Could you explain your argument against some occasions of being direct and to the point?BlackBird wrote:No harm done manCittasanto wrote:Hi Jack,
I am sorry but your initial sentence did indicate some form of connection being implied in the first half (which is where you use curt and not irate). Although yes you do say something in the second that does not agree so there was a lack of clarity in what I was reading. Hence asking questions instead of arguing a point, as I could not see how you were arguing against being direct and to the point (as opposed to pointed).
I also could not see how alan was responding directly to you in his first and only response in the thread.
metta
Jack
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Hi Jack. You know I respect you.
I have a snappy mind, which produces direct points. I like to get directly to the heart of the matter.
With respect, I will repeat that this is a discussion forum--not a virtual meditation retreat. The purpose is to exchange ideas. Best way to do that, in my opinion, is to be direct.
I have a snappy mind, which produces direct points. I like to get directly to the heart of the matter.
With respect, I will repeat that this is a discussion forum--not a virtual meditation retreat. The purpose is to exchange ideas. Best way to do that, in my opinion, is to be direct.
Re: being nicer on here
Speak only if it is true, beneficial, and timely / done with respect. There is nothing wrong with being direct and to the point, but it is often used an an excuse for harsh speech. Often the most powerful argument shows great restraint.
Sotthī hontu nirantaraṃ - May you forever be well.
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--------------Buckwheat wrote:Speak only if it is true, beneficial, and timely / done with respect. There is nothing wrong with being direct and to the point, but it is often used an an excuse for harsh speech. Often the most powerful argument shows great restraint.
Dear Buckwheat
The truth got me in trouble
I better post songs..movies..stories
Poems..Pali..dhamma..no more bubble
The truth can be harsh..will land me in trouble
No More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGssRjVD-c
yawares
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I'm not sure what you mean? If you want me to provide examples, then say "can you please provide examples"Cittasanto wrote:Could you explain your argument against some occasions of being direct and to the point?BlackBird wrote:No harm done manCittasanto wrote:Hi Jack,
I am sorry but your initial sentence did indicate some form of connection being implied in the first half (which is where you use curt and not irate). Although yes you do say something in the second that does not agree so there was a lack of clarity in what I was reading. Hence asking questions instead of arguing a point, as I could not see how you were arguing against being direct and to the point (as opposed to pointed).
I also could not see how alan was responding directly to you in his first and only response in the thread.
metta
Jack
If that's what you mean, my response is no. I'd rather not since the incidents that have caused me to speak up about this happened rather recently. They involved members I do not wish to get further off side with by dragging up something from the past. They chose to make the posts in question unviewable to general members, suggesting to me that they want to bury it and so it's not my place to discuss it publicly.
But you cannot tell me you haven't witnessed occasions where a member has been unnecessarily blunt. I have spoken to a member recently who was on the receiving end of it, and they felt upset.
I'll reiterate what I said in my posts before (which for some reason you seem to think had a lack of clarity):
Sometimes speaking directly to the point does not fufill any of the following qualities:Speaking directly to the point might help in many circumstances, but in others it just hurts people's feelings and leaves them dejected.
The Buddha could do it with compassion, because he knew the mind of the interloper, and he knew that it was the most effective method of teaching him.
None of us have the Buddha's knowledge.
- http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"Monks, a statement endowed with five factors is well-spoken, not ill-spoken. It is blameless & unfaulted by knowledgeable people. Which five?
"It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth. It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially. It is spoken with a mind of good-will.
It's really the curt and blunt incidents that I have a problem with, where other's feelings are disregarded, or perhaps more truthfully, not considered in the first place. If we really follow the Buddha's teachings, then we should aim to follow his advice on speech, as quoted above.
metta
Jack
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"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
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Well that is one way to misrepresent what happened, yawares.yawares wrote:--------------Buckwheat wrote:Speak only if it is true, beneficial, and timely / done with respect. There is nothing wrong with being direct and to the point, but it is often used an an excuse for harsh speech. Often the most powerful argument shows great restraint.
