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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Thanks for that post. My one question from that is, if I am happy with my life as it is, than I am "good to go".
BOb |
Absolutely. Of course, that assumes that you are not causing suffering to others in order to achieve happiness in your own life.
In fact, my personal belief is that this is where the "Golden Rule" suffers most. I don't buy the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" rule. I prefer the Buddhist version of it which is simply "do not cause suffering."
But, yes, if you are happy in your life, and not causing others to suffer ... you are good to go.
Sadly, because this thread has really gone sideways from Sony's supposed "religious intolerance" and apparently someone is holding a gun to poor pagansoul's head and forcing the poor thing to follow a discussion about Buddhist philosophy, perhaps I should leave this thread to those who understand next to nothing about it, for a while at least, and go scrub some floors, write up some legal docs for clients, and walk the dogs.
I will try to get some (more recent) book titles together for you if you still have any interest. The really old stuff is full of things that most practicing Buddhists have left behind as not being at all necessary to the core teachings, and is interesting only from a historical perspective.