Stephen Batchelor err on accumulated karma

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Buddhist doctrine of course definitely refers to reincarnation, for example the Anguttara Nikaya 6/63 states: "Threefold however, is the fruit of karma: ripening during the lifetime, ripening in the next birth, ripening in later births......". A furth ...
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DECEIT, DELUSION, DENIAL AND THE MORAL DECAY OF THE WEST

Source: Dr. Sanity

This comment made by Wretchard on one of his posts a few weeks ago struck me forcefully and I have been thinking about it ever since. I think the reason I cannot get it out of my mind is because it encap ...
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We have a duty to put our faith in science, not trample on it | Will Hutton

Source: Guardian Unlimited

The patron saint of the British Industrial Revolution was Francis Bacon, the great Elizabethan philosopher and crusading apostle for science. His passionate advocacy of the scientific method and belief in scienc ...
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Source: The Express Tribune Pakistan

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Source: Evolving Thoughts

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Source: LXer

We are more than 200 active developers, working worldwide on Sage and connected via the Internet. Our workplaces are mainly at universities, and our usual profession is mathematician (students, PhDs and up to pr ...
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Lady Wonder: An Authentic Psychic Horse!

Source: Suite 101

Are there other Psychic Horses like Lady Wonder? - markmiller Mare Lady Wonder, declared genuine by experts after extensive testing, had telepathic and precognitive abilities, as documented in books and the media. Mrs. C ...
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Genetically modified food labels continue to be pushed by concerned activists

Source: Oregon Live

The brewing debate over genetically modified crops continues to evolve. The latest: a front page story in The New York Time today talked about the grassroots push to label foods that contain genetically modified organisms -- think corn flakes ...
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Mystery surrounds murder

Source: Daily Mercury

NO ONE really knows what happened at Brampton Island's Dinghy Bay on the day that Tasha Douty was murdered, except perhaps the murderer himself. The man sentenced for the crime was Sydney finance manager W ...
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