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Old 03-27-13, 10:33 AM   #1
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No problem if other names get their share, too, including Muhammad or Buddha.

Article says the exercise means to illustrate the power of names/words, which the very existence of this thread perfectly illustrates to be true. Whether it is positive that names/words are given so much authority, is something different.

Many years ago I used to know many lifestyle Buddhists. They seriously tried to tell me that I would damage my karma and that it was a "sin" if I would place certain Buddhist books on the floor or on bookshelves located at lower height than my heart when standing. Some of them really became incited when I refused to comply.



Certain things amongst religious people never change, no matter their religion being theistic or nontheistic or polytheistic.

Needless to say, those acquaintanceships did not last forever.

Words... A bamboo flute without holes is no flute, but a hole without a flute is something very different.
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