Is seagal a true buddhist?

Reservoir Dog

Reservoir Dog

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I have a friend who practices buddhism and he is very strict. he doesn't eat meat, smoke, drink or anything of that nature. I am not sure if this is part of the religious practices, or if he does this as his own personal choice. Anyway, in many of Seagal's movies, he violates these practices. In exit wounds, he ate a corned beef sandwhich. In Half Past Dead, he had a cigarette. Can anyone explain this?




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suziwong

suziwong

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Dear Reservoir,

"he violates these practices. In exit wounds, he ate a corned beef sandwhich. In Half Past Dead, he had a cigarette. Can anyone explain this?"

Steven Seagal he is an actor and he does what ever his role tell him to do !!
This is my opinion of course..

By the way, It would be much better if you don't write with this color !! The color is very pare !!
Thank you very much
in onenesss
 
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jhogan

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Reservoir Dog said:
I have a friend who practices buddhism and he is very strict. he doesn't eat meat, smoke, drink or anything of that nature. I am not sure if this is part of the religious practices, or if he does this as his own personal choice. Anyway, in many of Seagal's movies, he violates these practices. In exit wounds, he ate a corned beef sandwhich. In Half Past Dead, he had a cigarette. Can anyone explain this?




"Chance Favors the Prepared Mind"
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I know several ordained buddhist PRIESTS, and they ALL eat meat, drink and some even smoke.
 
Jalu

Jalu

Steve's Destiny
What do you mean by a real Buddhist?

There is Hinanaya/Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.
Steven practices Vajrayana. Maybe you should look up the differences.


Reservoir Dog said:
I have a friend who practices buddhism and he is very strict. he doesn't eat meat, smoke, drink or anything of that nature. I am not sure if this is part of the religious practices, or if he does this as his own personal choice. Anyway, in many of Seagal's movies, he violates these practices. In exit wounds, he ate a corned beef sandwhich. In Half Past Dead, he had a cigarette. Can anyone explain this?




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Lotussan

Lotussan

I Belong To Steven
I believe his is very much a buddhist, yes...As Jalu said in an earlier post, Vajrayna
is quite liberal in comparison to some schools, I think anyway...I personally don't know about the smoking thing either way, and drinking is even done by monks as I understand, as long as they do not get drunk, or are not doing something at the time that requires clear thinking as drinking impairs the mind...The corned beef could have been vegetarian "meat" it is quite common these days...Plus, what is done in the movies is just an illusion anyway, as long as your heart is pure, doing those things in the movies is probably ok, plus Steven said before that many important buddhists had encouraged him to continue doing his films as a way to show the evils of the world, to show that what the bad guys do is not what one should do...I believe he does these things to teach a lesson, to show the hard reality of life and that life is suffering if we give into these things...I believe that as long as he's not actually harming anyone, but passing on his good messages, then I don't think there anything wrong with how he makes his living...He's in a very powerful position to do something good, and I think he is using his power well, imo...I admire that about him very much...:)
 
Lotussan

Lotussan

I Belong To Steven
I don't doubt that, Jalu...
He's a pretty big dude...
I think probably needs his meat...
Some people just don't do well without it...
 
ORANGATUANG

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Mmmmm i beleive he is..Why would he say and act like one if he wasnt isnt it against that religion to lie?.....Heather.
 
Lotussan

Lotussan

I Belong To Steven
People call him a liar all the time when they don't know jack....
People assume things about people when they don't know everything...
And you know what they say about assumptions...
Another thing is that everything changes...
So you can say something one minute and it might change the next, but I am certain he would never lie about his religion...
He's a very religious man, no doubt in my mind about that at all....
 
tora

tora

Funmaker
You know there's a saying about assumptions.
"Assumption is a mother of all ****-ups."
 
suziwong

suziwong

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Lotussan said:
People call him a liar all the time when they don't know jack....
People assume things about people when they don't know everything...
And you know what they say about assumptions...
Another thing is that everything changes...
So you can say something one minute and it might change the next, but I am certain he would never lie about his religion...
He's a very religious man, no doubt in my mind about that at all....
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geeezzzzzzzzzzz !! who cares !!!
 
suziwong

suziwong

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Lotussan said:
If it's important to him, then I care, suzi...:) But it's really none of our business...
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People call him a liar all the time

I said "gezzzzzzzz" for this !! I am not interest the "people" !!!
 
Lotussan

Lotussan

I Belong To Steven
Ah, me either...I think Steven is a goooooooooooooood man, a wonderful, beautiful, loving man...:) No-one is perfect, but I adore this man! I will not listen to these people...I am seeing with my own eyes...He is dignified and humble, and I respect him...I am sorry I ever said this because for me Steven is great!
 
ORANGATUANG

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
True Lotussan it is none of our business and i guess we should keep out of this one..
Iam...Iam just fed up about hearing about all the negative things all the time iam sure as hell aint forgetting about the good he has done.When i weigh the good and the bad up, iam afraid good is always going to win in my eyes.I would love to say plenty on this thread but i respect him to much to hurt him...Heather..PS i hope that you can understand what i have just said as iam knackered....Steven you keep on a rockin-dont listen to those a knockin.(you).
 
tora

tora

Funmaker
He's a true Buddhist.Maybe he's not God-that's the problem,eh?Alright by me.I'm glad he's no God,just a human being.
 
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UrbanChampion

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from what I heard a while back, he was a vegetarian. but, I do know that some people who call themselves vegetarians eat meat but very little. I know that with him being Buddhist he's very familiar with the foods of India. Anyone who knows about Indian food knows that there are a lot of vegetarian dishes.
 
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