Buddhism has a lifespan of 5000 years

[drifter]

Bro what's the pt of collecting all this if you don't believe in the religion?

bro...i collected it for value and not for " power " . few years back i brought a antique amulets from a monk for sin$2000 after 3 years i sold it for sin$12000 ... bro, you should read more about trading thai antique amulets...its a good investment ...thanks to some delusion collecter ...

ps : but beware ..theres tons of fake amulets in thailand too ...

 

[drifter]

Hehehe! Bro, I am not anti religion you know. Islam good religion also you know. It is not venomous as our great Leeder suggest.
The suicide bombers I am referring to are those anti religion fanatics here.

i dont call you stupid for nothing ...suicide bombers are not anti reigion they are blind believer ) take a close look in the mirror and you know what i mean ) ...you never heard of " my god is better then your god " ?

 

[Forvendet]

Hehehe! Bro, I am not anti religion you know. Islam good religion also you know. It is not venomous as our great Leeder suggest.
The suicide bombers I am referring to are those anti religion fanatics here.

There can only be religious fanatics. There's no such thing as an anti-religion fanatic unless one is on one side first, e.g. Jew v. Muslim. When there's no religion, there's nothing to be fanatical about to be murderous or suicidal over nothing.

 

[eatshitndie]

all religions are manipulated by men. they started off with good intent and inspiration, but once they become institutionalized, they get corrupted. it's better not to follow any religion and become part of that institution and or cult-like system of man-manipulation. remove the label of allegiance, stop calling oneself a disciple, and learn from all around you. it's your personal experience, how you observe everything in your life and how you prepare your mind to deal with it that are of critical essence to living.

 

[Unrepented]

There can only be religious fanatics. There's no such thing as an anti-religion fanatic unless one is on one side first, e.g. Jew v. Muslim. When there's no religion, there's nothing to be fanatical about to be murderous or suicidal over nothing.

Forumer forvendet chose definition number 1 & 2, forumer hairlee chose number 3 & 4.

1. (adj) fanatic
pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions

2. fanatic
sb who has extreme or dangerous beliefs
religious fanatics

3. (adj) fanatic, fiend
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

4. (noun) fanatic
sb who has strong interest in sth
a football fanatic

 

[drifter]

There can only be religious fanatics. There's no such thing as an anti-religion fanatic unless one is on one side first, e.g. Jew v. Muslim. When there's no religion, there's nothing to be fanatical about to be murderous or suicidal over nothing.

Bro ...that guy kena brainwashed .. That's why can't tell the different ..

 

[Ramseth]

a football fanatic

That's Alamaking in a silly orange shirt.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

bro...i collected it for value and not for " power " . few years back i brought a antique amulets from a monk for sin$2000 after 3 years i sold it for sin$12000 ... bro, you should read more about trading thai antique amulets...its a good investment ...thanks to some delusion collecter ...

ps : but beware ..theres tons of fake amulets in thailand too ...

yeah i know about these thai amulet stuff and many sinkees collect it too. They actually call is barangs.

There's of course rare ones with all those fancy names created by some famous arjans or forest monks etc.

 

[hairylee]

There can only be religious fanatics. There's no such thing as an anti-religion fanatic unless one is on one side first, e.g. Jew v. Muslim. When there's no religion, there's nothing to be fanatical about to be murderous or suicidal over nothing.

I am in no position to disagree with a Oxbridge English graduate.

 

[hairylee]

not to worry ...i got nine lives ...

Wah! Bro Drifter, you got nine lives? Are you reincarnated from a cat? Cannot be right? There is no such thing as reincarnation. It is definitely not religion.
So is it some Scientific Beliefs or just some obscure Bangla Philosophy.
If it is a Scientific Belief then you should publish your scientific findings and you will be famous.
If it is just some obscure Bangla Philosophy you could commercialised your thinking and be just as rich and famous like Sai Baba.
It could be your Thai Amulets.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

drifter quite power manage to sell away amulet for 12k. How do you get to know such customers? The thai amulet market is quite saturated and there are tons of barangs that are much much cheaper and many conmen were also exposed.

