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Buddhism

Maraya1969

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6. I like how Buddhist teachers will easily quote Jesus or use Christian

Reply to truebrit71 (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 01:42 AM

Dec 2015

terms. Buddhism believes that we all come from the same source and we area all over so the "Kingdom of God" could be referred to as "Enlightenment" "Awakening" and still be Buddhism. It actually helps me make peace for the abusive things that happened in the Christian church for me.

Maybe you could think of the "kingdom of God" as the "Buddha nature" in all of us.

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What does the group think of Thich Naht Hanh? [View all] truebrit71 Jul 2015 OP

Hahn is a very good teacher. TM99 Jul 2015 #1

What about his frequent references to 'god' and 'christ'? truebrit71 Jul 2015 #2

He has written two books TM99 Jul 2015 #3

put-off by god references? I recommend Sam Harris, ellenrr Dec 2015 #5

I like how Buddhist teachers will easily quote Jesus or use Christian Maraya1969 Dec 2015 #6

I love this man. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2015 #4

His teachings seem simple leftyladyfrommo Jan 2016 #7