does buddhism make you advanced?
This is a quote from another thread, but I thought it's going to be more appropriate to create a new line of discussion... Nielsio wrote:In retrospect it's interesting to see how unadvanced we all were back them (I'm talking about compared to what I'v

My Trouble with Buddhism...
I love Buddhism and its teachings a great deal and have learned a lot and know there is much more still to learn. There is still a great deal of cultural baggage and I'm very curious about its teachings regarding awakening and enlightening and am deeply

more books about Critical Buddhism - mostly coming from Japanese sources
CRITICAL BUDDHISM by James Mark Shields – In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the relative calm world of Japanese Buddhist scholarship was thrown into chaos with the publication of several works by Buddhist scholars Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro,

Psychic News Latest
Roy Stemman writes: Seven months after I revealed that the Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) was claiming to own the assets of Psychic News – the weekly Spiritualist newspaper it closed in July last year – I can now disclose that the Union has had to

If you have any questions about Buddhism, post them here
Hey, I guess maybe a few of you know me, a few of you don't. Anyway, I'm planning to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand in the next couple of months. I've basically stopped posting on all websites (for quite a while), but I still occasionally browse

Psychic babies and children
Many believe, (including myself) that all babies and small children are psychic, some seem to 'lose' this for a time as they get older, others never seem to reawaken it, but I thought it would be interesting to have a place to document the things the

Buddhism and the Christian meme
What do Buddhists think of Christianity, Islam, and Judeaism? Why do some Buddhists like Thich Nhat Hanh go out of their way to portray the Abrahamic memes as a viable path? http://www.uq.net.au/slsoc/bsq/budchr0.htm#cont

psychic fact and truths- an opinion does not count only for it's necessity
The beginning of history did not start with any females. Males as the prime creature or primate as that which adapts to it's environment- that is a absolute and supreme fact. What makes for psychic connection? A youth is not to have psychic

heresy? how does that fit into Buddhism?
Friday ramblings. I'm curious as to how "heresy" is dealt with in the context of Buddhist theory, history, etc. By heresy I mean the standard definition you can find online, such as "religious opinion or doctrine at variance with

Loss Buddhism in Java
This is the height and great secret in indonesian spritual, about Buddhism Deva, ghost java vs Wali Muslim. In indonesian can not publication. Why Busshism loss in Java? And Buddhism will come back in Java after 500 years old. Now buddhism coming in

Quantum Buddhism
Quantum Buddhism is an ideal path for the enthusiast of spirituality & science. Co-founded by Francois Lepine, a Buddhist bishop in the pure land & Vajrayana traditions. Although a modern day enlightened master, and having had some personal contac

"Psychic News" to Close
A high-ranking official of the SNU has just informed me that Psychic News has been put into liquidation and - subject to confirmation - has only two more issues to be published. This is no doubt to upstage a members revolt at the AGM this coming weeken

Is Buddhism for happy people?
Or to put it another way, what would attract happy people to Buddhism? To be sure. if Buddhism just worked as an effective antidote for depression and other sorts of human maladjustments, it would be an amazing social medicine. But it's track record

Psychic Development: Psychic Self Defense
Psychic self defense is perhaps the most over looked area of psychic development. Most people are so interested in getting into knowing what the future holds, they tend of over look that there are very specific reasons for learning protection

A NEW CHAPTER FOR PSYCHIC NEWS
Here is a short report by Leslie Price on the Official Relaunch of Psychic News: "Psychic News was officially relaunched as a fortnightly magazine at the London Spiritual Mission on Thursday evening. The editor Sue Farrow, Eric Hatton of JV Trust