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Beringia

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12. I read a little about Trungpa on wiki

Reply to vlyons (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 30, 2017, 01:22 AM

Sep 2017

It seems he was an alcoholic. That is too bad. I wonder how he could reconcile being alcoholic and a high master of Buddhism. Although the medicine person I was learning from in Washington, I think also had a drinking problem. I saw it as a weakness that he had trouble with.

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About God and evolution [View all] Beringia Sep 2017 OP

Evolution explains diversity randr Sep 2017 #1

Do you mean you do not think humans are evolving socially or physically? Beringia Sep 2017 #2

I think entrophy beats evolution in the long run randr Sep 2017 #4

Buddhism is nontheistic vlyons Sep 2017 #3

I have read of Buddhism, Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hahn Beringia Sep 2017 #5

Buddhists believe that we are in samsara vlyons Sep 2017 #10

Thanks for all the information Beringia Sep 2017 #11

I read a little about Trungpa on wiki Beringia Sep 2017 #12

Frankly I don't think his drinking much mattered vlyons Sep 2017 #13

Thanks for the reply Beringia Sep 2017 #14

You are asking a multi-disciplinary question about a multiverse of possibilities... IamFortunesFool Sep 2017 #6

Yes, I agree my premise is simplistic, but that is how I think about it Beringia Sep 2017 #7

I see the Creator as the One who lit the spark, so to speak. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #8

I wonder what the world will be like millions of years from now Beringia Sep 2017 #9

True. All part of existence and the evolution of the universe. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #15