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- Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:49 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: All dhammas are personal, not public
- Replies: 225
- Views: 33112
Re: All dhammas are personal, not public
The dhammakaya is the already existing and always existing body of dhamma, of which the Buddha was but a vehicle for. It is independent of individuals, although we see it revealed through individuals.
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:11 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: All dhammas are personal, not public
- Replies: 225
- Views: 33112
Re: All dhammas are personal, not public
wikipedia would be wrong, try a dhammic source!!
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 1:34 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: All dhammas are personal, not public
- Replies: 225
- Views: 33112
Re: All dhammas are personal, not public
Retro, you're basically denying the existence of the dhammakaya, which is a pretty important part of Buddhism, and is definitely not personal.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:54 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Is hatred always bad, if you hate what should be hated?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 16347
Re: Is hatred always bad, if you hate what should be hated?
Greetings Alan, But, are you really willing to sit, even when everything else is going to hell? Not just sit, I'm also willing to support Trump. https://pics.astrologymemes.com/they-told-me-i-could-be-anything-i-wanted-soi-26583881.png ...even when there are more things you can do to stop the world...
- Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:18 am
- Forum: Suggestion box
- Topic: Let's make this forum more Buddhist!
- Replies: 129
- Views: 28307
Re: Let's make this forum more Buddhist!
Greetings, First choice would be for David to evaporate the News-Events-Politics forum. There are vast numbers of online & other media for that. But I fear he will not - so the other option is for all of us to not post there at all. Just some history (for the sake of background, not to say it n...
- Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:56 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: the great vegetarian debate
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 975379
Re: the great vegetarian debate
To produce protein from grazing beef, cattle are killed. One death delivers (on average, across Australia’s grazing lands) a carcass of about 288 kilograms. This is approximately 68% boneless meat which, at 23% protein equals 45kg of protein per animal killed. This means 2.2 animals killed for each...
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:46 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Right Speech: The Person in the Ball
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11417
Re: Right Speech: The Person in the Ball
Are the suttas not clear enough? "It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth. It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially. It is spoken with a mind of good-will." — AN 5.198 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ati/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-vaca/index.html It appears ...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:03 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: An Islam Christian debate.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1378
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:31 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34207
Re: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
Modus said a lot of things, many of which are in direct contradiction to Islamic teaching, for instance he is in complete denial of the common Islamic teaching that there is no compulsion in religion, could go on and on, but frankly I don't have the time, maybe some of our other posters could point ...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:14 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34207
Re: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
Well if you live in an Islamic country and publicly assert that half the Koran is heresy, maybe you would be charged with heresy. I'm not saying there is anything ideal about Islam, but stick to the facts don't make up fake interpretations to fit your own prejudices, the Koran is very difficult to t...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:03 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34207
Re: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
Modus, You can't prove anything by quoting the Koran out of context, and making up your own interpretations in direct contradiction to those of recognized Islamic scholars.
- Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:01 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34207
Re: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
I think LN IS making a valuable contribution to this forum.
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Theravada Buddhism and Trans Folk
- Replies: 62
- Views: 10503
Re: Theravada Buddhism and Trans Folk
I feel unease about all "minorities", and it's because of how they often get their way, even at the expense of the rights of others. When I was going to school, there was just one black girl in the whole county. And this black girl was very mean -- she acted superior and as if the rules t...
- Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:02 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34207
Re: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
For instance female genital mutilation is not Islamic, it is cultural, it originated in Africa and is still principally an African phenomenon, both Islamic and Christian communities in Africa practice female genital mutilation, it almost unheard of in most middle Eastern countries, although I have h...
- Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:42 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34207
Re: Will certain Buddhists on DW please stop disparaging other faiths
Asokan Edicts Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, honors both ascetics and the householders of all religions, and he honors them with gifts and honors of various kinds. But Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, does not value gifts and honors as much as he values this -- that there should be growth i...