Buddhism is good

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Buddhism is good

FrankC — 5/1/2004 3:18:06 AM (archived)

"Moderation in all things, even moderation"

Sawaki Kodo (1880â€“1965) wrote this in 1942:
"It is just to punish those who disturb the public order. Whether one kills or does not kill, the precept forbidding killing [is preserved]. It is the precept forbidding killing that wields the sword. It is the precept that throws the bomb."

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Curious about correlation between political beliefs and religion here - Art Martin - 4/30/2004 11:18:35 PM
- Agnostic here - alcaray - 5/4/2004 8:47:08 PM
- Why is this on Flame? - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 8:11:02 PM
  - Because Joan d' Arc was burned at the stake. - Bowser - 5/3/2004 10:02:39 PM
    - wow, always thought she was burned with the steak (n/t) - Art Martin - 5/3/2004 10:13:11 PM
      - A plank steak got away from 'em. No OHSA. - Bowser - 5/4/2004 12:19:50 AM
  - re: Why is this on Flame? - Art Martin - 5/3/2004 9:13:44 PM
- Conservative Christian. - REB - 5/3/2004 5:33:30 PM
- re: I believe that: - Johannes - 5/3/2004 4:33:31 AM
- Is there a correlation? - SDG - 5/3/2004 12:55:51 AM
  - re: Is there a correlation? - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 5:30:11 AM
    - re: Is there a correlation? - SDG - 5/3/2004 2:59:02 PM
    - Church as social club - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 1:33:59 PM
      - re: Free will - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 6:48:05 PM
        
        Raising children - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 8:00:56 PM
        
        re: Raising children - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 10:02:11 PM
        
        Faith - REB - 5/4/2004 12:59:22 PM
        
        re: Free will - REB - 5/3/2004 7:29:13 PM
      - re: Church as social club - SDG - 5/3/2004 3:09:36 PM
        
        Annoyance quotient = recruitment attempts / 365 - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 6:00:56 PM
- Liberal Jew - Fox - 5/2/2004 4:25:25 PM
  - re: Liberal Jew...a doctor in a Mercedes Benz?.... (n/t) - Publius - 5/4/2004 12:03:09 AM
    - No - in fact, the opposite extreme of the social/economic spectrum - Fox - 5/5/2004 2:34:55 AM
- Well, this is "Flame". One thing you ought to know, Art. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 7:06:34 PM
  - Thank You Mr. Dangerfield (n/t) - Tony - 5/3/2004 1:15:48 PM
  - re: Well, this is "Flame". One thing you ought to know, Art. - Art Martin - 5/2/2004 4:05:39 AM
    - You're gonna fit right in - Fox - 5/2/2004 5:32:29 PM
  - Feeling sorry for yourself? - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 12:29:39 AM
    - Thanks, Buck, but my tongue darned near went thru my cheek when I wrote that one. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/2/2004 6:14:40 AM
- Atheist - McFly - 5/1/2004 1:14:17 PM
  - re: the Bible as SF - Fox - 5/2/2004 7:06:12 PM
  - ps. Before someone accuses me of saying that Jesus believed himself to be the son of God, that's not what I said. (n/t) - McFly - 5/1/2004 4:07:05 PM
    - re: From a certain viewpoint, we're all sons of God... - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 6:14:18 PM
      - The softest of all things / Overcomes the hardest of all things.... (n/t) - ~ Lao Tsu ~ - 5/3/2004 3:11:31 AM
      - And: "the kingdom of God is within you" (n/t) - Luke - 5/3/2004 3:03:03 AM
- re: Atheist - Raoul - 5/1/2004 9:34:51 AM
  - the problem atheists have is....... - Publius - 5/3/2004 11:59:43 PM
    - re: the problem atheists have is....... - McFly - 5/4/2004 2:50:09 PM
  - The problem - atheist or agnostic. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 11:40:34 AM
  - re: or agnostic? - Raoul - 5/1/2004 9:41:33 AM
    - re: or agnostic? - gbaikie - 5/1/2004 5:30:54 PM
      - definitions - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 1:24:00 AM
        
        re: definitions - Art Martin - 5/2/2004 4:23:40 AM
        
        limits: Sunday morning meditation - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 5:41:17 PM
        
        At the Asymptote - Fox - 5/3/2004 1:37:38 AM
      - definitions - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 1:23:51 AM
      - definitions - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 1:23:40 AM
        
        Wow! Check it out! Buck is a trinity! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 2:56:47 AM
        
        re: Wow! So are you - Johannes - 5/3/2004 1:27:32 AM
        
        God's gonna get you for that one, Tom. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 5:46:49 PM
        
        God's gonna get you for that one, Tom. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 5:46:26 PM
        
        Hmmm...your religion seems to have something pertaining to duality in it... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 5:05:01 AM
      - good point - FrankC - 5/1/2004 5:47:01 PM
- re: Curious about correlation between political beliefs and religion here - Art Martin - 5/1/2004 7:30:09 AM
- Agnostic, and the voice of the hard (non religious) right on these boards. (n/t) - Lee - 5/1/2004 5:33:32 AM
- Agnostic & Moderate - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2004 3:10:17 AM
- Believer - more Buddhist than Jewish, was raised Roman Catholic. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/1/2004 2:39:37 AM
  - hey, Bowser . . . - Fox - 5/2/2004 5:02:57 PM
    - I'll get it tomorrow. - Bowser - 5/2/2004 5:46:01 PM
  - Buddhism is good - FrankC - 5/1/2004 3:18:06 AM
    - Buddhism and violence. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 4:52:45 AM
- agnostic - Mary Anne - 5/1/2004 2:29:52 AM
  - You aren't an athiest? - alcaray - 5/4/2004 8:57:46 PM
    - Nope. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2004 1:37:42 PM
    - re: Can you prove that space and mass were not created ? (n/t) - Johannes - 5/5/2004 4:25:50 AM
      - Can you prove they were? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2004 3:41:51 PM
- Agnostic - FrankC - 5/1/2004 1:20:28 AM
- a small edit here and there - Tony - 5/1/2004 12:05:07 AM

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