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Re: Me and 'the other'

Author:David Brown
Posted:9/12/2000; 9:33:10 AM
Topic:fork
Msg #:21240 (In response to 21234)
Prev/Next:21239 / 21241

Talking about buddhism, is there anyone in the DG familiar with Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo?

When I went to college, it wasn't the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Mormons going door to door, it was the NSA Buddhists.

I appreciate Buddhism, but the "chanting for personal gain" stuff that they talked about ("I wanted a sports car, so I chanted, and I got it!") really turned me off.

Mind you, I had an older sister go off the deep end into radical evangelistic Christianity, so perhaps I'm just conditioned to react negatively to people trying to convince me to believe a certain way.

dave




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