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Structurally, such an idea reminds me of the idea in Buddhism of the Boddhisatva who transcends the ego but stays in the world, rather than departing to nirvana, in order to aid humanity.
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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In fact, absent these presuppositions, one might have a real struggle convincing oneself that there exists even a scintilla of similarity between “the idea in Buddhism of the Boddhisatva who transcends the ego but stays in the world, rather than departing to nirvana, in order to aid humanity” and the so-called “Christ/Messiah narrative”.
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Electing someone does not turn that into the Messiah, Jesus Christ, or a Boddhisatva, but merely gives a regular, and probably more sociopathic than average, human personality, more power than the rest of us.
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Do the people suddenly become economic and moral geniuses who then elect a Boddhisatva/Christ as their overseer, then revert to their former degraded selves after that?
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Structurally, such an idea reminds me of the idea in Buddhism of the Boddhisatva who transcends the ego but stays in the world, rather than departing to nirvana, in order to aid humanity.
Bush Team Seeks Dictatorial Financial Powers « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Young Mr. Chatwal smoked a Cuban cigar and watched it all with the placid knowing eyes of a Boddhisatva bad boy.
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The first I listened to, “Boddhisatva Blues”, had this Pink Floyd keyboard intro followed by this Matthew Shipp style jazz piano riff and just got harder to describe from there.
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Not as a Boddhisatva, no, no, nor a guru, only as a friend who had something wonderful to share.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Always eager to differentiate herself from her minister mother, this teenage child/demon/Boddhisatva has been telling me for a while that she is "Churchophobic," hates religion, and is an atheist.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rev. Meg Riley 2010
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Always eager to differentiate herself from her minister mother, this teenage child/demon/Boddhisatva has been telling me for a while that she is "Churchophobic," hates religion, and is an atheist.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rev. Meg Riley 2010
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