to fulfill a promise
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Who is the real person hiding behind that jackal?
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It is a cool name. I got banned from E-Sandbox because one of the moderators lied about me and doctored an e-mail. I told the him that he could not keep me out of the sandbox. I waited two months, logged back on and other than using a different name I continued to post as I always had, fighting the same battle, quoting the same quotes including quoting myself, and I had a several year career in the sandbox until it self-destructed in a fit of hyper-orthodox-inquisitorial vigil-ism. Who was before I became tiltbillings? That I think I'll keep to myself, given my actual name and whatnot can be traced from it and I have had some bad experiences with that.thereductor wrote:And I thought your name really was Tilt. "What a cool name," I thought to myself.tiltbillings wrote:Actually, it is a jackal. As for for the who is the real Tilt Billings, you'd have to ask Leo Kottke.alan wrote:That is a decent answer. But most of us only know you through your dog-faced personae.
Who is the real Tilt?
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Fair enough. What fight made you so passionate?
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In the Sandbox I was quite willing to defend the Theravada against the unthinking application of the notion that it was hinayana, and in the process give some critique of the Mahayana, the Grandiose Vehicle, which the Mahayanist hardliners got rather cranky about, never really seeing irony of that. And for that I was accused of being a one-issue poster, but actually I had at least two other issues which I liked going on about: the nature of nibbana and the that the bodhi of the arahant is no different from that of the Buddha.alan wrote:Fair enough. What fight made you so passionate?
Here I tend to be a bit more general in my focus, though dhammas are not "really existing part-less particles" is one of my new favorites.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: to fulfill a promise
A prudent action, I must agree.tiltbillings wrote:That I think I'll keep to myself, given my actual name and whatnot can be traced from it and I have had some bad experiences with that.
But really, Tilt is a cool name.
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You are to be congratulated for your fight against mindless Mahayana nonsense.
*edit--I'll wait and see what response there may be to this*
*edit--I'll wait and see what response there may be to this*
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It's always nice to be relieved from maintaining secrets.
Tilt is a cool name though... it reminds me of pinball machines.
Metta,
Retro.
Tilt is a cool name though... it reminds me of pinball machines.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Greetings Alan,
Frankly I hope it doesn't come up again for a while, as I'm rather enjoying the break from it.
Metta,
Retro.
If you've seen and followed any of Tilt's discussions with Virgo, you'll get the idea. If that answer doesn't satisfy your curiosity, do a search on the word 'reify' or 'reified'.alan wrote:What is this new thing of which you speak? Didn't quite get that.
*here is your opportunity to explain, and build a case, for your argument*
Frankly I hope it doesn't come up again for a while, as I'm rather enjoying the break from it.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Just edited my post, sorry.
The mention of the word "reify" makes me sick.
It just does.
Don't even know what it means, but it must be bad.
The mention of the word "reify" makes me sick.
It just does.
Don't even know what it means, but it must be bad.
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Oh yeah!...
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Tilt vs. Virgo= Too much.
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Indeed, i was wondering when your good taste in music would come out!tiltbillings wrote:Actually, it is a jackal. As for for the who is the real Tilt Billings, you'd have to ask Leo Kottke.alan wrote:That is a decent answer. But most of us only know you through your dog-faced personae.
Who is the real Tilt?
Thanks for the gecho anecdote. Poignant, yet very funny!
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Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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Not necessarily.alan wrote:Tilt vs. Virgo= Too much.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: to fulfill a promise
Tilt=must have last word.
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The Virgo business is a side show, but not without its importance. To answer Alan's question:retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Alan,
If you've seen and followed any of Tilt's discussions with Virgo, you'll get the idea. If that answer doesn't satisfy your curiosity, do a search on the word 'reify' or 'reified'.alan wrote:What is this new thing of which you speak? Didn't quite get that.
*here is your opportunity to explain, and build a case, for your argument*
Frankly I hope it doesn't come up again for a while, as I'm rather enjoying the break from it.
Metta,
Retro.
http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... =20#p46935
and any thread on non-dualism
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723