Wisdom of Buddha!

[makatasawi]

The Zen Master warns: "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!" This admonition points up the fact that no meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real!

the beats used this so often.
hahaha i never would have thought i can see this again.

[regnauld]

the beats used this so often.
hahaha i never would have thought i can see this again.

You mean the Beatles?

[flying fish]

yeah, i know..hehehe. i just don't like the destruction of the ego. subjugation is better.

Jihad in its inner teaching is actualy waging war to our lower nature, & not waging war to fellow human beings
Killing the budha is an esoteric instruction to an aspirant on the "path" to be vigilant of his thoughts; Cause thougts that describe the phenomenon is never the thing being describe; the description is never the thing being describe

[regnauld]

Jihad in its inner teaching is actualy waging war to our lower nature, & not waging war to fellow human beings
Killing the budha is an esoteric instruction to an aspirant on the "path" to be vigilant of his thoughts; Cause thougts that describe the phenomenon is never the thing being describe; the description is never the thing being describe

Bishop Fish would you consider that Jihad as waging "Holy War" in the defense of Islam is an exoteric teaching? Just curious.

[flying fish]

Bishop Fish would you consider that Jihad as waging "Holy War" in the defense of Islam is an exoteric teaching? Just curious.

i have studied sufism, jihad acrding to the esoteric islam is Self transformation or mastery over our lower nature; now using it for war to justify killing is not something new, christians championed it alrdy;

[patrizekirsten]

simply the taming of the shrew, sir...

[regnauld]

i have studied sufism, jihad acrding to the esoteric islam is Self transformation or mastery over our lower nature; now using it for war to justify killing is not something new, christians championed it alrdy;

Well, the Knights Templars were part of the Crusades back then!

[flying fish]

Well, the Knights Templars were part of the Crusades back then!

Most of them were not initiated in the "Mysteries"; & they could have just fulfilng ther darma; naa raman gihapon justice kay gi-unay raman pud sila sa ilang gi protektahan

[regnauld]

Most of them were not initiated in the "Mysteries"; & they could have just fulfilng ther darma; naa raman gihapon justice kay gi-unay raman pud sila sa ilang gi protektahan

Was Jack de Molay not an initiated one? He predicted the death of the pope and the king who had burned him at the stakes and it turned out to be right.

[regnauld]

When in the mood, I take off my shoes and walk barefoot through the sweet-smelling grasses of the fields, wild birds without fear accompanying me. My heart at one with nature, I loosen my shirt as I sit absorbed beneath the falling petals, while the clouds silently enfold me as if wishing to keep me there.

Whose Gospel is this?