pinky and THE BRAIN asked:


I came across this web and they asked ” Which term best describes your religious/spiritual opinion/point of view ” ?

Agnostic
Animist
Apostolic Christian
Atheist
Baptist
Baha’i
Buddhist
Catholic
Christian
Conservative Judaism
Eastern Orthodox
Episcopalian
Evengelical Lutheran
Greek Orthodox
Hindu
Jain
Jewish
Latter Day Saint/Mormon
Lutheran
Methodist
Muslim
Pantheism
Presbyterian
Protestant
Quaker
Roman Catholic
Seventh Day Adventist
Shia Muslim
Sunni Muslim
Undecided
Unitarian Universalist
United Methodist
Zen Buddhist

so what is the difference between catholicism and roman catholicism?

Austin

Siddhartha asked:


Monk Gloats over yoga Championship????
Monk Gloats over yoga Championship

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“I am the serenest!” he says

LHASA, TIBET - Employing the brash style that first brought him to
prominence, SriDhananjai Bikram won the fifth annual International Yogi
Competition yesterday with a world-record point total of 873.6.

“I am the serenest!” Bikram shouted to the estimated crowd of 20,000 yoga
fans, vigorously pumping his fists. “No one is serener than Sri Dhananjai
Bikram-I am the greatest monk of all time!”

Bikram averaged 1.89 breaths a minute during the two-hour competition,
nearly .3 fewer than his nearest competitor, second-place finisher and
two-time champion Sri Salil “The Hammer” Gupta.

The heavily favored Gupta was upset after the loss. “I should be able to
beat that guy with one lung tied,” Gupta said. “I’m beside myself right
now, and I don’t mean trans-bodily.”

Bikram got off to a fast start at the Lhasa meet, which like most major
competitions, is a six-event affair. In the first event, he attained total
consciousness (TC) in just 2 minutes, 34 seconds, and set the tone for the
rest of the meet by repeatedly shouting, “I’m blissful! You blissful?! I’m
blissful!” to the other yogis.

Bikram, 33, burst onto the international yoga scene with a gold-mandala
performance at the 1994 Bhutan Invitational. At that competition he
premiered his aggressive style, at one point in the flexibility event
sticking his middle toes out at the other yogis. While no prohibition
exists against such behavior, according to Yoga League Commissioner Swami
Prabhupada, such behavior is generally considered “unBuddhalike.”

“I don’t care what the critics say,” Bikram said. “Sri Bikram is just gonna
go out there and do Sri Bikram’s own yoga thing.”

Before the Bhutan meet, Bikram had never placed better than fourth. Many
said he had forsaken rigorous training for the celebrity status accorded by
his Bhutan win, endorsing Nike’s new line of prayer mats and supposedly
dating the Hindu goddess Shakti. But his performance this week will regain
for him the number one computer ranking and earn him new respect, as well
as for his coach Mahananda Vasti, the controversial guru some have called
Bikram’s “guru.”

“My special training diet for Bikram of one super-charged, carbo-loaded
grain of rice per day was essential to his win,” Vasti said.

The defeated Gupta denied that Bikram’s taunting was a factor in his
inability to attain TC. “I just wasn’t myself today,” Gupta commented. “I
wasn’t any self today. I was an egoless particle of the universal no-soul.”

In the second event, flexibility, Bikram maintained the lead by supporting
himself on his index fingers for the entire 15 minutes while touching the
back of his skull to his lower spine. The feat was matched by Gupta, who
first used the position at the 1990 Tokyo Zen-Off.

“That’s my meditative position of spiritual ecstasy, not his,” remarked
Gupta. “He stole my thunder.”

Bikram denied the charge, saying, “Gupta’s been talking like that ever
since he was a 3rd century Egyptian slave-owner.”

Nevertheless, a strong showing by Gupta in the third event, the shotput,
placed him within a lotus petal of the lead at the competition’s halfway
point.

But event number four, the contemplation of unanswerable riddles known as
koans, proved the key to victory for Bikram.