Dear Buckwheat
The truth got me in trouble
I better post songs..movies..stories
Poems..Pali..dhamma..no more bubble
The truth can be harsh..will land me in trouble
No More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGssRjVD-c
yawares
The truth is, what got you into trouble was your posting of hate speech.
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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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- 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
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: being nicer on here
HeyYawaresyawares wrote: The truth got me in trouble
I better post songs..movies..stories
Poems..Pali..dhamma..no more bubble
The truth can be harsh..will land me in trouble
No More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGssRjVD-c
yawares
you/got/that/wrong/way/around;
the/truth/gets/us/out/of/trouble!
not/in/to...
(dont/worry/i/know/what/you/were/really/getting/at
but/i/couldnt/resist)/
kind/regards
manas
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
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Yeah, the feeling's mutual on the matter of respect. I know it ain't a meditation retreatalan wrote:Hi Jack. You know I respect you.
I have a snappy mind, which produces direct points. I like to get directly to the heart of the matter.
With respect, I will repeat that this is a discussion forum--not a virtual meditation retreat. The purpose is to exchange ideas. Best way to do that, in my opinion, is to be direct.
Your way of addressing things has rarely if ever been an issue for me, so make no mistake about it that I'm not suggesting we all wrap our words up in soft woolen blankets and fluffy coats all the time. It's harsh and unbeneficial speech that I was crusading against.
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
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I/loved/that/imageryBlackBird wrote: ...so make no mistake about it that I'm not suggesting we all wrap our words up in soft woolen blankets and fluffy coats all the time...
brought/some/laughter
to/an/otherwise/difficult/day.
a/few/other/analogies/i/like:
"talking/to/(soandso),was/like/treading/on/egg/shells"
and
"we/dont/need/to/wrap/people/in/cotton/wool"
metta
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
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--------------manas wrote:HeyYawaresyawares wrote: The truth got me in trouble
I better post songs..movies..stories
Poems..Pali..dhamma..no more bubble
The truth can be harsh..will land me in trouble
No More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGssRjVD-c
yawares
you/got/that/wrong/way/around;
the/truth/gets/us/out/of/trouble!
not/in/to...
(dont/worry/i/know/what/you/were/really/getting/at
but/i/couldnt/resist)/
kind/regards
manas
Dear Manas
I agree with you
The truth will always win
Just like the problem I had with the EX-MONK
The acting-judge said that he knew me/saw my picture/read my posts too
Then he really knew that.... the EX-MONK was the one..... who was boo boo !!
Love your poem with slashs
yawares
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I asked you to explain, how you do that is up to you, but do explain your specific objections. instead of the second guessing as to what I am requesting, which is allowing for your own description, examples (real or otherwise) and several other possibilities.BlackBird wrote:I'm not sure what you mean? If you want me to provide examples, then say "can you please provide examples"Cittasanto wrote:Could you explain your argument against some occasions of being direct and to the point?
If that's what you mean, my response is no. I'd rather not since the incidents that have caused me to speak up about this happened rather recently. They involved members I do not wish to get further off side with by dragging up something from the past. They chose to make the posts in question unviewable to general members, suggesting to me that they want to bury it and so it's not my place to discuss it publicly.
But you cannot tell me you haven't witnessed occasions where a member has been unnecessarily blunt. I have spoken to a member recently who was on the receiving end of it, and they felt upset.
However, from what you have said I could guess you are conflating being rude with being direct and to the point, which I have not seen being done by anyone else.
when the first half saysI'll reiterate what I said in my posts before (which for some reason you seem to think had a lack of clarity):
without any context for what you mean or the aspects you are against it is hard to understand your objection.No it's not. Speaking directly to the point might help in many circumstances, but in others it just hurts people's feelings and leaves them dejected.
and your later sentence does not clarify what you are specifically referring to.
