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Name: Fatmo
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Subject: RE: RE: E: Buddhism...nsc
Date: Monday, December 11, 2017
Time: 5:55:52 AM
Remote Address: 176.204.158.166
Message ID: 312857
Parent ID: 312856
Thread ID: 312816
Thats sad. Yes well Buddhists can succumb to sadness and depression like anyone else. It seems like there are a lot of Zen folk where you are in Cresswell. As most people k ow there is a difference in Buddhism between the Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhists. The difference is historical and of long standing. Countries like Thailand Burma Sri Lanka follow the Hinayana. Zen which started in China as Chan is a.branch of the Mahayana which is less concentrated on the teachings of the original Buddha and sees the potential of everyone to become liberated or even another Buddha.Zen like Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism represents a very small percentage of Buddhists worldwide...though they are popular in the West. In my decades long intrtaction with Buddhism I would say most Asian Buddhists absolutely believe in continuation and reincarnation...unless the individual is so advanced as not to be born again...but in this case he may well return as a Bodhisattva to help others. The Dalai Lama has tsught on how important it is to be calm in a persons dying or last moments in order not to agitate the mind which could lead to an unfortunate rebirth.
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