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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Y2K" data-source="post: 10897062" data-attributes="member: 35049">'I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothingදැන් ඕබතුමා උරන වෙලා ගැහැගන්න පුලුවන් අපො අපිට උබෙ දෙවියන් නොසිටියාට අපි හොදින් ඉන්නවා අපෙ දහම අදහගෙන කියලා එහෙම අදහසක් එනවා නම් නැවතත් ඕබට වැරදිලා මේ කියන්නෙ ඕයා හිතන කතාවක් නෙමෙයිදැන් ඉති අයිති කියන්න එපා පලදාව ගහෙ තියෙන්න එකත් "අල්ලා" ගිනිම කියලා හොදෙ <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/baffled.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":baffled:" title="Baffled    :baffled:" data-shortname=":baffled:" />Fruitless branches (if you have not born again in the spirit) 'He [the Father] cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful (v2).'Disire is your problem right? Christianity rightly appreciates "desire." Buddhist ethics seems to have a core difficulty at this point. Sakyamuni taught that tanha, "desire" or "attachment," is the root of suffering and is to be dissolved. But some admittedly good things are based on the idea of desire. Love for example is "to desire the good of another" (John 15:13; 1 John 4:7-12). One could not even love unless one had a degree of attachment in desiring someone else's well-being. In contrast, Christianity teaches that desire is good when it is properly directed. Paul urges Christians to "desire the greater gifts" of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:31; 14:1). In the Psalms, we see pictures of worshipers longing for and desiring fellowship with God (Psalm 42:1-2; 84). And of course, God does not simply act loving, He is love (1 John 4:9; Psalm 136; John 3:16). Sacrificing desire altogether seems to throw out the proverbial baby (love) with the dirty bathwater (suffering).Now this moment you fight for Buddism because you have a desire to protect Buddha's teachings, if you have no desire about Buddism you won't end up here  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" />When you say "our altimate goal is to attain Nirvana" you have a desire to attain Nirvana I can have all the rights to protect my Jesus because Christianity teaches that desire is good when it is properly directedMay God give enough wisdom to understand his LOVE <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/love.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":love:" title="Love    :love:" data-shortname=":love:" /></blockquote>

Verification: Hata thunen beduwama keeyada? (60 bedeema thuna)

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