Are you a mind reader? do you know the mood I or others are in right now? because without the Buddhas knowledge your friend could have potentially been upset by nothing other than their own perceptions, not what the person was actually doing. But this is only one possibility, and without the context of what was actually said I am simply giving the benefit of the doubt. I remember a thread where anyone who disagreed was accused of harbouring ill-will... but that was just projection, not fact. And unless someone says "your a P71c4" or something similar there maybe some personal work to do on the listener/readers part.Sometimes speaking directly to the point does not fufill any of the following qualities:Speaking directly to the point might help in many circumstances, but in others it just hurts people's feelings and leaves them dejected.
The Buddha could do it with compassion, because he knew the mind of the interloper, and he knew that it was the most effective method of teaching him.
None of us have the Buddha's knowledge.- http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"Monks, a statement endowed with five factors is well-spoken, not ill-spoken. It is blameless & unfaulted by knowledgeable people. Which five?
"It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth. It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially. It is spoken with a mind of good-will.
It's really the curt and blunt incidents that I have a problem with, where other's feelings are disregarded, or perhaps more truthfully, not considered in the first place. If we really follow the Buddha's teachings, then we should aim to follow his advice on speech, as quoted above.
metta
Jack
It is also worth noting the Buddha did reprimand people in quite harsh terms at times, so intent... are not always apparent to others, or the listener/reader, and people do the best they can.
I will point you to the Christopher Hitchens Quote earlier for an example of what I mean, and do watch the video from about the 8min mark for equally relevant comments. However, unless someone is blatantly being rude it is unwise to assume people are writing with other than good intent, but again that is not the same as being, or having a style that is, direct and too the point.
Blog, Suttas, Aj Chah, Facebook.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
Re: being nicer on here
-----------Ben wrote:Well that is one way to misrepresent what happened, yawares.yawares wrote:--------------Buckwheat wrote:Speak only if it is true, beneficial, and timely / done with respect. There is nothing wrong with being direct and to the point, but it is often used an an excuse for harsh speech. Often the most powerful argument shows great restraint.
Dear Buckwheat
The truth got me in trouble
I better post songs..movies..stories
Poems..Pali..dhamma..no more bubble
The truth can be harsh..will land me in trouble
No More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGssRjVD-c
yawares
The truth is, what got you into trouble was your posting of hate speech.
Dear Ben
Which part of my post
Showed HATE SPEECH..please show me
I really want all members to read and judge me
You're big @DW..I know that you can bring back my post so members can see
May be the truth will help me...again!
yawares
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It may be useful to define "rude" in the context of a forum.
My opinion: a personal insult or unprovoked confrontation. Badgering without a point.
Thats about it, everything else is style.
Oh, one more thing--posting irrelevant music videos in the middle of an important discussion. Thats pure self indulgence, and a waste of everyone's time, which makes it rude.
Your opinions?
My opinion: a personal insult or unprovoked confrontation. Badgering without a point.
Thats about it, everything else is style.
Oh, one more thing--posting irrelevant music videos in the middle of an important discussion. Thats pure self indulgence, and a waste of everyone's time, which makes it rude.
Your opinions?
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----------------alan wrote:It may be useful to define "rude" in the context of a forum.
My opinion: a personal insult or unprovoked confrontation. Badgering without a point.
Thats about it, everything else is style.
Oh, one more thing--posting irrelevant music videos in the middle of an important discussion. Thats pure self indulgence, and a waste of everyone's time, which makes it rude.
Your opinions?
Dear Alan
Every stores/malls in Texas
Play songs all the time for customers
And my posts NEVER force members to click
At the song I attached...they are free.. not to click
Some members might love to listen to my song...they clicked
America is a unique country with free speech/writing, we love freedom
Dear Alan......I never tell you what to do with your posts
If you think you are perfect..here's a toast
yawares
Re: being nicer on here
I don't care what they do in malls in Texas, and I don't care for your attitude.
As usual, your response is not appropriate.
As usual, your response is not appropriate.