some other thing, in wiki they talk about a triple rainbow on his funeral, I’ve just seen a footage in a documentary and I’ve only seen a faint ½ rainbow.
I’m sure if it had been a triple, they’d had filmed it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duOh1rfdG5I&feature=related

I wan’t to believe, but with this lack of objectivity I remain skeptic on this issue.

sorry about my english.

btw I’m not anti budhism. I’m just not a fan of organized religion

Because it’s far easier to keep a lie going when only one or two people know about it. That’s not a negative response, by the way, just a realistic one. I think most miracles can’t be substantiated by a large group of people, because most (all?) miracles haven’t really happened to begin with.

And indeed - a wonder cure for all of our problems would be great, but I don’t think even Mork could hook us up with such a thing.

So far it is just keeping alive and healthy and living long good years, and then dying without causing but the least inconvenience to others.

Yes, I try also to extend some help to other people, by giving my own ideas of a good life if they ask me.

I wish other guys would join us here, of the same mentality and writing habit as ours — so far, and I hope we continue to be civil and cordial.

mdejess

What do you find useful in Buddhism which you do not find or not as useful in Christianity?

No, I am not taking up the defense of Christianity, but just curious why Buddhism has found favor with supposedly intellectuals of the West, some minority of them but visible.

While I am sure there must be also a visible number although a minority of Buddhists also going over to Christianity.

And I would like to ask them similarly what they find in Christianity that is better for them than their own born into Buddhism.

Mdejess

Regarding as to whether Buddhism is useful to an individual, I would say “yes”, but I’m a Buddhist, so I have a bit of bias. You can follow the Buddhist teachings without having to believe in such stories as I wrote about in the post above.

Also, regarding moderation: be assured, it was automated, and not my doing. I’m not sure why WordPress.com decided your comments needed to be moderated. You didn’t use any links, you didn’t use any words that spammers use a lot (no viagra, gambling, etc.). In short, I have no idea why that happened. As you can see, I didn’t change anything in ‘em.

Hope to hear back from you!

Well, that is interesting.

I always write without using uncivil language.

But even without writing in uncivil language I have met with censorship and exclusion from forums because I exercise a critical judgment.

So, I am interested to find out how the moderation of my comment will turn out.

mdejess

But its purpose is to confirm to believers that a Buddhist monk and leader died supposedly a strange kind of death or displayed a strange kind of death appearance, and therefore Buddhism must be worth whatever the advocates of Buddhism want to understand worth.

If you read accounts of the death of celebrities of other religions, you will come across such descriptive narratives intended certainly to impress upon readers that the system represented by the demised celebrities is worthy of acceptance and observance by people.

That is the only purpose served by the account of the strange conditions surrounding the cadaver of R. R. Dorje.

HOwever, Buddhist converts from the West of science and rational philosophy and scientific skepticism must ask themselves what is the usefulness to themselves of embracing Buddhism.

Shall we have a discussion on the usefulness of Buddhism to an individual and to a group and to society?

mdejess