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Vimalasara

Mar 05, 2012

Discovering the four noble truths

I was brought up in Essex in an orphanage run by Church of England Christians. Many of them had given up their lives in the material world, to work for the Lord, and looked after poor orphans. There, I learned several Christian truths, including the following three:

There is a heaven, and if I am “good” I will end up there.
There is a hell, and if I “mess up” I will end up there.
I can repent, and the Lord will forgive me.

Reflecting on these three truths, coupled with praying to a God that never came to my rescue when I needed Him, initiated a spiritual …

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