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Certified only. gooday Sanctus please forgive the joke, I can't help what gods done to me.:wave:
How can we get rid of our sinfulness?
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Certified only. gooday Sanctus please forgive the joke, I can't help what gods done to me.:wave:
Careful, you might be taking some money away from the televangelists! Bet you could market the idea to one of them
I am so sorry to hear the same, dear brother I can understand the situation and how you must be feeling, though I am bit late but I have also gone through the same in past so I know how it felt.... please take my empathy
I'd pay allot of money to be a fly on the wall to hear what the Pope's sins were!
Even as a non-Catholic I find it hard to imagine the guy has that many sins...I mean, funny thing about the Pope, even for non-catholics/christians, the guy is revered, I mean, he's the friggin' Pope!
Buddhist views of sin
Buddhism doesn't recognize the idea behind Sin because in Buddhism, instead, there is a Cause-Effect Theory, known as Karma, or action. In General, Buddhism illustrates intentions as the cause of Karma, either good or bad. Furthermore, most thoughts in any being's mind can be negative.
Vipaka, the result of your Karma, may create low quality living, hardships, destruction and all means of disharmony in life and it may also create the healthy living, easiness, and harmony in life. Good deeds produce good results while bad deeds produce bad results. Karma and Vipaka is your own action and result.
Pañcasīla (Pāli) is the fundamental code of Buddhist ethics, willingly undertaken by lay followers of Gautama Buddha. It is a basic understanding of the Noble Eightfold Path, which is a Buddhist teaching on ways to stop suffering.
Pancasila
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from destroying living creatures.
2.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from taking that which is not given.
3.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from sexual misconduct.
4.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from incorrect speech.
5.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from intoxicants which lead to carelessness.
Noble Eightfold Path
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right View
2.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Intention
3.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Speech
4.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Action
5.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Work
6.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Effort
7.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Mindfulness
8.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Concentration
This ultimately lead to cessation of suffering and thus is a way to be free of Samsara. After that, Nirvana is achieved.
Buddhism doesn't recognize the idea behind Sin because in Buddhism, instead, there is a Cause-Effect Theory, known as Karma, or action. In General, Buddhism illustrates intentions as the cause of Karma, either good or bad. Furthermore, most thoughts in any being's mind can be negative.
Vipaka, the result of your Karma, may create low quality living, hardships, destruction and all means of disharmony in life and it may also create the healthy living, easiness, and harmony in life. Good deeds produce good results while bad deeds produce bad results. Karma and Vipaka is your own action and result.
Pañcasīla (Pāli) is the fundamental code of Buddhist ethics, willingly undertaken by lay followers of Gautama Buddha. It is a basic understanding of the Noble Eightfold Path, which is a Buddhist teaching on ways to stop suffering.
Pancasila
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from destroying living creatures.
2.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from taking that which is not given.
3.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from sexual misconduct.
4.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from incorrect speech.
5.[FONT="] [/FONT]I undertake the training rule to refrain from intoxicants which lead to carelessness.
Noble Eightfold Path
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right View
2.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Intention
3.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Speech
4.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Action
5.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Work
6.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Effort
7.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Mindfulness
8.[FONT="] [/FONT]Right Concentration
This ultimately lead to cessation of suffering and thus is a way to be free of Samsara. After that, Nirvana is achieved.
I have a better plan, and it's totally free! No easy payments, no down payment and is meant for the number 6!
6 being the number of a man.
All one has to do is believe and trust in Jesus! That's is all!
If there are to be any changes, He will institute them in you.
Come as you are and sup with Him and He will sup with you.
Peace>>>AJ:love9:
Interesting, but it seems to me this could be a new thread as the Buddhist version of sin doesn't really fit in here on what is primarily a Catholic orientated thread;-)
yeah, i know what you mean. hey, is the pope considered like the head of all christians, or just catholics?
I think it's good to see some other modes of thinking, such as Buddhism on this subject. The thread is how can we get rid of our sinfulness. Basically how can we live with more virtue. It doesn't matter what religion you're part of, even if you're atheistic, we can all benefit from trying to live without negative thoughts and negative actions or sin if you like. By whatever means necessary.
but the first post that started it is based on catholic theology, so buddhism does not really fit in with that, does it?
Basically how can we live with more virtue. It doesn't matter what religion you're part of, even if you're atheistic, we can all benefit from trying to live without negative thoughts and negative actions or sin if you like......In the Buddhist training the process is called "The Taming Of the Monkey Mind" it is a form of meditation that helps controll negitive thought.
"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand;
And meted out heaven with a span;
And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
And weighed the mountains in scales,
And the hills in a balance?" (Isa 40:12)
"The works of the LORD are great,
Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." (Psa 111:2)
Six is either 4 plus 2, i.e., man's world (4) with man's enmity to God (2) brought in: or it is 5 plus 1, the grace of God made of none effect by man's addition to it, or perversion, or corruption of it: or it is 7 minus 1, i.e., man's coming short of spiritual perfection. In any case, therefore, it has to do with man; it is the number of imperfection; the human number; the number of MAN as destitute of God, without God, without Christ.>>> by E.W. Bullinger: “Number in Scripture”
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
God did everything in perfect order.
The number 7 is completeness and six being less that seven is incomplete!
Peace>>>AJ:love9:
No I'm am not. But to have a good understandings of the works of God, numbers in the bible are key.
Jesus is my Savior! Apart from Him there is nothing else. Numbers are weaved in all His works.
Peace>>>AJ:love9: