tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35249348.post883597040368875050..comments2007-12-13T00:00:14.656-08:00Stanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777048826483575019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35249348.post-2975381937982423872007-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:002007-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:002007-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:00I found this statement abot Mother Teresa and the Dhamma: "Sometimes her confessors' advice and encouragement kept the darkness at bay for a while but it always came back. Imagine if the Buddha had been her confessor. When she told him that she had doubts in the existence of God he would have smiled at her and said; 'It is good to be uncertain, it is good to doubt. Uncertainty arises towards something that is doubtful' Given her conditioning this statement would have shocked her. She might have asked: 'But Lord, if there is no God there must be no immortal soul and therefore no salvation!' The Buddha would have replied; 'When someone thinks "Alas, I had it and now I have it no longer" they grieve, lament, beat their breast and feel sorrow. This is how there comes to be agitation about something that does not exist'. Then he would have explained to her the truth of anatta.<BR/><BR/>He might have then told her about kamma so she could see that ethics can still be meaningful without having to believe in a divine being who keeps everyone in line with rewards and punishment. He would have taught her the Noble Eightfold Path so she could understand that life can have direction and purpose despite there being no Jesus. He would have also reassured her that doubt was not necessarily a sign of rebelliousness and sinfulness but sometimes of intelligence. <BR/>http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,5554,0,0,1,0When in doubtnoreply@blogger.com