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The Battle of the Buddha

Do you know who Jesus was fighting against?

When the world went down with the great depression in the 1930s, do you know who was celebrating?

When you are itchy of acquiring anything which is an economical stretch far beyond your potential, do you know whom you are worshiping?

Do you know who Buddha was preaching against?

When the Wall Street guys robbed innocents off their retirement funds and yet splurged on the public money in exotic resorts, do you know who felt flattered?

Do you know who Gandhi strived to keep away from?

Do you know who is the reason for all the inequalities on the earth today?
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  1. UnknownDecember 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    Who?

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  2. KrishnanDecember 6, 2009 at 1:08 AM

    Yeah, pretty much what macbookpro said...

    Who?

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  3. Raja SPDecember 10, 2009 at 7:02 AM

    Greed !

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2010 at 12:24 PM

    Q: Do you know who Buddha was preaching against?

    Raja: GREED!

    Spidey: Based on my warped (towards my own opinion) interpretation, Buddha wasn't preaching against desires (or GREED).

    Human has desires. I read this as a statement of fact. Its neither celebrating or condemning.

    Desire causes suffering when we do not get what we desire or we fear to lose what we have. Buddha is preaching for us to recognize this fact so that we can deal with our pain and sorrows better. Make full use of what you have while you have it so that you do not moan when you lose it.

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