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Your Favourite Documentary
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 15, 2013, 12:47 pm
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Please post your favourite documentaries here. I will start with
one of my very favourites with a small introduction taken from
the documentary itself.
"Twenty five hundred years ago, nestled in a fertile valley
along the border in between Nepal and India, a child was born
who was to become The Budha. The story says before the birth of
Budha, his mother the Queen of a small Indian kingdom, had a
dream. A beautiful white elephant offered the Queen a lotus
flower and then entered inside of her body. When Sages were
asked to interpret the dream, they predicted, the Queen would
give birth to a son destined to become either a great ruler or a
holly man. One day they said, he would either conquer the World
or become an enlightened being - The Budha."
Part 1:
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enAFLrtFelk
Part 2:
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFlnBs68sOo
"There is no knowledge won without the sacrifice. In order to
gain anything, one must first lose everything."
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Re: Your Favourite Documentary
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 18, 2013, 6:51 pm
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I AM (2010)
HTML http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/i_am_2010/
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Re: Your Favourite Documentary
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 18, 2013, 7:00 pm
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HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIsB5TRfUY
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Re: Your Favourite Documentary
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 21, 2013, 9:49 am
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HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXpiqyrPnhg
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Re: Your Favourite Documentary
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 21, 2013, 9:51 am
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This seems slightly controversial but it has some of Jesus'
messages interpreted by the author of this video in a wonderful
and meaningful way, so I personally liked that bit a great deal.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRLKDLJnX0
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Re: Your Favourite Documentary
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 21, 2013, 10:07 am
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Did you know that Muhammad was given the title Al Amin (The
Trustworthy) at a very young age even before his commission by
God? They gave him this title because they considered him to be
the best man among them, one who was never known to have told a
lie.
And Buddha's mother, the Queen, did give birth to Buddha after
10 months of that dream and died only a week after giving birth
to Sidartha, Buddha's original name given at birth.
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Emma's Philosophy Corner
DIR By: Clay Death
Date: January 6, 2014, 7:50 pm
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welcome to Emma's Philosophy Corner.
post away and have fun.
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Re: Emma's Philosophy Corner
DIR By: Emma
Date: January 19, 2014, 6:33 pm
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I would like to contribute something to this thread while I wait
for Andy's match (but I will watch other matches too in the
meantime).
Five main causes of human suffering - based on Vedanta and
Budhism teaching. I am simply copying and pasting here:
"There are five reasons why human beings suffer, according to
Vedanta. These are the five kleshas on which Buddhism drew for
the Four Noble Truths.
First, they do not know who they are.
Second, they grasp, hold on, cling to that which is impermanent,
transient, intangible, ephemeral, dreamlike, which has no real
existence.
Third, they are afraid of, run from that which is transient,
intangible, insubstantial, dreamlike, ephemeral, which has no
real existence.
Fourth, they identify with the false self, a moment-by-moment
fabrication, which is a figment of the imagination, they
sacrifice their souls, their spirits for a false identity.
Fifth, they are afraid of death, of the unknown. And then
Vedanta says, all those five reasons are contained in the first.
So find out who you are, and the other four dissipate, disappear
as if it was a dream.
So find out who you are, and the truth will set you free:
Satyamev Jayate.
Vedanta says, beyond the secret passages, beyond the dark alleys
of the mind, there's a domain of awareness, atman, and that
atman is one with Brahman. Today, science calls it (Brahman) the
virtual domain, from where the quantum and the physical arise.
This virtual domain is immortal and eternal, is a field of
infinite correlations, has infinite organizing power, infinite
dynamism, and is the source of energy, space, time, matter and
information. It is simultaneously infinity-time. It is here that
we will find the meaning of choice, freedom, insight, intention,
imagination, intuition, creativity, knowingness, understanding,
and spirit.
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Re: Emma's Philosophy Corner
DIR By: Emma
Date: January 19, 2014, 6:38 pm
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What is Brahman:
Brahman is the Absolute Reality or universal substrate (not to
be confused with the Creator god Brahmā) is said to be
eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and ultimately
indescribable in human language. The sage-seers of the
Upanishads had fully realized Brahman as the reality behind
their own being and of everything else in this universe. They
were thus Brahmins in the true sense of the word. These rishis
described Brahman as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and
infinite Bliss (satcitananda). Brahman is regarded as the source
and essence of the material universe. The initial unmanifest
state of singularity of the universe is described as a beyond
being and non-being in the Nasadiya Sukta. The Rig Veda says
that by the desire of the Supreme Being (RV 10.129.4), the
initial manifestation of the material universe came into being
from Hiranyagarbha (literally "golden womb"), out of which all
worlds, organisms and divine beings (devas) arise:
"Great indeed are the devas who have sprung out of Brahman." —
Atharva Veda
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Re: Emma's Philosophy Corner
DIR By: Emma
Date: January 19, 2014, 6:45 pm
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Ignorance
Non-science, untrue, bogus, illusion, delusion, lack of
awareness of reality or the real, unenlightened, backward. It is
also the ground in which the four other Kleshas fertilize. Thus
Ignorance is when we think the unreal is actually real; that
matter is the ultimate or only important real substance;
mistaking religion, dogmas, or superstitions for spirituality;
when we think in terms of "I," "I am the body," "This is me."
Ignorance is absence of knowledge of the spirit of man.
Ego
The "I" or "Me-maker," the opinion we have of ourselves, but one
which is seldom shared by others. An imagined personality.
Mistaken identification of nature, mind, and spirit as the body.
To identify oneself with worldly life, the body, and the senses.
Arrogant conceit is often a cover to hide one's inferiority;
Real men and women have no need to advertise themselves. Ego is
a mask we wear to try to hide and veil what we are.
Repulsion
Aversion or repulsion to people, things, or ideas. Its
counterpoise is obviously a state of Equipoise Neutrality. The
true nature of the Spirit (Atman) is non-discriminating. Aghora
(the Lord Shiva) means nothing horrible in itself.
Attachment
Possessiveness, ownership, liking, attraction. Attachment to
people, things, and ideas. To join, connect, or associate
ourselves with something. "This is ours," "This is mine."
Attachment in its negative sense to things we cannot own or
keep. Often the cause of quarrels, violent conflicts, and even
war. Expressed also as race, nationality, my country, my money.
Attachment can only have free play on lower mind levels.
Repulsion and attraction are two sides of a single coin. Their
obstacle value can be impediments and overcome by: Contentment,
Neutrality, Tranquility, and Knowledge.
Clinging to life
Fear of Death. Desire for body continuity. Though most of human
life is pain, misery, sickness and woe, delusion gives most
people an abnormal desire to live. The other four Kleshas help
to strengthen the delusion. Every living body has a limited
lifespan to live on earth, and humans are no exception to what
are but natural laws.
from: Five Kleshas - International Nath Order
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