What is the "Right" religion?
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DoHuhJooSay
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Thanks for the welcome Tora..
~Tara
~Tara
I Think Tora is an interesting name too>
I believe it's the name for Earth mother some where and I'm sure some people think of Tara that way too. I just thought Tara was a startling name for someone who is so stongly opinionated about her church. I respect everyone's church. I just wish some were not so judgemental of others.
tora said:Well,as I had noticed Tara and Tora sounds similar
I believe it's the name for Earth mother some where and I'm sure some people think of Tara that way too. I just thought Tara was a startling name for someone who is so stongly opinionated about her church. I respect everyone's church. I just wish some were not so judgemental of others.
Connie
Member
I don`t think there is a right religion.
I think and belive that the fait is in your self.
And what you think and what you belive is only yours and no one else.
And when it feels good it is good.I don`t think you have doubts about it.That is what i belive. I Think there is someone who is watch over you. But i can`t tell if it is God or someone else.
Love Connie
I think and belive that the fait is in your self.
And what you think and what you belive is only yours and no one else.
And when it feels good it is good.I don`t think you have doubts about it.That is what i belive. I Think there is someone who is watch over you. But i can`t tell if it is God or someone else.
Love Connie
Jules
Potters Clay
I found these quotes that really hit home for me:
FAITH
"When you step into the unknown, faith is knowing there will be something to stand on or you will be taught how to fly."
~Barbara J. Winters, from The Hope Health Newsletter
TRUTH
"The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us."
~Seyyed Hossein Nasr~ Philosopher, writer and professor at George Washington University.
FAITH
"When you step into the unknown, faith is knowing there will be something to stand on or you will be taught how to fly."
~Barbara J. Winters, from The Hope Health Newsletter
TRUTH
"The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us."
~Seyyed Hossein Nasr~ Philosopher, writer and professor at George Washington University.
Robert P. Olsson
BigBellyFilm
Take care of your self and your kin. Be good to all who deserves it and don't mind the rest.
I don't belive in any gods but I belive in my self and I belive that if I do my best, my life will be rich.
I don't belive in any gods but I belive in my self and I belive that if I do my best, my life will be rich.
Robert P. Olsson
BigBellyFilm
In my world there is no God that rules in the past, the present or the afterlife.
Everybody is there own ruler, but not in a way so everybody starts hurting each other because they want to rule one another.
Everybody is there own ruler, but not in a way so everybody starts hurting each other because they want to rule one another.
Jalu
Steve's Destiny
To answer your question....I believe in rebirth.
Some of you refer to it as reincarnation, but only realized beings reincarnate (they come to come back willingly). Sentient beings are bound by the cycle of rebirth (not upto them).
Reincarnation
Although often thought to be synonymous with rebirth, this term is used - in Hinduism and Buddhism - to indicate a "controlled" return to another life by human beings sufficiently advanced to master the bardo and to control time, place, and the parents connected with their approaching new birth.
Rebirth
Although often thought to be synonymous with reincarnation, there is a clear and important difference and distinction between these two concepts. In Hinduism and Buddhism, rebirth signifies a somewhat 'automatic' return to a seemingly endless number of lives. Thus, the term applies only to the death and rebirth of an untrained, non-enlightened individual who has no control of his or her fate and future.
Some of you refer to it as reincarnation, but only realized beings reincarnate (they come to come back willingly). Sentient beings are bound by the cycle of rebirth (not upto them).
Reincarnation
Although often thought to be synonymous with rebirth, this term is used - in Hinduism and Buddhism - to indicate a "controlled" return to another life by human beings sufficiently advanced to master the bardo and to control time, place, and the parents connected with their approaching new birth.
Rebirth
Although often thought to be synonymous with reincarnation, there is a clear and important difference and distinction between these two concepts. In Hinduism and Buddhism, rebirth signifies a somewhat 'automatic' return to a seemingly endless number of lives. Thus, the term applies only to the death and rebirth of an untrained, non-enlightened individual who has no control of his or her fate and future.
Jalu
Steve's Destiny
Yes...Julie your questions make sense.
I did put both definitions there for a reason. Enlightened beings (Buddhas)reincarnate. Sentient beings (the unenlightened) are bound by rebirth. Rebirth means you don't get to choose ...you just keep coming back till you get it right (become enlightened...a Buddha). Unless you believe me to be a Buddha I am here just like anybody else... not by choice. Only those who are enlightened can choose how, when, or where they will come back.
I did put both definitions there for a reason. Enlightened beings (Buddhas)reincarnate. Sentient beings (the unenlightened) are bound by rebirth. Rebirth means you don't get to choose ...you just keep coming back till you get it right (become enlightened...a Buddha). Unless you believe me to be a Buddha I am here just like anybody else... not by choice. Only those who are enlightened can choose how, when, or where they will come back.