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I understand that Bill Maher is a comedian and as such is generally given some leeway as far as stupid comments are concerned. Is this guy even funny anymore? Maybe a better question is, was this guy ever funny.
Bill Maher sits in his self proclaimed ivory tower looking down on humanity while sharing [...]
Personally, I am about as interested in what Brit Hume had to say about Buddhism, as I imagine Tiger Woods is, and that’s not very interested.
The more I think about the article, the more I have to wonder; whose war they are talking about. Is it really blogger ‘Dharma Wars’, or could it be another example of ‘Don’t Tread on My Dharma Turf’?
Does Buddhism consider Human Life Trivial?
I was looking at my log files on the Ambud server, and found several queries asking if Buddhists considered life trivial. I decided to write an article to answer the question.
In Buddhism, there is a belief that we have been around for countless millennia, reborn in many different forms; from [...]
At last, the end of Mr Horgan’s article, he doesn’t finish weakly though, he ends his article with a climax of ignorant deduction.
All religions, including Buddhism, stem from our narcissistic wish to believe that the universe was created for our benefit, as a stage for our spiritual quests. In contrast, science tells us that [...]
The following excerpt is from paragraph nine from:
Why I gave up on finding my religion.
By John Horgan Posted Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at 3:54 PM ET
http://www.slate.com/id/2078486/
Excerpt:
But what troubles me most about Buddhism is its implication that detachment from ordinary life is the surest route to salvation. Buddha’s first step toward enlightenment was his abandonment of [...]
Hmm, interesting development, as I was searching the internet to gather some information, I came across a book which Mr Horgan published that included information from the article I am using for this series. I decided to look at reviews of the book; the results were mixed: apparently, many Scientists found the book to be [...]
(My Comments follow the excerpt)
The following excerpt includes paragraphs five and six from:
Why I gave up on finding my religion.
By John Horgan Posted Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at 3:54 PM ET
http://www.slate.com/id/2078486/
The insights imputed to meditation are questionable, too. Meditation, the brain researcher Francisco Varela told me before he died in 2001, confirms the Buddhist [...]
(My Comments follow the excerpt)
Part IV is from paragraph four of the article; the excerpt is below.
http://www.slate.com/id/2078486/
- Why I gave up on finding my religion.
By John Horgan Posted Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at 3:54 PM ET
“The major vehicle for achieving enlightenment is meditation, touted by both Buddhists and alternative-medicine gurus as a potent way to [...]
Critics of Buddhism – Part III
I took the second paragraph from the article below for part III in this series. I am always struck by the difficulty that the western mind has with separating Christian ideas from Buddhism. I can remember many conversations over the years where a simple view of Buddhism left many to [...]
I took the first paragraph from the article below for part II in this series. As you can see, I didn’t have to read down very far to find an idea in the article which contradicts my own understanding, experience of Buddhism.
http://www.slate.com/id/2078486/
EXCERPT
“Four years ago, I joined a Buddhist meditation class and began talking to (and [...]
I came across this article quite by accident the other day:
Why I gave up on finding my religion.
By John Horgan Posted Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at 3:54 PM ET
(http://www.slate.com/id/2078486/)
I’ll grant that the article is quite old; 2003, like a million years ago..haha.
The reason I post it here is that you can find many articles on [...]
