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Miroku Bosatsu
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The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; (16.01)

Nonviolence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, equanimity, abstaining from malicious talk, compassion for all creatures, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness; (16.02)

Splendor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, absence of malice, and absence of pride; these are the qualities of those endowed with divine virtues, O Arjuna. (16.03)

Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance; these are the marks of those who are born with demonic qualities, O Arjuna. (16.04)

Divine qualities lead to nirvana, the demonic (qualities) are said to be for bondage. Do not grieve, O Arjuna, you are born with divine qualities. (16.05)

There are two types of human beings in this world: the divine, and the demonic. The divine has been described at length, now hear from Me about the demonic, O Arjuna. (16.06)

Persons of demonic nature do not know what to do and what not to do. They neither have purity nor good conduct nor truthfulness. (16.07)

They say that the world is unreal, without a substratum, without a God, and without an order. The world is caused by lust (or Kaama) alone and nothing else. (16.08)

Adhering to this view these lost souls, with small intellect and cruel deeds, are born as enemies for the destruction of the world. (16.09)

Filled with insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance; holding wrong views due to delusion; they act with impure motives. (16.10)

Obsessed with great anxiety until death, considering sense gratification as their highest aim, convinced that this (sense pleasure) is everything, (16.11)

Bound by hundreds of ties of desire and enslaved by lust and anger; they strive to obtain wealth by unlawful means for the fulfillment of desires. They think: (16.12)

This has been gained by me today, I shall fulfill this desire, this is mine and this wealth also shall be mine in the future; (16.13)

That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay others also. I am the Lord. I am the enjoyer. I am successful, powerful, and happy; (16.14)

I am rich and born in a noble family. I am the greatest. I shall perform sacrifice, I shall give charity, and I shall rejoice. Thus deluded by ignorance; (16.15)

Bewildered by many fancies; entangled in the net of delusion; addicted to the enjoyment of sensual pleasures; they fall into a foul hell. (16.16)

Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth; they perform Yajna only in name, for show, and not according to scriptural injunction. (16.17)

Clinging to egoism, power, arrogance, lust, and anger; these malicious people hate Me (who dwells) in their own body and others' bodies. (16.18)

I hurl these haters, cruel, sinful, and mean people of the world, into the wombs of demons again and again. (16.19)

O Arjuna, entering the wombs of demons birth after birth, the deluded ones sink to the lowest hell without ever attaining Me. (16.20)

Lust, anger, and greed are the three gates of hell leading to the downfall (or bondage) of Jeeva. Therefore, one must (learn to) give up these three. (16.21)

One who is liberated from these three gates of hell, O Arjuna, does what is best, and attains the supreme goal. (16.22)

One who acts under the influence of their desires, disobeying scriptural injunctions, neither attains perfection nor happiness nor the supreme goal. (16.23)

Therefore, let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction. (16.24)


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So which path have you taken? When the time comes, the fools shall be beheaded.
Mazzu X
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 01:12 PM)
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The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; (16.01)

Nonviolence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, equanimity, abstaining from malicious talk, compassion for all creatures, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness; (16.02)

Splendor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, absence of malice, and absence of pride; these are the qualities of those endowed with divine virtues, O Arjuna. (16.03)

Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance; these are the marks of those who are born with demonic qualities, O Arjuna. (16.04)

Divine qualities lead to nirvana, the demonic (qualities) are said to be for bondage. Do not grieve, O Arjuna, you are born with divine qualities. (16.05)

There are two types of human beings in this world: the divine, and the demonic. The divine has been described at length, now hear from Me about the demonic, O Arjuna. (16.06)

Persons of demonic nature do not know what to do and what not to do. They neither have purity nor good conduct nor truthfulness. (16.07)

They say that the world is unreal, without a substratum, without a God, and without an order. The world is caused by lust (or Kaama) alone and nothing else. (16.08)

Adhering to this view these lost souls, with small intellect and cruel deeds, are born as enemies for the destruction of the world. (16.09)

Filled with insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance; holding wrong views due to delusion; they act with impure motives. (16.10)

Obsessed with great anxiety until death, considering sense gratification as their highest aim, convinced that this (sense pleasure) is everything, (16.11)

Bound by hundreds of ties of desire and enslaved by lust and anger; they strive to obtain wealth by unlawful means for the fulfillment of desires. They think: (16.12)

This has been gained by me today, I shall fulfill this desire, this is mine and this wealth also shall be mine in the future; (16.13)

That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay others also. I am the Lord. I am the enjoyer. I am successful, powerful, and happy; (16.14)

I am rich and born in a noble family. I am the greatest. I shall perform sacrifice, I shall give charity, and I shall rejoice. Thus deluded by ignorance; (16.15)

Bewildered by many fancies; entangled in the net of delusion; addicted to the enjoyment of sensual pleasures; they fall into a foul hell. (16.16)

Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth; they perform Yajna only in name, for show, and not according to scriptural injunction. (16.17)

Clinging to egoism, power, arrogance, lust, and anger; these malicious people hate Me (who dwells) in their own body and others' bodies. (16.18)

I hurl these haters, cruel, sinful, and mean people of the world, into the wombs of demons again and again. (16.19)

O Arjuna, entering the wombs of demons birth after birth, the deluded ones sink to the lowest hell without ever attaining Me. (16.20)

Lust, anger, and greed are the three gates of hell leading to the downfall (or bondage) of Jeeva. Therefore, one must (learn to) give up these three. (16.21)

One who is liberated from these three gates of hell, O Arjuna, does what is best, and attains the supreme goal. (16.22)

One who acts under the influence of their desires, disobeying scriptural injunctions, neither attains perfection nor happiness nor the supreme goal. (16.23)

Therefore, let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction. (16.24)


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So which path have you taken? When the time comes, the fools shall be beheaded.
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When the times comes, the fools shall be beheaded??? Well then put me on the beheaded list: According to that, I'll be beheaded for the testimony of Jesus Christ, ergo...visa ve...I'll be reigning on top of the charts for another 1,000 years.
skepticguy
My god can beat up your god!

