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- Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:26 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Historical Jesus or the Historical Buddha?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 28017
Re: The Historical Jesus or the Historical Buddha?
The historical evidence for Jesus is only the Gospels (those that made it into the new testament and a few others). There are no other historical evidence discovered so far apart for the gospels, despite what Christian apologists would like us to believe. Flavius Josephus? Pliny? Tacitus? Apologies...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:36 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Historical Jesus or the Historical Buddha?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 28017
Re: The Historical Jesus or the Historical Buddha?
The historical evidence for Jesus is only the Gospels (those that made it into the new testament and a few others). There are no other historical evidence discovered so far apart for the gospels, despite what Christian apologists would like us to believe. One should get oneself informed about the va...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:36 pm
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: Making sacrifices for our partners
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4715
Re: Making sacrifices for our partners
Isn't it the role of a partner to make the other happy and vice versa? I do not agree with you on society programming men to behave in a way that makes their partner happy, shouldn't they be doing it anyway, out of love for their partner? Don't try and victimise men, we are all responsible for our ...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:48 am
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: Making sacrifices for our partners
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4715
Re: Making sacrifices for our partners
Hi Anthony, I would suggest you take the red pill and read "No more Mr Nice Guy". From what you are saying, I think you feel obliged to do whatever your wife asks, just because you think (probably unconsciously) that it's your job as a husband to make your wife happy. It's not your fault, ...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:59 am
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: relationship advice
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3752
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:25 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Bhikkhu Analayo's Lectures on the Madhyama-āgama
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9868
Re: Bhikkhu Analayo's Lectures on the Madhyama-āgama
Thanks for the link, Mike! Really appreciated!
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:13 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Sri Lanka: Bill To Control Monks Divides Buddhists
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1736
Re: Sri Lanka: Bill To Control Monks Divides Buddhists
My 2p take is that the secular law of the land is meant to deal with criminal or otherwise wrong behaviours. There is no need for the state to interfere with religious organisations to enforce their own rules. If a monk/nun transgresses the pattimokkha, this should be dealt by the community (s)he is...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:02 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Meditation at my workplace
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1349
Re: Meditation at my workplace
Very good, Paul!
That's inspiring, thanks for sharing that experience!
That's inspiring, thanks for sharing that experience!
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Camping retreat Aug. 22-29
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2272
Re: Camping retreat Aug. 22-29
Shame I am based in Europe!
Any contact details for similar EU-based events most welcome!
Any contact details for similar EU-based events most welcome!
- Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Advice from a Christian friend (video)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2973
Re: Advice from a Christian friend (video)
Hi Mawkish1983, Your friend is likely to be an evangelical/born-again. If that is the case, he is deep into delusion, just the same as the man in the video. You will find thousands of such "witnessings" on youtube and elsewhere. That's because witnessing is one of the mandates of such Chri...
- Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:27 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: Skillful means: teaching non-buddhists
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4047
Re: Skillful means: teaching non-buddhists
Sometimes you need to :hug: and other times you need to :popcorn: . But people usually don't like you to :soap: That's a nice and graphic way to put it! I fully agree with it. For a discussion to be useful, both participants must be ready to listen a lot. Very few people would be happy when someone...
- Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:58 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Samatha Trust
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5135
Re: Samatha Trust
Hi Upasaka Sumana, Just my share of experience with them. I went twice to their weekend retreat. I found they have a pretty complicated system for focusing the mind. The emphasis appeared to be completely on samatha/samadhi, with nothing in terms of vipassana/insight... In the end I decided it was n...
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: My parents are deathly afraid
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6224
Re: My parents are deathly afraid
Hi Ryan, Abandoning my parents would be really selfish thing to do. The natural course of a child to move away from the parents and build his/her own life. There is nothing selfish in leaving home, I would even argue it is selfish to stay for too long. There are many things people do without thinkin...
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Looking for DN, MN, SN & AN ebooks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2067
Re: Looking for DN, MN, SN & AN ebooks
Hi Mike,
Thanks a lot for the pointer!
With Metta
You're absolutely right! I don't know how I managed to miss them!mikenz66 wrote:Doesn't Amazon have them all? I have a kindle version of the AN on my phone from Amazon...
Thanks a lot for the pointer!
With Metta
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Looking for DN, MN, SN & AN ebooks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2067
Looking for DN, MN, SN & AN ebooks
Dear Dhamma friends! I am looking for ebooks of the first 4 nikayas, specifically the Wisdowm Publications translations from Maurice Walsh and Bhikkhu Bodhi. I am perfectly fine paying for them, that's no problem at all. So far, I have not been able to find anything... The reason is that I would lik...