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- Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:04 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: One Buddha < a few Buddhas?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7265
Re: One Buddha < a few Buddhas?
My life experience has taught me that people who have found something good rarely go out of their way to trash what other people are into. They are just too busy enjoying and being into the good stuff they have found. Indeed. I don't discount that there could be other world systems with Buddhas liv...
- Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:56 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The hell guards?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3638
Re: The hell guards?
To be sure my answer isn't canon, but in my own reading I never got the impression that these folks were necessarily pleased to be in their position or status. It just isn't what we'd consider a regular nine-to-five kinda job I guess. I look forward to seeing a little more on this subject -- just fo...
- Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhist monk scam: Victorians warned
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2092
Re: Buddhist monk scam: Victorians warned
In such cases, I always remember Dhammapada vs. 306-306: "The liar goes to the state of woe; also he who, having done (wrong), says, "I did not do it." Men of base actions both, on departing they share the same destiny in the other world. There are many evil characters and uncontrolle...
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:16 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Why one meal a day?
- Replies: 705
- Views: 363502
Re: is two meal a day is harmful
I've not heard anything like that regarding monastics and their eating habits, not that me having not heard anything means much...
By "heard," do you mean "read?" If you have a source article you could share, I think that would be an interesting read.
Please be well!
By "heard," do you mean "read?" If you have a source article you could share, I think that would be an interesting read.
Please be well!
- Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Trying to Convince Myself to Buy Another Nikaya
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4688
Re: Trying to Convince Myself to Buy Another Nikaya
I rather enjoyed the Digha, actually.Mkoll wrote:retrofuturist wrote:(I do like though how the Digha doesn't event come into consideration... in terms of Dhamma content, there's nothing in there, other than perhaps aspects of the Mahanidana Sutta, that isn't covered elsewhere).
Poor Digha.
- Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:01 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Sam Harris, meditation is powerful, but keep religion out
- Replies: 274
- Views: 35003
Re: Sam Harris, meditation is powerful, but keep religion ou
He says: "If you're declaring yourself a Buddhist, you are part of the problem of religious sectarianism that has needlessly shattered our world." What do other members think of this claim specifically? I think declaring that I am a lay follower of the Buddha when asked (or confronted) is...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Advice for Work
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3464
Re: Advice for Work
A quick update on this: I went ahead and asked for the full increase that would bring me to the minimum Production Analyst wage, and as amazing as it might seem, they're granting it with no apparent reservation or concern -- it amounts to nearly a 25% wage increase. My bosses seemed very impressed w...
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:17 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Advice for Work
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3464
Re: Advice for Work
Hello friends, Thank you very much for the helpful replies. I've considered my options pretty seriously I had a meeting with my supervisor today on this matter. I laid out a fairly detailed list of my various accomplishments (both those that were directly assigned to me and those which I took on at ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Advice for Work
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3464
Advice for Work
Hello friends, I'm in a weird sort of predicament at work and I'm seeking a little confirmation (or otherwise) as to the most appropriate way to proceed. In the last year I've picked up a whole slew of new functions that essentially make me a "Production Analyst" but without the title -- o...
- Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:23 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Watching a body burn on an open pyre
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6522
Re: Watching a body burn on an open pyre
Thank you for sharing your experience and observations... In my own practice, I think meditation on death (and in particular, the foulness of the body in death) is not particularly effective for me simply because I cannot properly imagine it... Perhaps I should print this and read it whenever I feel...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:11 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Sleeping on night shift.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3404
Re: Sleeping on night shift.
Just throwing my two-cents into it -- night shift sucks. At my workplace, we instituted a third-shift for the specific purpose of performing receiving and bulk product putaway functions that otherwise clog up the warehouse and make the process of filling orders too complicated. The number of equipme...
- Mon May 26, 2014 3:46 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Logic of Buddhist Philosophy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1973
Re: The Logic of Buddhist Philosophy
THank you very much for sharing that with us, cooran.
I've always been impressed with the ideas of the great thinkers of our world. Thinking and speaking of the unthinkable and unspeakable; is it or is it not possible? Chaos!
I've always been impressed with the ideas of the great thinkers of our world. Thinking and speaking of the unthinkable and unspeakable; is it or is it not possible? Chaos!
- Mon May 26, 2014 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How do you understand "contact"?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6016
Re: How do you understand "contact"?
I've always understood "contact" to refer to the point where the sense organ makes contact with whatever it detects -- the point at which the arising of feeling takes place (pleasure, pain, or neutral). I don't think it is necessarily about physical touching of an object, or, somewhat inve...
- Tue May 13, 2014 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Happy Vesak Day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2859
Re: Happy Vesak Day
May your observation of Vesak be pleasant and fruitful, friend, whether you observe tomorrow or today, or last weekend (as my Vietnamese friends did).
Are you doing anything special for the occasion?
Are you doing anything special for the occasion?
- Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:14 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy Easter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2200
Re: Happy Easter
Thank you for saying so. I try.Kim OHara wrote:Your blog post shows well-balanced attitudes all round - congratulations on maintaining an emphasis on what's good in other religions and what's good for the people closest to you.
Kim
Thank you. May you all be well, friends.Khalil Bodhi wrote:Happy Easter!