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As a Buddhist, I have learned that the 3 great poisons are greed, anger (hate), and ignorance. It is these 3 characteristics that keep us locked in creating suffering for ourselves and others. Republicans seem to me to be highly motivated by the accumulation of wealth. They worship money and will do anything to get it at any cost. People don't matter, but god damn it, money is god. In their world, those with the most money, get the most respect, the most privilege, the most power, the best and first of everything. That's why I've come to the conclusion that the Republican party is a vast criminal enterprise, designed to steal tax payer money by hook or by crook.
Why do you think they want to privatize every gov service and program that isn't nailed down?
The Gods--or Rapture. Or Heaven.
Higher worlds: learning, realization, bodhisatthva, Buddhahood.
Different schools word it slightly differently, but the idea is the same. These are conditions of Life. Human beings bounce back and forth among these worlds; they are all contained within. Even Buddhahood contains the other 9, and vice-versa.
Because all worlds are contained within a single moment, the human being can practice to more consistently access the higher worlds contained the lower states.
The Buddha's greatness lies in his behavior as a human being.
"At all times, I think to myself, how can I enable all beings to quickly attain the body of the Buddha."--Lotus Sutra, last verse, chapter 16.
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You NEVER see a Republican take a stance contrary to what their Right-Wing Overlords demand of them until their stances affect them personally. For example, you never see a Republican talk about gun control UNTIL one of their kids gets shot (like some of the parents of the MANY school shootings who are now going around talking about, "I was a Republican who supported the 2nd Amendment.....until my kid got shot at school."
Also, there are a few Republicans who are willing to stand up for LGBT rights, but guess who they are. They're the ones who have LGBT people in their immediate families.
I noticed this trend YEARS ago, and I often would ask rhetorically, "Why can these assholes not see the folly of their policies until it affects THEM?" Is that what it's going to take? Do we have to sit around and wait for ALL these assholes to have the bad results of their own policies come back to bite them in the ass? Because that's just going to take way too long. How about trying to imagine what it's like to be someone who isn't YOU for once? Nah, that would require THOUGHT, and we all know Republicans aren't capable of that.
