Originally posted by King Kandy
Wait, ten? Deva, Asura, human, animal, preta, naraka, what are the other four?
Close, but here is the list I know:
1. Hell
- Misery and suffering. Fear, grief and destructive rages or depression. A feeling of being imprisoned by one's circumstances.+ Having experienced hell helps us maintain a desire to better our circumstances. Empathy, understanding the sufferings of others.
2. Hunger
- Being dominated by desires or cravings, both physical and mental.+ The driving force to improve a situation. People can hunger, even yearn to see others happy and fight for peace in the world.
3. Animality
- Instinctive behaviour, lacking in reason. Fear of those who seem stronger and bullying of those who seem weaker. The 'law of the jungle'.+ Protective instincts, for example, that we need more sleep. Preservation of self or others.
4. Anger
- Feeling superior to others and wanting to show it. Aggressiveness. Feeling in conflict with others. The world of self-centredness and ego.+ Anger at injustice. The passion to fight authoritarian behaviour.
5. Humanity, or Tranquility
- Constant inactivity, laziness, passivity.+ Being at peace, calm and reasonable. An opportunity to restore one's energies.
6. Rapture, or Heaven
- Short term gratification when one's desires have been achieved . Can quickly revert to hell, or hunger.+ Temporary joy when desires are fulfilled. Exhilaration at being alive.
7. Learning
+ Learning about life and oneself from others and from existing knowledge.- Can lead to self-centredness and separation from others. In the Lotus Sutra people of Learning and Realization were taught they could only enter the realm of Buddhahood through faith.
8. Realisation
+ The wisdom or insight where we gain an understanding of an aspect of life from our own observations and experiences.- Can lead to self-centredness and a tendency to use one's intellect, rather than one's wisdom, to solve problems.
9. Bodhisattva
The word consists of bodhi (enlightenment) and sattva (beings) and means someone who seeks enlightenment, for themselves and others.+ Devotion to the happiness of others as shown by eg nurses or a parent's love for a child.
- May turn to arrogance if you feel superior to those you are helping. Pouring life-force out towards the lives of others, without paying attention to one's own needs means that one's life will move towards the lower life states.
10. Buddha
An ordinary person awakened to the true nature of life, and experiencing absolute happiness and freedom within the realities of daily life. Indestructible joy, unlimited wisdom, courage, compassion, creativity and life force.
Originally posted by King Kandy
Ok now what do you mean by us experiencing all of these at all times?
That is a very big question. I understand the oneness of 3000 realms only at its basic level. I don't think I could explain it to you.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8397760/Oneness-of-Life-and-Its-Environment
Sense you didn't quote me, I wasn't sure if you were asking me the question.
In Buddhism, heaven and hell are two worlds out of ten. These ten worlds are the ten states of conciseness that we inhabit at all times.
Edit:
The oneness of 3000 realms is not an easy concept.
Do we have an experience outside of life? I don't think so. We are born, live and die. We are just an animal on a small planet, in an unimportant part of the universe. However, we are connected to all other lives, and this is reflected in the idea of reincarnation. The truth is, we really don't know. This life is too important to waist, preparing for an after life that may or may not exist.
Originally posted by Red Nemesis
...This confuses me. Am I inhabiting heaven and hell now? 'Cause, I mean, High School is a kind of hell, but only sometimes. I don't have the experience of a hell (or heaven) at all times...
Each world has the other 9 world in it. So, if you are in hell, you can also be in the world of anger. Sometimes it's the other way around; you can be in the world of anger, and be suffering in the world of hell about it.
Romans 10:9-10
9 that IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:13
13 FOR "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD [JESUS] SHALL BE
SAVED."
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
[b]Romans 10:9-10
9 that IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.Romans 10:13
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13 FOR "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD [JESUS] SHALL BE
SAVED."
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
[b]Romans 10:9-10
9 that IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.Romans 10:13
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13 FOR "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD [JESUS] SHALL BE
SAVED."
If that is true, then no change to a person's heart is required. All they have to do is believe and confess that belief.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
If that is true, then no change to a person's heart is required. All they have to do is believe and confess that belief.
A person's heart will become changed if he/she sincerely makes that declaration. He/she will become born again, a new creation in Christ Jesus.
Go ahead people ask Jesus the Christ to save you from your sins and give you eternal life.
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
A person's heart will become changed if he/she sincerely makes that declaration. He/she will become born again, a new creation in Christ Jesus.Go ahead people ask Jesus the Christ to save you from your sins and give you eternal life.
All the time that I was a Christian, I was told that same thing, but it does not stop people from doing evil. If this does not stop people from doing evil, then it is at best superficial, or just in your head at the least.
Originally posted by King Kandy
Come on JIA, I want to hear you say "I lied about Benjamin Franklin being christian". Just say it. You're a mature person who should be able to accept this. Ask Jesus to forgive you for lying. He will. You don't have to avoid confessing your guilt. Hell you're supposed to confess your sins.
Originally posted by King Kandy
Come on JIA, I want to hear you say "I lied about Benjamin Franklin being christian". Just say it. You're a mature person who should be able to accept this. Ask Jesus to forgive you for lying. He will. You don't have to avoid confessing your guilt. Hell you're supposed to confess your sins.