The koan had long been thought the weak point of his spiritual arsenal, but
his response to today’s riddle-”Show me the face you had before you were
born “-was reportedly “extremely illuminative,” according to Commissioner
Prabhupada.

While koan answers are kept secret from the public for fear of exposing the
uninitiated multitudes to the terror of universal truth, insiders claim his
answer had Prabhupada and the two other judges “highly enlightened.”

With the event victory, Bikram built himself a nearly insurmountable lead,
one he sustained through the yak-milk churn and breathing events to come
away with the upset victory.
U R Correct RC…..I didnt No the source….

Source: the ONION

Abigail

Gremlin asked:


I was reading a moment ago a message put up by a muslim guy asking what name of allah his fellow muslims most liked and people went on to post for him to go to HECK because of his religion. It makes me so angry to see such hatred over petty things like that. On nearly every post I’ve read somebody has been bluntly rude. I am pagan with zen buddihism beliefs factored in and I’ve had so many people tell me in these words, “You’re wrong.”
all of the dominate religions and most sub-religions share the same message. Be good in this life to gain rewards in death whether a great reincarnation or access to heaven. Respect family. Love others.
But are any of these so called spiritual people upholding their OWN religious values when theyre off flaming on somebody for THEIR faith? No. It upsets me, and I seldom get angry.
I just want people to think about what theyre saying and how hypocritical it really is.
People should focus on kindness, not scolding others for what makes them happy.
*buddhism, I added an extra i by accident. Looks cute though. Lol.

Bryan

Rick asked:


1.Widely believed to bring you to spiritual enlightenment, the chanting of a simple six syllable mantra was practiced by Japanese who believed in:
a.Zen Buddhism
b.Shintoism
c.Pure Land Buddhism
d.Taoism

2.Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace is a painted handscroll scene which depicts a powerful rising faction of Japanese leaders during the Kamakura Period known as:
a.Mandalas
b.Samurai
c.Genji Princes
d.Katakana

3.A slope and panel construction, which is the hallmark of the Teotihuacan architectural style in it’s temple building, is known as:
a.stelai
b.apotheosis
c.codice
d.talud-tablero

Carson

Awake asked:


Atheists don’t believe in a spirit. According to them they are only physical matter so why do they seem to have the strongest spiritual ego that needs feeding by debating? How can something that’s only matter care about opposing views? How could you ask that others respect something that insists it is only matter?

I’m a Zen Christian and don’t hate Atheists at all and I do respect them as a fellow human, but looking for interesting answers. Thanks!
Very sad answers when you mention intellect in the same breath. Again, how can something that is only matter have these huge egos spewing into here?
….and i know! This forum is open to everyone and glad to see you here. Please please please please answer the question with the intellect you declare! Thanks!
Adding search words with hopes of interesting answers. Buddhist, Buddha, agnostic, soul
Thanks Frou Frou

Samuel

Glow asked:


… if i met a view that God is Nothing and Everything, is that so important where i got it ? Haven’t you met this opinion before ? Is that so difficult to admit that everything is possible if everythingis possible for Him ? Is not this the true humble and tolerance ? Zen buddhists swear that word is nothing unless you have the experience - is not more important to EXPERIENCE and spread God e.g. to laugh/love ? If buddhist find so many experiencies in emptiness is not it interesting as well ? Can you measure beauty ? Can you measure Love ? Isn’t it Nothing in material world Everything in the spiritual one ? Is not Spirit the highest form of the matter ? And again - is that so important where i met this view ? Can you imagine how many Christians hate me for this view ? Where is Love and tolerance ?

Anthony

niceperson44 asked:


If so what did you think of it?
It changed my life.

Emma

dreamsky67 asked:


Widely believed to bring you to spiritual enlightenment, the chanting of a simple six syllable mantra was practiced by Japanese who believed in?

is this
ZEN Buddhism
Shintoism
Pure Land Buddhism
or Taoism

I think its taoism!!!

Sebastian

Trigger asked:


As opposed to the eternal flow of life. Actually it’s not possible to stay.

Cooper