Dhamma Wheel

does anybody else have trouble paying respect sufficiently to sangha. Absolutely. For me, the biggest issue is that monks can sometimes be too friendly to lays, or appear too lay-like. For example, when they make references to secular literature and films, music videos, especially when they do so i...

Perhaps, "promoting strategy" to make it easier to understand and applying in daily life ? Then the advertisement should go something like this, in order to be honest: Buddhism in the West: How to lose friends and alienate people Become that nice enough weirdo that people at first believe to be a h...

Subharo wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:21 am

There's a thread over at discourse.suttacentral, where you can post a haiku about your biggest pet peeve about Buddhism.

From there:

The temple is clean.
The practitioners, astute.
Look! A “cyber sage” .

To market Buddhism would be to present Buddhism as something to be consumed.

Yet Buddhism is not something to be consumed; even though many people remain on the level of merely consuming it.

James Tan wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:42 pm

However , it seems rather difficult to be dissociate from people such as in work place . And our close relatives .

But what would be damaged if you had such distance (sometimes)?
Other than perhaps your self-image as an emotionally involved person?

So sensual happiness is worthless for generating wealth and health and stopping wars? I don't understand the question. I'm wondering if, rather than writing off sensual happiness as irredeemably impermanent and stressful It's not about "writing off sensual happiness as irredeemably impermanent and ...

Greetings.


Since this topic keeps coming up:

Zom wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:46 pm

On what grounds do you consider a sutta to be a not-fake?

What makes a sutta fake/genuine?


Do discuss.

My point is that animals might well be reborn despite having no conception of themselves, so in general terms a lack of "belief in rebirth" is no bar to that rebirth. Like I said earlier: If not conceiving of oneself is arrived at through the right practice (as opposed to being an infant (who also ...

Do you think in reality being kind to others but the other party treat us as fool and hostile , how is it possible to reduce our suffering or even helps reducing their suffering ? There are four brahmaviharas, not just one. Equanimity, a reflection on kamma, is what helps one to keep a distance to ...

I'm wondering if, rather than writing off sensual happiness as irredeemably impermanent and stressful and focusing only on the breath, could it be worked with through human effort toward skillful thoughts, words and actions that shape a better and better sensual reality until ultimately there is no...

I think practicing the brahmaviharas helps one to relate to others in a wholesome manner, so that one can significantly reduce the suffering due to unwholesome interactions with others. For many people, the suffering that is due to unwholesome interactions with others is a major part of their suffer...

Sam Vara wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:30 pm

No, I mean that it would be possible for a being that did not conceive of itself (an animal, for example) to be reborn.

I don't know whether animals conceive of themselves, so the point is moot. (Although my intuition is to think that they do conceive of themselves.)

Sorry, I meant they are easier to do, they require little to no effort, I don't find that to be the case at all. It's because it takes me so much effort to do worldly activities that I started wondering whether they're worth it. but like you said they can never satisfy, and now, unlike before, i kn...

ryanM wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:30 am

The TRUTH is that the government manufactured the "flat earth conspiracy" to delegitimize legitimate conspiracies. This can be the only explanation.

Quoting Fox Mulder from memory: People will sooner believe in aliens rather than consider the possibility that their own government is abusing them.

Doctor was right, he said that stress of this job is beyond my tolerance level. This cannot be levelled out with medicines. Interesting though, I only crave when I do this job. It's not for a recovering alcoholic, it's not for me. Edit I call this job a meat grinder, I always forget about dhamma an...

It's possible, of course, but there are many accounts in the suttas of parents loving their children and grieving deeply over their loss. One can grieve the loss of one's child for a number of reasons. "Parental love" seems to be a concept that has culturally specific meanings. I prefer to think th...

rebirth takes place depending on how this _you_ is conceived of. If no _you_ is conceived, there is no rebirth. I'm not sure what you mean here; whether the "conceiving" here is by the being that is subject to rebirth; or by us, as onlookers and speculators who conceive what a being must have in or...

In my experience doing non Buddhist stuff is a hell of a lot easier, and what got me in a mess in the first place! I've never been able to convince myself that the proverbial eating, drinking, and making merry is the way to go. I've tried very hard to convince myself that it is, but to no avail. It...

I do not understand your explanation, however. Why a skeptic would be convinced that "if one acted honestly, in good faith, and as one sees fit, this would _necessarily_ lead to suffering for at least oneself"?. A person of bad faith is convinced of that. Mere skepticism carries no emotional or mor...

But you do raise an interesting point as to why duties to one's parents are more important or more often cited. My guess is that it reflects cultural differences, and the need to reinforce ties to clan and family; whereas love for one's children might have been taken for granted as natural or inevi...