Ibn,  I  was wondering if  by the term "my struggle"  you were making a word play alluding to "Mein Kampf"  I neglected to include this query in my last post.  Sorry about that.

Apr 17, 2012 -- 3:52AM, posterboy wrote:

 

     There is no creation myth in Buddhism to explain the origin of human suffering.  Buddhism traditionally attributes human suffering to "the three poisons"  They are translated as ignorance, hatred, and greed.   Demagogue followers of   religious  paths  have misused them  and what ensues is rancour among the tribes of mankind.  Sectarian zealots like to take the most obscure, and corrupt manifestations of  other religions  and use these non-normative facets ( often exhibited under conditions of severe social tumult) and present them as typical in polemics against  entire cultures and faiths.  This intellectual dishonesty is frequently found among Christian evangelists  who instead of sticking to  emphasizing positive attributes of Christianity, traduce other faiths. 

    So folks, do your own research.  For starters,  you could read the Bible,  The Quran, Rig Veda.  representative  Buddhist sutras,  and to gain an appreciation of historic development of European and Islamic societies, definitely read Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"including the Latin source footnotes, and the "Bokhara Hadith".  Then you will avoid giving credence to some of the nasty canards implied in some of these posts.  You are right,  Miraj.  

Well there wasn't that much of creation myth was revealed to Gautama Buddha.   He was so obsessed with suffering and made that his focus on meditation/contemplation.   So he took a long star cruise and obsrve symptomatic apparent cause without getting to the root of their hidden cause.

Apr 18, 2012 -- 12:56PM, posterboy wrote:

My allusion to "my struggle" and translating the term into German as "mein kampf"  illustrates how the false ego can cause an  individual delude themselves and work against the general good of an "ummah" or " corpus of believers."  The Sufic term is  " Nafs".  That is what Ibn brought to mind in his commentary, and implied by "MY struggle".

In Islam, it is "Struggle" ("Jihad") rather than "My Struggle" ("mein Kampf"). Jihad is either "major" or "minor". Major Jihad is against one's "Self" ("Nafs"). Nafs can lead you to do either "good" or "evil". Doing good and refraining from doing evil is the major struggle (jihad) of man. We are fighting in that jihad day after day throught our lives. The other minor jihad that is fighting in a war if we are attacked first. Attacking someone without being attacked first is not jihad but a crime in Islam.  

Apr 18, 2012 -- 12:56PM, posterboy wrote:

If people can extrapolate from specific terms to general principals,  they will gain better insight into how they can present their faith to the rest of the world. 

 It requires proper study of Islam. Half trained doctors are danger to our health. They can easily kill us.

Apr 18, 2012 -- 12:56PM, posterboy wrote:

So far as I have been able to determine there is not controversy over the canon of the Qur'an in Arabic so it should be a continual template for translations.

 That's why Islam is still standing solid on its feet because the Arabic Qur'an is there that has not changed from the outset and never will be changed by even a dot.

Apr 18, 2012 -- 12:56PM, posterboy wrote:

Islamophobia is hysteria cultivated  by the  fanatical malcontents  who hope to gain power and influence over others.  Vilifying others who have done  you no harm is "bearing false witness against your neighbour" .  Historically it has had terrible consequences throughout the world.

The truth always comes out in the end. Whether it is Muslims doing evil or non-Muslims doing evil things, the truth of the matter does come out in the end as to which one is the guilty party. Somehow humanity needs to be made more important than the power and the profits or else we, the human beings, will all be doomed rather sooner than later.