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Now me being a soft arse, I normally get roped into buying rubbish from street sellers because they talk me into it and I feel sorry for them. A Buddhist group were on Market ST today and one caught me whilst walking past for a quick chat. He offered me a book about Buddhism for a read (VEDA, Secrets From The East) for free but I could donate £3 or £4 for the printing if I wanted as they don't sell the books because they're Buddhist's (he only mentioned this when I had it in hand!). So anyway, short story is I got roped into buying another thing from a street seller which I have a no use for.


Anyway, having checked it out I think I'll give it a read. It actually looks quite interesting. Now I'm not someone for religion at all so I'll just be reading it to check what they're all about etc.

Anyone a Buddhist or find that area interesting? Like I said, I'll give it a read... may aswell.
 
I got roped in a few years back, same scenario, they give you the book, then ask for a donation. Mine was a Hare Krishna, did read a bit of it and to be truthful there was some sense in there, but i think you could say that about all religious documents.
 
The book sellers are usually Hare Krishna which I believe is a higher form of Hinduism. They're often teeotal, vegan and have no desire for material items. It's not really a way to live in the modern world, IMHO.

I'm not so knowledgable about Buddhism but I don't think I could look at a disabled person and tell them they're paying for sins committed in a past life.
 
Buddhist barstards going round bombing people who dare to disagree with their religion ffs
 
I keep toying with the idea of reading around Buddhism.

I am totally atheist but from what I have read about Buddhism is agree with a lot of the lessons it teaches etc, still doesn't make me believe in reincarnation but I do still want to read more.
 
I attend meditation classes at our local Buddhist Centre once a week. While I'm not totally au fait with the theology, it's a practice that is provenly effective in the treatment of hypomania and anxiety and helps me a very great deal.
 
For those of you based in the Motherland, Manchester Buddhist Centre is very good indeed.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.manchesterbuddhistcentre.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.manchesterbuddhistcentre.org.uk/</a>
 
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