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[chapstick]

hmmm... interesting... i suppose you guys are buddhists... maybe you can help me...my mom and sister are but i don't where to find her. this is my most desperate move for a daughter to find her mom. her name is Cora but i'm not sure if she's using Nacua or Nuñez as her family name.... and my sister's name is April... my mom's hubby is Antonio Nuñez.... if you have info please pm me....

[shoeless_rebel]

hmmm... interesting... i suppose you guys are buddhists... maybe you can help me...my mom and sister are but i don't where to find her. this is my most desperate move for a daughter to find her mom. her name is Cora but i'm not sure if she's using Nacua or Nuñez as her family name.... and my sister's name is April... my mom's hubby is Antonio Nuñez.... if you have info please pm me....

OT: hmmmmm... now that is weird. i think ur seeking help from the wrong people. have you tried the authorities?

[Gwynhuever]

What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

olah...i have been planning to read Nietzsche for so long now...pirmi lang ma limtan....I love Kahlil Gibran...and surprisingly inspite of the big difference sa approach...i learned that Nietzsche had a big influence on Gibran's works...

[shoeless_rebel]

really now? i have to read up on gibran then... Nietzsche is my favorite philosopher. hehehehe... and a must read for punk rockers i have Nietzsce's 2 books and all the rest are ebooks

try this link gwyn... i love this book. mao ni siya ang nag influence sa ako outlook sa life, religion and stuff

http://www.literaturepage.com/read/t...rathustra.html

[d_guy1024]

Because whether we like it or not, we are going to make account of what we've done to this earthly flesh. Whether be it evil or not.

This is exactly the eternal Law of cause and effect.

True peace from within is not conditional. Even if you're in a storm, in a battle, in your lowest moments...and you can still be peaceful from within... that's true peace!

This is what we called the state of Buddhahood, or absolute happiness.

1.Â* Well not really the eternal law of cause and effect.Â* It's giving an account before the Lord.Â* It's more than the cause and effect.

Matthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Romans 14:12
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

2.Â* Well that's not just the happiness part..

Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Psalms 119:97
O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Just an assertion, unless you can give me a proof. Anyway, I respect your belief, thanks for sharing. =)

[d_guy1024]

Truth and tolerance is good. There are good things taught in Buddhims. That is why the Catholic Church respects other religions.

We Catholics have found the truth in Christ and adhere to His REAL teachings as handed down to us from His Apostles. The Church must always be faithful to the truth. We are not like some other "christians" who twist the Bible to make it "say" whatever they want in order to justify their personal interpretations of it. Now that practice is not being faithful to the truth.

Here's something very important from the Catechism of the Catholic Church which can be applied to Buddhism:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p123a9p3.htm

Â* Â*842 The Church's bond with non-Christian religions is in the first place the common origin and end of the human race:

Â* Â* Â* All nations form but one community. This is so because all stem from the one stock which God created to people the
Â* Â* Â* entire earth, and also because all share a common destiny, namely God. His providence, evident goodness, and saving
Â* Â* Â* designs extend to all against the day when the elect are gathered together in the holy city. . .

Â* Â*843 The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is
Â* Â*unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church
Â* Â*considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as "a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who
Â* Â*enlightens all men that they may at length have life."

And also:

Â* Â*"Outside the Church there is no salvation"

Â* Â*846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers?335 Re-formulated positively,
Â* Â*it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:

Â* Â* Â* Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for
Â* Â* Â* salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church.
Â* Â* Â* He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity
Â* Â* Â* of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing
Â* Â* Â* that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain
Â* Â* Â* in it.

Â* Â*847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:

Â* Â* Â* Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless
Â* Â* Â* seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the
Â* Â* Â* dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.

This is just another assertion...

[shoeless_rebel]

d_guy: don't even try to argue with any of those guys... they're obviously a christ fanatics. it's just like an arguement between a nora aunor fan and a vilma santos fan. there will be no ending once u start it... hehehehehe...

peace lightbringer and mannyamador! i just don't want seeing copy pasted points here like the ones you see on the religion topic. we're here to share ideas not argue with each other.

d_guy: keep posting. informative kaayo imo topic!

