhists. Check it out:

The Dhammapada Stories (and verses):
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/dhp/1-index.htm

2007-11-03 20:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by Prajna 4 · 0 0

World's problems cant be solved by power, knowledge or money. SOLUTION can be found in the practice of love in an environment of family under the parenthood of GOD

2007-11-03 18:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by Alex 2 · 0 0

I prefer the words of Charles Manson myself, nothing like looking to the insane for guidance.....

"Dying's easy, I could do that any time, it's living that's hard." -Charles Manson when asked his thoughts on the death penalty in California.

2007-11-03 18:28:52 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 1 · 0 1

It's hard to top this one.

" Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."(Acts 4:12)

2007-11-03 18:23:10 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Answer 5 · 0 1

I prefer John Lennons quotes myself. " Living is easy with eyes closed "

2007-11-03 18:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

"Believe in God, don't pretend to believe in God, for it's the pretending that gets man into so much trouble." - an old Sufi saying....

2007-11-03 18:36:23 · answer #8 · answered by WillRogerswannabe 7 · 0 0

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