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- Sat Mar 17, 2018 3:36 pm
- Forum: Suggestion box
- Topic: ban heretics
- Replies: 90
- Views: 30956
Re: ban heretics
BTW what on earth is taqqiya :namaste: It's an arabic word-muslim concept-that denotes concealing one's religious affiliation while under persecution Taqiya It's used a bit differently by the so called "alt-right". They make it to mean Muslims can lie to non-believers about anything, in o...
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:00 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Exposing Buddhism???
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3738
Re: Exposing Buddhism???
This comes in three parts each with some interesting logic Pt1 http://www.wordsoftruth.net/wotvol10/wotbulletin08012010.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Pt2 http://www.wordsoftruth.net/wotvol10/wotbulletin08082010.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return f...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Fears of being assimilated
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1833
Re: Fears of being assimilated
I decided to try the same, after a bit of an absence of being "active" on buddhist fora (and practice). Just to get a bit of a contrast :mrgreen: And I got this: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (95%) 3. Liberal Quakers (86%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:14 am
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: after the cardiologist's visit
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6718
Re: after the cardiologist's visit
Best of luck sattva. You'll be in my thoughts.
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:29 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Thich Nhat Hanh: Dependant Co-arising & Inter-Being
- Replies: 85
- Views: 39525
Re: Thich Nhat Hanh: Dependant Co-arising & Inter-Being
Christopher, I remember that thread over at E-sangha! And one thing that bothered me about it was that quite a few people seemed to completely overlook sunyata as a necessary context. It seems to me basically incorrect to view "interbeing" as a funky interpretation of dependent originatio...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:55 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13971
Re: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
So intellectual honesty in presenting your religious views to your followers isn't important, because the view of intellectual honesty is after all just another view we're stuck with? Methinks that's a bit of an extreme.... Views are tools that need to be used, but there is always the balancing act...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:38 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13971
Re: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
You're more than welcome Tilt. . . . The problem is that we are stuck with views until we wake up. The best we can do until then is not to take them too seriously. Exactly. So intellectual honesty in presenting your religious views to your followers isn't important, because the view of intellectual...
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:49 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13971
Re: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
I think this reply: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KauGMZVBnjk&feature=watch_response pretty much hits a homerun where the intellectual honesty of the talk is concerned. Are you being ironical? Because I don't see any intelectual honesty in his words. He even has problems with calling Ajahn Bra...
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:55 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13971
Re: A quote from Ajahn Brahm
I think this reply: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KauGMZVB ... h_response pretty much hits a homerun where the intellectual honesty of the talk is concerned.
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:41 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The human/animal realm
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3308
Re: The human/animal realm
I've never seen hatred, greed or lust in an animal in the systematic way we humans go about these things... Chimps do all that, even small-scale warfare. Many animals have this sort of behavior. True, but this sort of behaviour arises at a certain biological/neurological complexity and only gets st...
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:35 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The human/animal realm
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3308
Re: The human/animal realm
Thinking most of our unwholesome tendencies are animal in nature is pretty Christian I think. I've never seen hatred, greed or lust in an animal in the systematic way we humans go about these things... Personally I think they are the result of the fact that we are the only "animal" that kn...
- Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:50 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Lying Down
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2765
Re: Lying Down
If you've got an Alexander Technique teacher in your neighbourhood, you might want to contact him/her. There's a lying down practice in the Alexander Technique called "active rest", which, if handled correctly, pretty much makes sure you won't get sleepy or drowsy, but calm, awake and clea...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:51 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Conceptual and Non-Conceptual
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14586
Re: Conceptual and Non-Conceptual
Hi Slow Learner, I think that one of the key points is that thinking about impermanence is not the same as having real insight into it, though presumably the former is helpful to developing the latter... Metta Mike This seems correct to me. Thus, if you want to build intellectual understanding as a...
- Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:28 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: most annoying.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 12952
Re: most annoying.
The one with namaste on the other forums is even worse.
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:38 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4430
Re: Greetings!
Hi Bob!
Long time no see.
Looking forward to your contributions
Long time no see.
Looking forward to your contributions