[d_guy1024]

d_guy: don't even try to argue with this guy... he is obviously a christ fanatic. it's just like an arguement between a nora aunor fan and a vilma santos fan. there will be no ending once u start it... hehehehehe...

peace lightbringer! i just don't want seeing copy pasted points here like the ones you see on the religion topic. we're here to share ideas not argue with each other.

d_guy: keep posting. informative kaayo imo topic!

no problem. thanks.

[shoeless_rebel]

hehehehe... oppps. i modified it too late

[d_guy1024]

Ten Worlds

The prime concern of Buddhism is our life-state, the joy or suffering we experience at each moment. This is always seen as an interaction between external conditions and inner tendencies; the same conditions (the same workplace, for example) that will be experienced by one person as unremitting misery may be a source of exhilarating challenge and satisfaction to another. Strengthening our inner state so that we are able to resist and even transform the most difficult and negative conditions is the purpose of Buddhist practice.

Based on his reading of the Lotus Sutra, the sixth-century Chinese Buddhist T'ien-t'ai developed a system that classifies human experience into ten states or "worlds." This Ten Worlds teaching was adopted and elaborated by Nichiren, who stressed the inner, subjective nature of these worlds: "As to the question of where exactly Hell and the Buddha exist, one sutra reads that Hell exists underground and another sutra says that the Buddha is in the west. However, closer examination reveals that both exist in our five-foot body."

What are these ten worlds, then? Ordered from the least to the most desirable, they are: Hell--a condition of despair in which one is completely overwhelmed by suffering; Hunger--a state dominated by deluded desire that can never be satisfied; Animality--an instinctual state of fearing the strong and bullying the weak; Anger--a state characterized by an unrestrained competitive urge to surpass and dominate others and often a pretence of being good and wise. These four states are referred to as the Four Evil Paths because of the destructive negativity that marks them.

Continuing, Humanity is a tranquil state marked by the ability to reason and make calm judgments. While fundamental to our identity as humans, this state can also represent a fragile balance that yields to one of the lower states when confronted with negative conditions. Rapture is a state of joy typically experienced when desire is fulfilled or suffering escaped. The worlds thus far are sometimes grouped together as the Six Lower Worlds. These are all basically reactions to changing external conditions in which we experience a lack of real freedom and autonomy.

What Buddhism refers to as the Four Noble States represent the effort to live with integrity, inner freedom and compassion. The world of Learning describes a condition of aspiration to enlightenment. Realization indicates the ability to perceive unaided the true nature of phenomena. Together, these are sometimes referred to as the Two Vehicles as people manifesting these states are partially enlightened and free from some deluded desires. But these worlds can be very self-absorbed, and in many Buddhist texts we find the Buddha admonishing the people of the Two Vehicles for their selfishness and complacency.

The world of Bodhisattva is a state of compassion in which we overcome the restraints of egotism and work tirelessly for the welfare of others. Mahayana Buddhism in particular emphasizes the Bodhisattva as an ideal of human behavior. Buddhahood is a state of completeness and perfect freedom, in which one is able to savor a sense of unity with the fundamental life-force of the cosmos. For a person in the state of Buddhahood, everything--including the inevitable trials of illness, aging and death--can be experienced as an opportunity for joy and fulfillment. The inner life-state of Buddhahood makes itself visible through altruistic commitment and actions enacted in the world of Bodhisattva.

This brings us to a key aspect of Nichiren's understanding of the Ten Worlds: Each world contains within it the other nine. As he expresses it: "Even a heartless villain loves his wife and children. He too has a portion of the Bodhisattva world within him." Thus, the potential for enlightened wisdom and action represented by the world of Buddhahood continues to exist even within a person whose life is dominated by the lower life-states of Hell, Hunger or Animality.

The reverse is also true. The life-state of Buddhahood is not separate or discontinuous from the other nine worlds. Rather, the wisdom, vitality and courage of Buddhahood can infuse and transform the manner in which a tendency toward, for example, Anger, functions in a person's life. When Anger is directed by the compassion of the worlds of Buddhahood and Bodhisattva, it can be a vital force in challenging injustice and transforming human society.

The purpose of Buddhist practice--for Nichiren Buddhists the recitation of the mantra Nam-myoho-renge-kyo--is to bring forth the life-state of Buddhahood which can illuminate our lives and enable us to forge lasting value from our eternal journey through all the Ten Worlds.