Yeah, there are some sects of Buddhism that are pretty fundamentalist though. Which is somewhat alarming in that it pretty much goes entirely against the teachings of the Buddha. Other than the eightfold path there is nothing really set in stone about Buddhism. To say that something must be done a certain way goes completely against the whole concept of a way or path that the individual must find for themselves and follow. I remember a conversation with a coworker from back when I was married, I asked on of my coworkers to draw the chinese translations of a few words (I don't remember them all, but I know one was harmony, and another was peace) for the reception antifiance and I were then planning. He mentioned something about them being christian principles. I replied that they are also buddhist principles, and he made a comment about there being a difference. That is one of the major problems I see about religion, the extent to which people focus on differences rather than similarity. Humanity is far more similar than dissimilar. While I have no idea about why accupunture or accupressure works, I have had accupressure done and it works wonders for pain. But the dinosaurs and mankind walking together always makes me laugh.
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Date: 2006-03-22 07:25 pm (UTC)I remember a conversation with a coworker from back when I was married, I asked on of my coworkers to draw the chinese translations of a few words (I don't remember them all, but I know one was harmony, and another was peace) for the reception antifiance and I were then planning. He mentioned something about them being christian principles. I replied that they are also buddhist principles, and he made a comment about there being a difference. That is one of the major problems I see about religion, the extent to which people focus on differences rather than similarity. Humanity is far more similar than dissimilar.
While I have no idea about why accupunture or accupressure works, I have had accupressure done and it works wonders for pain. But the dinosaurs and mankind walking together always makes me laugh.