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So, I am in the process of losing a lot of weight, almost 40 lbs down at this point. The very specific diet I am on has me eating almost exclusively meat, cheese and eggs. I know my energy is out of whack, because I stay pretty stressed out and angry a lot. Any help anyone can offer on getting some balance?

If I have my information correct, it is more a matter of my yin and yang being outbalanced that I need to work on. Being that the ketogenic diet creates more body heat, I would (in my novice eyes) think that there is too much yang going on.

Since there seems to be some tea officianados here, does anyone know much about Gunpowder green? I am able to get this 1k box here for $5 locally, and I don't mind it much. Just wondering if the health benefits are there at all. http://www.asiachi.com/teofhespgugr.html

Huh? I must admit to being very confused by this post.

Nothing against Sigweard, but I don't think that anyone who advertise their own materials and websites here should be considered for staff; a conflict of interest.

Wow, has this site turned into a pile of shit. No wonder most of the people from years ago that posted the good stuff have left and moved on to other forums. You do realize, that if you have belief in something, and it's real faith, you will ALWAYS think your path is the best. Otherwise why are you following it in the first place? This site has degenerated into some buddhists, hiding taoists, and and a giant lynch mob.

Does anybody know of any in taoism, in the same vein as the ones in Tibetan buddhism?

So, out of the many things you listed there, post some of them that actually came from taoism, and not the beliefs that were a precursor to taoism. I think you will be hard pressed to answer, if you actually do some research.

No, but you certainly talk some truly ignorant bullshit. This comment right here, is enough for me to call you out, and say that you are a liar when you say you have talked to monks the world over. If you spoke even just to 1 monk in each of the places you referred to, you would have a basic understanding of why the precepts are what they are. Saying that they are childish, just shows that you are too weak to be able to follow some, maybe any, of them. You do realize that with your posts in this thread, you are now one of those inconsiderate ones you like to use ignore on? Pot meet kettle, etc. Try disagreeing, without being disagreeable.

Really? Do you just not bother to do any research on your own? The Pali Canon is widely considered one of the best kept sets of religious texts ever.When do you hear about "newly discovered" texts that contradict the major teachings that are done? We're not talking about the bible here. The assertion that the scriptures are absolute, should be taken in the context of the discussion. This whole thing started by talking about what 1 of the suttas said. So, of course, the sutras would be considered accurate in the course of this discussion. If you can't be assed to read everything and know wth you are talking about, maybe you should just keep your ignorance to yourself. Take your hate of religion elsewhere.

I'm curious, how do you think that the drug is going to be helpful? All it will do is befuddle the mind even more, so I'm not really grasping how you can in any way find it a positive tool.

Considering Buddhists don't worship Buddha, this falls a bit flat. But keep on coming with this stuff. It's great comedy.

Well, I guess its a good thing that Buddhism doesn't worship any gods huh? And if you think Rinzai never meditated, I feel really bad for your research skills. Please, if you don't actually know about something, don't try to sound like an authority on it.

I lol'd. Anyway, I think adding in subforums for different languages is really going to start more cliquishness.

I don't know about number 2, but the rest is rather common for many Buddhist practitioners; it is called mindfulness. You put total attention on exactly what you are doing at that moment, and make all of your actions intentional.

Wow man, just what is your issue? Such unbridled hatred; do you think that it in any way helps? If this is the way you respond to someone posting to someone else, then you have already been passed in wisdom by most on this board. In case you missed it, read the description of this forum on the front page. You will find that the most common combined elements on this board will be Buddhism and Taoism, because they have gone somewhat hand in hand in China for hundreds of years. But if you get this worked up by someone speaking on a Buddhist topic, you may want to find a new place to go, because its going to be a constant here.

Well, since you claim to follow the Buddha's teachings, here is some reading for you to get yourself in line with them if you wish. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/kamma.html#causes

Just wanted to point out, that your thoughts on karma are rather confused. Your "behaving" for the direct benefit to your life, is karma. Karma is not just something for when people do "wrong", it is a simple matter of action -> result. It's not somthing that can be feared, unless one fears any and all actions one may ever take.

Maybe now people will shut up and the pedophile can start to fade into history.

Wow. Just, wow. Well, we can at least thank you for showing us that you are delusional. Everything you have ever and will ever learn was imparted on you by others. Whether by them teaching you, or by the experiences they were involved in where you learned it. It has nothing to do with how you learn something, rather, it is what you do with that knowledge.

I would have to actually say that I agree with that statement. A good christian will thoroughly believe that you, I, and the next guy on this board are going to hell. They will also follow that delusion with the "thought" that anyone who disagrees with what they believe is being fooled by satan, and can truly do no good. And we can't forget that they think everyone thats not a christian needs to be "saved", converted to their belief.