Khaṇikattā ca dhammānaṃ, yehi khandhehi te kataṃ, Amanāpaṃ niruddhā te, kassa dānīdha kujjhasi. "Since dhammas last but a moment’s time Those aggregates, by which was done The odious act, have ceased; so here and now What [or with whom] are you angry?" https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/...

Disciple wrote:

I'm the female breadwinner of my family. And the all-around glue that holds everything together, preventing the scenario depicted in image #3. So, nope, I don't relate to this either.

I also noticed his absence. His contributions were so valuable, both here and on Aloka's site. Wishing him well.

Yes! I have contemplated this. And, although I can get rather nitpicky about the 4th precept, in these instances, I tend to tick "read and understand" without having read (or at least without having read every single line of) the multiple screens of tiny text.

Ben wrote:Tasmanian Tiger Snake giving a skink a lift.

What a great image! As is the one of Ben re-posted by Modus.Ponens.

We have several snakes at home. My partner has been keeping them for decades. (All have the proper permits and none are venomous; all are handled with great care.)

We've just had catastrophic floods, and now this: http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3955695/spider-plagues-takeover-tassie-trees/?cs=5312" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);retur...

There are internet Buddhists that are very good practitioners I'm sure that is true. These two professors [Rupert Gethin, Richard Gombrich] are no doubt very highly educated and highly intellectual. But I doubt they are serious Dhamma practitioners. The italicized statement may be untrue and is fur...

Ajahn Jayasaro once recalled in a Dhamma talk a moment that resonated for him from years earlier. He was reading a book that included a question and answer session between a group of western students and a spiritual teacher. One of the students asked the teacher what he thought about mind-expanding ...

Hi Chi, Thank you for your questions. Your inquisitiveness is a delight! Oh, man. Do you ever have moral dilemmas about working in the pharmaceutical industry? Yes. However, I don't manufacture, test, or sell pharmaceuticals. I just write about disease states and the medications used to treat them. ...

What kind of work do you do? Medical writer (pharmaceutical sales training) How do you spend your time outside of work? Caring for my elderly mother and disabled brother; hiking; walking; meditation/Dhamma study; connecting with my family; biking; spending time with the cats; Tai Chi/Qigong; canoei...

Hi KB, Feel kind of strange posting this but I wanted to put this out there to see if anyone else has done anything similar and to get your thoughts (if any) on some additional training rules I've undertaken (in addition to the 8 Lifetime Precepts) to help me cultivate the brahmaviharas and work on ...

Metta simply means you wish that the other learn to act in skilful ways - i.e. keep the five precepts and practice meditation to eliminate the ill-will in their own hearts. That is a definition of metta I've not come across. My understanding is that metta as an encompassing and expansive quality of...

I'll try to correct anything that I think contradicts the Buddha's teachings and that masquerades as wisdom wherever it rears its head, not where you tell me to. It's no contradiction; effort is one thing, mindfulness another. This mindfulness is only observation, while it's the goal of effort to a...

You're welcome.

Best wishes

Cormac Brown wrote:I'll try to correct anything that I think contradicts the Buddha's teachings and that masquerades as wisdom wherever it rears its head, not where you tell me to.

That comes across as quite arrogant.