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- Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:09 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: How to deal with ignorant brutes in a discussion
- Replies: 70
- Views: 20133
Re: How to deal with ignorant brutes in a discussion
Now these "slow" people could never "win" fairly so they tend to cheat and use lowly tactics. As i see it if the weaker opponent cheats it is still possible to win unless the cheating is of such nature that it cannot be overcome. If the cheating cannot be overcome should the sup...
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:02 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Not Feeling the Breath
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3094
Re: Not Feeling the Breath
No doubt this has been raised numerous times but I have to say, I just cannot feel the breath at the tip of my nose at all. I've been meditating long enough (off and on has to be said) and it's not noticeable. I literally feel nothing. The only place I can feel it is in my nostrils and even then it...
- Tue May 29, 2018 3:34 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Harvard, Oxford to Offer Pali Reading Courses
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24436
Re: Harvard, Oxford to Offer Pali Reading Courses
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies https://ocbs.org/online-pali-course-levels-1-4/ The OCBS will shortly be launching its brand new initiative – an online Pali course that you can study at your own pace . Free Introduction 11:00 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1Te6Qs7EE Pali Level 1 – Availabl...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:50 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Technical Question Drafts, PM Draft - any way to work on a draft post in private
- Replies: 2
- Views: 633
Technical Question Drafts, PM Draft - any way to work on a draft post in private
I see on my User Control Panel page a Manage PM drafts button.
- Does this function work? If so what is the trick to use it?
- Is there a trick for working on draft copy of a posting before being published and made public?
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:37 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Ignoring jury duty request
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7933
Re: Ignoring jury duty request
Do you see anything morally wrong with being summoned for jury duty and just ignoring the summon even though that's technically not legal? It being right or wrong probably depends on the reasons for ignoring it. Also the country that you are a citizen of might make a difference. So what reason do y...
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:27 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Value of interfaith studies
- Replies: 55
- Views: 10230
Re: Value of interfaith studies
The value of comparative study is unmistakable. ... -- Swami Paramananda in Emerson and Vedanta . The Buddha's work was informed by his own comparative study. This is how he arrived at a "middle way". His dialogs as they come down to us show a thinker who is well versed in several philoso...