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- Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:31 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Buddhadhamma and Ethics
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2420
Re: Buddhadhamma and Ethics
I'll be brave and go first then... :soap: From my understanding, all killing is unwholesome. There will always be negative kamma from killing. If this is so, it then follows the question: Is all killing equally unwholesome, is the resultant kamma the same for all acts of killing? To that, I'd say no...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:41 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Mercy killing and kamma
- Replies: 83
- Views: 12141
Re: Mercy killing and kamma
In the Dhammapada there's a story of the Buddha visiting a hunter and his family. Regarding the wife of the hunter, a monk asked the Buddha if she, like her husband, was guilty of taking life, since she facilitated the act. The Buddha said (more or less) that Sotapanna, (which the wife was as she ha...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:43 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Mercy killing and kamma
- Replies: 83
- Views: 12141
Re: Mercy killing and kamma
I agree with chownah and Coyote, I think what you're experiencing currently is the kamma from the act. You didn't act out of hatred or aversion, but was your mercy killing out of selfishness? Not wanting to see and allow the bird to suffer? Not liking the way it made you feel? You acted, but now may...
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:08 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: I'm often sleepy! What i doing?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6046
Re: I'm often sleepy! What i doing?
Are you eating well? Are you male or female?
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Focusing on the nostrils?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2831
Re: Focusing on the nostrils?
GusVanSpent, I understand your frustration, you are using the same focus, reading the same books, and making the same effort, but not receiving the same results. All I can think of is that you aren't the same as before, you're a different person, your renewed practice should be one for the person yo...
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:20 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Getting used to sobriety
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7065
Re: Getting used to sobriety
Well done Sadge.
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:23 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Distorting the Dharma [Advice]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5619
Re: Distorting the Dharma [Advice]
Thank you all for your replies.
I think I will appeal to the Vice Chancellor, and if that fails, then I'll create a petition.
Anyone have anything they think I should include in this final appeal?
I think I will appeal to the Vice Chancellor, and if that fails, then I'll create a petition.
Anyone have anything they think I should include in this final appeal?
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Distorting the Dharma [Advice]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5619
Re: Distorting the Dharma [Advice]
Modus.Ponens, Lol thank you, that was pretty much my initial response as well. Justsit, It was really hard for me not to do that, especially because the author insists that Buddhism 'has to adapt for modern western audiences'. Coyote, the book is written by the university, I'm in stage two of the fo...
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:29 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Jobs who require no thinking so i can meditate
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4753
Re: Jobs who require no thinking so i can meditate
Dishwasher (at a restaurant) is a job.
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:53 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Distorting the Dharma [Advice]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5619
Distorting the Dharma [Advice]
Hello, I've found myself in an odd position and could use some advice. The textbook of a course I'm taking has a chapter that discusses Buddhism. It is pretty inaccurate. I wrote to the university about it. I addressed several of the inaccuracies, but this is my main complaint: They completely chang...