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- Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:27 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: HYPOTHETICAL: The Buddha and a Bully
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2305
Re: HYPOTHETICAL: The Buddha and a Bully
I have always loved the Akkoso Sutta, and I guess I had never thought of it side by side with samma vayama. Good thread.
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: A touching story
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2768
Re: A touching story
This moved me greatly. I am always interested in hearing about the Dhamma being practiced in prison, and this was a wonderful story. May Jay receive blessings and achieve the ultimate happiness.
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:25 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 971770
Re: I'm a new vegetarian! Some questions...
I heard a Dhamma talk once in which the monk warned about vegetarianism - that it could lead to self-righteous behavior (e.g. looking down on non-vegetarians). I find it interesting that so many Theravada practitioners, who are not urged to give up meat, have done so anyway. I wonder if it's just a ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:49 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Time: Q&A: Is there life after death?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4509
Re: Time: Q&A: Is there life after death?
what i dont understand is how a near death experience tells us anything about what happens after death. these people obviously didnt die, they didnt experience death or what happens after, rather they just experienced a rather traumatic event in and of life. I think that point of view has an unnece...
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:05 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Generalization About Buddhist Relations with Hindus?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3287
Re: Generalization About Buddhist Relations with Hindus?
I have Hindu friends. Our friendship has been very peaceful. Not only does it help me to (slightly) bridge the language gap, it also helps that I share some knowledge of South Asian history and culture that allows me to relate to them better. Plus, interacting with Sinhalese people seems to have giv...
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:34 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Anyone here....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1434
Re: Anyone here....
I went to college for music, for a little while. Most of my energies from ages 11-27 were spent on music. I was a double-bass performance major. I was fighting a losing battle, honestly. I was pretty good, but my level of mental maturity and my biology (I have webbed fingers) limited my potential de...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:46 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Ven. Dhammika's review of Buddha to Jesus
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11740
Re: Ven. Dhammika's review of Buddha to Jesus
Frankly, ever since I've become a Buddhist, I don't mind it at all when Christians try to convert me..I don't get irritated. They seem to have good intentions and do it to "save me"... .:thinking: There are some very nice people of faith in every religion and I've had the pleasure of talk...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:45 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Word Association Game
- Replies: 11976
- Views: 1542916
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:55 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Word Association Game
- Replies: 11976
- Views: 1542916
Re: Word Association Game
Punishment
- Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:14 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: No comment
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6216
Re: No comment
I've seen this story passed around a lot over the last 24 hours, and heard a lot of moral outrage released over it. We had a discussion about this last night with my fellow lay practitioners. I really didn't want to take part in the discussion, because for many people stories like this are an occasi...
- Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Drug use--the harm minimization approach
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3782
Re: Drug use--the harm minimization approach
While I am firmly in favor of the "harm reduction" idea (what better way to describe Buddhist ethics?) I have a hard time seeing the drug-substitution aspect of it as anything other than a very short-term solution. There are many addicts out there in desperate need of a short-term solution...
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:21 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Teaching kids...!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3082
Re: Teaching kids...!
Many thanks, Bhante. I remember relating one of those stories in a previous class, but it never occurred to me to investigate them on their own for source material.
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:12 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: The Earliest Evidence for Buddhism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5094
Re: The Earliest Evidence for Buddhism
As shown above, the Edicts of Ashoka are the best physical, archeological evidence we have; written on stone pillars, engraved in the Pali language using the Brahmi script and dating to the 3rd century BC, very close to the time of the Buddha's parinibbana. Also there are the British Museum Scrolls...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:02 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Why did you choose Theravada?
- Replies: 228
- Views: 46609
Re: Why did you choose Theravada?
I first learned about Buddhism through non-Theravada sources (books, magazines, etc.) and I always found the Zen approach appealing. When I met my first monk, however, he was in the Theravada tradition, and the type of meditation he taught was both totally workable and genuinely produced results. I ...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:21 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Saying "I am a Buddhist"
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11292
Re: Saying "I am a Buddhist"
Perhaps re-christen the statue as a monument to kalyanamittata? I think the intention was a very noble one, and I would be touched if someone did that for me. FYI I actually know a Theravada bhante who displays a Hotei statue in an office at the monks' residence. It inspired a good discussion on Bud...