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Opera Nut · 05-23-2003, 08:22 AM

I'm not there yet but I'll keep meditating!!

I bought a Buddhist mag and on the back cover it says
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
In New York City Sept. 17-21, 2003

My first thought: And I bet he can sit up straight without a piece of rebar up his ass, unlike Pope J. P. 2!!

Aradia · 05-23-2003, 09:42 AM

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Originally posted by lugotorix
...which no longer exists. AFAIK, all modern denominations are Pauline, so they all have Jesus as an object of worship but follow the teachings of Paul. Paul's main opposition, the Jerusalem church, was essentially wiped out with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.

Yep, all modern churches are Pauline.

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BTW, with regards to the subject matter of the OP, there was an article recently on the Beeb about Buddhists which says that Buddhists are generally happier than other people. Cool.

Yeah, I saw a thread somewhere about that, and replied, basically saying I thought it was a load of doggy poo if they restricted the study to monks and didn't compare with other devout religious practitioners (yogis, christian monks, etc).

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05-23-2003, 08:22 AM	#51
Opera Nut Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,671	I'm not there yet but I'll keep meditating!! I bought a Buddhist mag and on the back cover it says His Holiness The Dalai Lama In New York City Sept. 17-21, 2003 My first thought: And I bet he can sit up straight without a piece of rebar up his ass, unlike Pope J. P. 2!!

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