33916, there's a lesson in this. Posted by LexM, Mon Jul-18-05 08:21 AM
dog·ma n. pl. dog·mas or dog·ma·ta (-m-t) 1. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.
2. An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.
3. A principle or belief or a group of them: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” (Abraham Lincoln).
"jesus is the way" is a dogmatic belief.
...but anyway, part of my point is that if you can't step outside your skin long enough to "see" buddhism in a different way, it's gonna be rough to step outside of said skin understand racism, too. especially in a culture where you're not the target.
what you're proposing is years in the making.
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