http://www.numenware.com/article/488 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Wed, 14 May 2008 01:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.numenware.com/article/488#comment-867 CECILIA FROM ARGENTINA Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:10:21 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/488#comment-867 What he meant saying we’re not random creatures doesn’t mean that we’re not random genetically, he was speaking about the laws of the universe, specially one law: the Karma. This law says that every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause, so we are an effect created by a cause. Genetically this was translated into a mutation but spiritually speaking, our existance has a cause, a purpose, and a meaning. We’re here to evolve, to achieve greatest states of consciousness, and to follow our evolution after “death”, to get rid of Sansara wheel, and become enlighted. These are the aspects of Buddhism that cannot be put toguether with science. I hope this is useful to understand Buddhism better. What he meant saying we’re not random creatures doesn’t mean that we’re not random genetically, he was speaking about the laws of the universe, specially one law: the Karma. This law says that every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause, so we are an effect created by a cause. Genetically this was translated into a mutation but spiritually speaking, our existance has a cause, a purpose, and a meaning. We’re here to evolve, to achieve greatest states of consciousness, and to follow our evolution after “death”, to get rid of Sansara wheel, and become enlighted. These are the aspects of Buddhism that cannot be put toguether with science. I hope this is useful to understand Buddhism better.

]]> http://www.numenware.com/article/488#comment-966 Kai Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:37:22 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/488#comment-966 We <span class="caps">ARE</span> random (biological creatures)? How do you know that? I would respectfully suggest that is just an assumption, and that any biological creature is a combination of both random and non-random processes, with the latter prevailing until the time of death when an organism can no longer to maintain self-organizing order against the forces of entropy. Maybe i’m just stating the obvious, while the writer perhaps intended to convey his belief that humans are not “special beings endowed ... with no purpose.” I withhold my judgement on that one. I’m reminded here of the fragment of a lyric from The Kinks’s singer Ray Davies: “if life is for living, what’s living for?” Beat’s me, but it’s certainly an interesting ride. We ARE random (biological creatures)? How do you know that? I would respectfully suggest that is just an assumption, and that any biological creature is a combination of both random and non-random processes, with the latter prevailing until the time of death when an organism can no longer to maintain self-organizing order against the forces of entropy. Maybe i’m just stating the obvious, while the writer perhaps intended to convey his belief that humans are not “special beings endowed … with no purpose.” I withhold my judgement on that one. I’m reminded here of the fragment of a lyric from The Kinks’s singer Ray Davies: “if life is for living, what’s living for?” Beat’s me, but it’s certainly an interesting ride.

]]> http://www.numenware.com/article/488#comment-301 A Christian Prophet Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:19:53 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/488#comment-301 We love the Dalai Lama and appreciate his efforts to awaken the world to a spiritual awareness. Messages on the Holy Inheritance blog would seem to indicate that the only way to really focus on humanity is to focus first on God. We love the Dalai Lama and appreciate his efforts to awaken the world to a spiritual awareness. Messages on the Holy Inheritance blog would seem to indicate that the only way to really focus on humanity is to focus first on God.

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