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Buddhism

Sanddog42

(117 posts)

1. I didn't know there was such a thing as a small-c catholic.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 03:21 PM

Sep 2013

No one will be offended if you pray in a Buddhist temple.

But if you do offend a Buddhist you've given them the gift of revealing their attachments,
so they have the opportunity to see it clearly and let it go.

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I didn't know there was such a thing as a small-c catholic. Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #1

When I was there, the only other person was repeatedly prostrating herself - hedgehog Sep 2013 #4

Yes, simply kneeling is fine. Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #6

The secular definition of the word "catholic" is "universal" or "wide-ranging". Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #2

Pretty good definition - I attend Mass at an Episcopal Church, hedgehog Sep 2013 #3

Oh OK, I see. You've branched out. That's good. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #5