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Posts tagged with "god"
Sep. 16 |
If we mindfully reflect on the fantastic Greek myth of Perseus, we should realise that it is not truly a tale about external gods and monsters. Instead, it tells of how mere mortals are able to triumph despite seemingly impossible odds, with great...
May. 23 |
What if there is an secret camp of sorts, amidst the mountains, where for a fortnight, all don masks to hide their true identities, and are free to do whatever they wish? There, almost anything goes, though there are some basic rules to ensure there...
May. 3 |
‘Come Kalamas. Do not go upon what has been acquired by
[1] repeated hearing; nor
[2] upon tradition; nor
[3] upon rumor; nor
[4] upon what is in a scripture; nor
[5] upon surmise; nor
[6] upon an axiom; nor
[7] upon specious...
Feb. 12 |
[Y]ou can say the laws are the work of ‘God’,
but that is more a definition of ‘God’
than a proof of his existence.
– Stephen Hawking
In the famous avowed atheist scientist Stephen Hawking’s posthumous book ‘Brief...
Dec. 26 |
‘The Kominsky Method’ is a bittersweet drama series on the challenges of two old friends growing older together, as they look out for each other while musing on life. Sandy Kominsky is an acting coach, who just lost a dear friend to sickness....
Nov. 27 |
The very shortsighted
must learn to see
much further.
– Shilashanti
The Kukkuravatika Sutta records how Puṇṇa (of the Koliyans), an ox-duty ascetic, and Seniya the naked dog-duty ascetic learnt the error of their ways through the Buddha. Prior...
Oct. 4 |
‘Se7en’ can be seen as a contemporary fable on the dangers of the Seven Deadly Sins, which according to Christian teachings, are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. (They are contrary, respectively, to the Seven Cardinal...
Aug. 13 |
I’m the one who asked Brahmā
in the Hall of Justice before the assembly:
‘Friend, do you still have the same view
that you had in the past?
Or do you see the radiance
transcending the Brahmā realm?’
[to be continued…]
–...
Aug. 1 |
According to one doctrine, there is a great, self-existent [i.e. uncreated] deity whose substance is real and who is all-pervading [i.e. omnipresent], eternal, and the producer of all phenomena [as a creator]…. If something [or someone] produces...
Jan. 17 |
This prequel instalment of the Alien series shows the ‘historical’ interconnections – of humans who created and ‘nurtured’ A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), who in turn tampered with nature’s monsters and ‘nurtured’...
Dec. 28 |
Question: I am a learning and practising Buddhist. During a discussion with a family member of another faith that believes in a creator god who damns all non-believers to hell, he said I am the devil in the family bound for hell. How should I respond?
Answer: You...
Jul. 13 |
Question: Someone suggested that even Buddhists should fear God. Is this sensible?
Answer: How about asking which of the millions of gods worshipped throughout history should be the one feared? And how is one more threatening than the others? It...
Mar. 22 |
No god, no brahma can be called
the maker [creator] of this wheel of life [and death];
just empty phenomena roll on [without fixed forms],
[inter]dependent on [changing] conditions [are] all.
– Visuddhimagga (XIX)
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)...
Feb. 16 |
Question: I was chatting with a friend when she asked, ‘If there is no God, where do we come from?’ How should I answer?
Answer: For the Buddhist perspective, you can answer in this way – ‘If we came from a God, where did that God...
Jan. 25 |
A school teacher who is a brother at St. Stephen’s School asks his class if anyone knows what a saint is. A girl replies that saints are ‘individuals who display and act out of exceptional holiness’. The brother replies – ‘that’s...