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Miroku Bosatsu
laugh.gif There is only one god, All religions are the same. icon_wink.gif

Each prophet, each guru, got his own glimpse of God and Spirituality. To see through all the glimpses and views, Is to see the truth.
skepticguy
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 02:45 PM)
laugh.gif There is only one god, All religions are the same. icon_wink.gif

Each prophet, each guru, got his own glimpse of God and Spirituality. To see through all the glimpses and views, Is to see the truth.
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Thus rendering your statement, "So which path have you taken? When the time comes, the fools shall be beheaded" rather meaningless, eh?

It should read, "So which path have you taken? When the time comes, because all paths (religions) lead to (the same) god, there will be no fools to be beheaded."
Mazzu X
QUOTE(skepticguy @ Dec 14 2005, 02:50 PM)
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 02:45 PM)
laugh.gif There is only one god, All religions are the same. icon_wink.gif

Each prophet, each guru, got his own glimpse of God and Spirituality. To see through all the glimpses and views, Is to see the truth.
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Thus rendering your statement, "So which path have you taken? When the time comes, the fools shall be beheaded" rather meaningless, eh?

It should read, "So which path have you taken? When the time comes, because all paths (religions) lead to (the same) god, there will be no fools to be beheaded."
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I agree, that would render that little node useless, yet shows the stupidity of the topic starter.
Miroku Bosatsu
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You misunderstand, Did you even bother to read the text? The two paths, The divine path and the demonic path. The good way and the bad way.

The final war will be fought between materialists and spiritualists. icon_wink.gif
skepticguy
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 02:56 PM)
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You misunderstand, Did you even bother to read the text? The two paths, The divine path and the demonic path. The good way and the bad way.

The final war will be fought between materialists and spiritualists. icon_wink.gif
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OIC. That good ol' dualism again eh? Ever stop to think that marterialists and spiritualists will eventually arrive at the same conclusions?
pun187
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 09:45 PM)
laugh.gif There is only one god, All religions are the same. icon_wink.gif

Each prophet, each guru, got his own glimpse of God and Spirituality. To see through all the glimpses and views, Is to see the truth.
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biggthumpup.gif i totally agree with you ,all World religions were monotheistic religions,all prophets teached the same,but the idiotic species called human changed the teachings for his own favour
Miroku Bosatsu
QUOTE(skepticguy @ Dec 14 2005, 03:02 PM)
OIC. That good ol' dualism again eh? Ever stop to think that marterialists and spiritualists will eventually arrive at the same conclusions?
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That would be nice, but No. By the time the materialists would come to their senses, evil would already have destroyed planet Earth.
Mazzu X
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 03:05 PM)
QUOTE(skepticguy @ Dec 14 2005, 03:02 PM)
OIC. That good ol' dualism again eh? Ever stop to think that marterialists and spiritualists will eventually arrive at the same conclusions?
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That would be nice, but No. By the time the materialists would come to their senses, evil would already have destroyed planet Earth.
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Right, like the Nazi logo you have on your avatar.
pun187
QUOTE(Mazzu X @ Dec 14 2005, 10:06 PM)
Right, like the Nazi logo you have on your avatar.
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embarassedlaugh.gif you got no idea for what this symbol stands for embarassedlaugh.gif
Miroku Bosatsu
QUOTE(Mazzu X @ Dec 14 2005, 03:06 PM)
Right, like the Nazi logo you have on your avatar.
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Nazi? The swastika is a thousands of years old sacred symbol found in many ancient cultures.

The national socialist swastika is counter-clockwise and curved on a 90 degree angle anyway.
Mazzu X
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 03:08 PM)
QUOTE(Mazzu X @ Dec 14 2005, 03:06 PM)
Right, like the Nazi logo you have on your avatar.
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Nazi? The swastika is a thousands of years old sacred symbol found in many ancient cultures.

The national socialist swastika is right-handed and curved on a 90 degree angle anyway.

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Interesting, please tell me more...
Miroku Bosatsu
QUOTE(Mazzu X @ Dec 14 2005, 03:10 PM)
Interesting, please tell me more...
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I would be happy to teach you the esoteric and occult meanings of the swastika, But I don't want to go off topic. I will send you more info through PM.
skepticguy
QUOTE(Miroku Bosatsu @ Dec 14 2005, 03:05 PM)
QUOTE(skepticguy @ Dec 14 2005, 03:02 PM)
OIC. That good ol' dualism again eh? Ever stop to think that marterialists and spiritualists will eventually arrive at the same conclusions?
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That would be nice, but No. By the time the materialists would come to their senses, evil would already have destroyed planet Earth.
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I see. Classic dualism.

You're right. All religions are the same. icon_rolleyes.gif
RedStarOverChina
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That would be nice, but No. By the time the materialists would come to their senses, evil would already have destroyed planet Earth.

I'm a materialist. Guess what? I dont give a rat's @$$ about your babbles.

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV

And you think you're so clever and classless and free

But you're still fu-king peasants as far as I can see
sweetntwisted
@Maruko
Dude, your avatar says it all.
pun187
^^ The swastika is one of the Oldest Known Symbols

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BC

The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" = good, "asti" = to be , and "ka" = as a suffix.

During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:

China - wan
England - fylfot
Germany - Hakenkreuz
Greece - tetraskelion and gammadion
India - swastika
Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.
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