Friday, November 20, 2009

how to pass smog check

1. change oil
2. change spark plug
3. inflate tires even

Just before test
1. fill the gas and add fuel additives
2. drive at least 30 minutes before testing

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Why are there so many different types of Buddhism?

(Good Questions Good Answers by Ven. S. Dhamika)

There are many different types of sugar: brown sugar, white sugar, rock sugar,
syrup and icing sugar but it is all sugar and it all tastes sweet. It is produced in
different forms so that it can be used in different ways. Buddhism is the same:
there is Theravada Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, Yogacara
Buddhism and Vajrayana Buddhism but it is all Buddhism and it all has the
same taste - the taste of freedom. Buddhism has evolved into different forms
so that it can be relevant to the different cultures in which it exists. It has been
reinterpreted over the centuries so that it can remain relevant to each new
generation. Outwardly, the types of Buddhism may seem very different but at
the centre of all of them is the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. All
major religions, Buddhism included, have split into schools and sects. But the
different sects of Buddhism have never gone to war with each other and to this
day, they go to each other's temples and worship together. Such tolerance
and understanding is certainly rare.