Blood over Religion

Dear Miss , hope u are fine and happy. For me, feel sweeter my life in Korea because of your mail even though I was being blocked by the cruel winter. First and foremost, may I ask you not to highly think of me. I'm simply just an average Bhikkhu. Another one is your Eng. Especially for me, it is too smart to follow . However my poor Eng. still be a problem for me, I honestly confess you that I eagerly like to understand your real problem beneath your questions. It will no longer be covered in depth of understanding. By the way, do you think it is easy for someone to be a teacher of an elite one as yourself? Dear Miss, here is my own opinion upon your question. It will be met with your search or not. If so or not won't make me happy or sorry. I answered it not because to solve your problem (or to search neither supporter nor objection,) but because to let you know sincerely what I believe. All people are stupid unless they have attained the state of enlightenment. It is life we always stick with one or another kind of problem. Who can totally or perfectly manage our problem without attaining the state of enlightenment? So we are still be stuck.We have to, because we are not enlightened yet. What really our Lord Buddha taught is beyond the all religions.Say it as universal truth. It is totally different from what we mention as religion. So it will never come along with others in the line as one kind of religion but sometime may meet as it own of universal truth. At that rarely time what we take it as something is one and the truth is another one of its own. The truth can't be registered as ones own. We can make it as our brand with our own pleasure or thoughts but it never won't be ours. When we are really religious, there is no more problem. When we strangely be religious, everything becomes unsolved mystery. The teaching of Buddha is not to grasp anything but to learn and practice then to drop everything. If we firmly grasp something even the truth will appear as a problem among us. What we do is directly reflect upon what we intellectually know and emotionally feel.Only the great men and women of enlightened are coincide with intellectual and emotional.We are never, never unless .., =======================================================

1.Blood over Religion: People say, blood is thicker than water. When the religion comes along in the line, which one should be the first priority? --Would it be a blood over religion or the opposite? What are your personal thoughts on this, Sir?

It's individuality whether blood over religion or religion over blood or nothing. In fact, the truth is over all, regardless of race or religion. (notice your definition of religion may not probably be the same with mine)

--In other words, "is religion or should religion be part of Life? Or Life is part of religion?"

The truth is not because of we are but because of its reality. If u mean the word religion as the teaching of Buddha, that religion is not only our whole life but also beyond the life or for total freedom of life or to free from life.

--Should one go for or devote one's life for a religious reason or should one follow one's duty in blood line such as patriotism for one's country, devotion for one's own people, etc..??I guess, these are really, rather personal questions.....Would you please share your thoughts on these matters?

Everybody should go for or devote his life for his own, not for any reason nor any person.

Just to give you an idea: What if one is in a peculiar position to follow one's family religion instead of going after one's desired religion?

Lack of understanding to follow and to go, both are not so much different. Just the same as ignorance. If one surely understand the truth no more need the choice is.

(I still couldn't figure this out for myself yet......this is one of the questions I have which bothers or boggles up my mind "still" to this day. ^^;; haha...chuckles) Please, please~~ do not give me of those answers with "they're all one.....complete oneness.....or nothingness.... in harmony......etc., etc.." I am sorry and I apologize for being rude, here, Sir however, I'm really tired of hearing "unrealistic reasons and illogical patterns of thoughts for answers to my questions.I'm not trying to ask of a hard question but, I just want to know how I should manage myself to "think properly in the right manner I should think"to have the right "viewpoint or a perspective" in life. I don't know much about Buddhism for myself since I haven't been a devoted person (I'm so earrassed) for any religion yet although I'm not an atheist. ^^;; Because of our inefficiency, realistic and logical things might be risen up in the appearance of unrealistic and illogical things. Basic is needed. To have the right perspective, we must have enough knowledge or information first.2. Important question: To be really honest with you, Sir, .........I'm having a hard time in understanding Buddhism in this sense. It's just~ too~ too~ hard for me. I feel as if I'm solving one of those few, unsolvable mathematical equations out there or something. *rolling my eyes~ @-@ * ㅡ_ㅡ;; ^_^;; hahah... Ok....here's the case.....(below) If somebody was killed by someone in one's past life and, then he or she was born again (as a human). Given Condition: A -- is a person who killed B (murderer) B --- is a person who was killed by A (being murdered) What would be the case for cause and effect for this case based on the given condition in the above? If I may suggest two options in the below: (or answer could be "none of the below") When A and B are re-born in the same life and meet again. Possibility 1> A is killed by B for a revenge. So,now,B is a murderer and A is being murdered by B in this life time.B got even. Or A is killed by unknown factor, which can be a totally different person from B.......so, anyways, A gets killed in this life time for what he had done in his past life. Perhaps so or not. Possibility 2> B is killed by A "again~!" The same repetitive pattern happened in this life time. The funny thing here is that somehow(??) in next life time, B is being murdered by A repetitively one life after another. If they strongly grasp their hatred and wish to revenge then use their full energy on that matter, nobody prevent it. It's as if it's following a law of inertia or something.....It's keep going and going and going......like that of Energizer Battery commercial or something....haha ^^;; May be similar but not the same. So, basically, B gets murdered by A or another factor (ex> another person) until B is able to "Stop" the repeating pattern happening in B's life. A life lesson to learn or "master"....? If this is to be the case and this is to be the sole reason for B to be murdered life after life (mainly because of his recklessness or carelessness in dealing with everyday life matters),then it says something to everybody, I think. ---It's like a mathematical equation....? Until the given factor or given condition created by one is 100% completely eliminated, it can go on and on for the reason is being provided constantly by oneself which resides within oneself. (a bit scary for me). I am not over exaggerating here, I think. What do you think?

There is no creator nor salvation apart from ourselves, or in this case A and B. Who can say one of them never give up or forgive another one with love and wisdom. Nobody can prevent their development or descent. They are their own masters. The choice is in their hand, to stop, change or to carry on. Both possibilities are possible. Be aware of that possibility is not certainty. Nothing is certain. Who exactly knows each and every specific cause for any effect except Sabbinuta Buddha. Even in a one day time length, we do a lot of good and bad deeds. We can't guess only for that one day works of kamma. Generally there are four kinds of kamma. 1. can give its result in this very life 2.in the second life 3. in the other life 4. can't give the result in any life; losing its power. May u be feel happy and peaceful .

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