 

[Hahahaman]

Very good adviCe. Imo, the basic tenet is most important.

In your view, what are the basic tenets?

 

[hairylee]

drifter quite power manage to sell away amulet for 12k. How do you get to know such customers? The thai amulet market is quite saturated and there are tons of barangs that are much much cheaper and many conmen were also exposed.

He is a nut case liao!

 

[HedgeTrader]

You all crazy to argue religion with religion police here LOL

Religion police = Drifter, Forvendent & Devil Within

 

[Unrepented]

In your view, what are the basic tenets?

My view in a nutshell;

1. Most important tenet is the four noble truths, and the eight fold path, if one can grasp and gain an insight to this foundation it goes a long long way. Imo, all one needs as a way of life.

2. Mindfulness, being mindful of our surroundings every moment, and its interaction with four noble truths and eightfold path.

3. Ability to come to terms with impermanence. Avoid being a prisoner.

4. Do not adopt Buddhism with the expectation of divine intervention or miracles, in order words do not adopt buddhism base on blind faith, which will lead nowhere and may get exploited. (there was a parable on this) The emphasis is on development of the dharma and not get preoccupied with exisiting or non exisiting entities that we do not currently understand.

5. Even if there exists the supernatural and energies that one can harness, still the emphasis is the development of the dharma. If one endeavour to pursue the supernatural without sound spirtual development first, it is dangerous in that it may be misused and abused. Moreover, the supernatural may not even exists and all efforts spend contradicts the eightfold path, thus fruitless.

6. Objective is to achieve nothingness. Therefore, any form of knowledge, abilities, state, etc. gained from enlightenment will not matter, in that form is emptiness and emptiness will be the form.

Just my simple 2c. If simplified; the achieve inner peace so as to have outter peace.

 

[Forvendet]

Religion is all crap. Just dreaming up stories in self denial that one day you must die, fairy tales about what'd happen when you die. Just dreaming up lucky charms that somehow you can strike lottery because you're suffering with low income. Life's like that, guys. If everybody prays to whatever god for lottery and strike, nobody needs to work anymore. If nobody needs to work anymore, then life sucks. Your rubbish heap would pile up and your toilet would jam, not to mention, Singapore Pools would be bankrupted.

 

[drifter]

yeah i know about these thai amulet stuff and many sinkees collect it too. They actually call is barangs.

There's of course rare ones with all those fancy names created by some famous arjans or forest monks etc.

yes...some ppl call it barang ...i call it antique art work ..which can fetch good money ..

theres 2 types of collector for thai amulets ...one look for barang ..another one like me ..look into good return investment .

 

[drifter]

Wah! Bro Drifter, you got nine lives? Are you reincarnated from a cat? Cannot be right? There is no such thing as reincarnation. It is definitely not religion.
So is it some Scientific Beliefs or just some obscure Bangla Philosophy.
If it is a Scientific Belief then you should publish your scientific findings and you will be famous.
If it is just some obscure Bangla Philosophy you could commercialised your thinking and be just as rich and famous like Sai Baba.
It could be your Thai Amulets.

my rice bowl dont depends on thai amulets alone ...collecting thai amulets is just one of my hobby and my for my extra income ...

by the way , not only cats have nine life ...of course recarnation is fake ...what i mean by nine life is i cheated death for many times liao ...

 

[drifter]

drifter quite power manage to sell away amulet for 12k. How do you get to know such customers? The thai amulet market is quite saturated and there are tons of barangs that are much much cheaper and many conmen were also exposed.

my customers are intro by words of mouth through internet ...

i dont believe in barangs...i only believe in the value of some thai amulets . all my amulets are at least 100years old .

 

[drifter]

what is superstition ....

Superstition is a belief in a non-physical (i.e. supernatural) causality: that one event causes another without any physical process linking the two events. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to practices (e.g. Voodoo) other than the one prevailing in a given society (e.g. Christianity in western culture), although the prevaling religion may contain just as many supernatural beliefs. It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events