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- Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:36 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: "The Broken Buddha" by Ven.Dhammika and other scandals
- Replies: 380
- Views: 138081
Re: "The Broken Buddha" by Ven. S. Dhammika
It's just another book and in my opinion heavily shaped by Ven Dhammika's own monastic experience. I'm sure that if the Ven had stumbled into Wat Pa Barn Tard (for example) as a young man he would be writing very different books. What are our expectations of a living religion that is over 2500 years...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:07 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: The Buddha and Occupy Wall Street
- Replies: 197
- Views: 36811
Re: The Buddha and Occupy Wall Street
Not the same event but in the same vein
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- Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:00 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: False Gurus: Can a huge mass of people be Conned?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4208
Re: False Guru's: Can a huge mass of people be Conned?
Hi Rowboat
I would hope that participants in this forum would be respectful whoever they were addressing.
I would add that I actually wasn't directly addressing Bhikkhu Pesala but was commenting on the Ven's comment.
Apologies if you found my comment disrespectful.
I would hope that participants in this forum would be respectful whoever they were addressing.
I would add that I actually wasn't directly addressing Bhikkhu Pesala but was commenting on the Ven's comment.
Apologies if you found my comment disrespectful.
- Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:03 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: False Gurus: Can a huge mass of people be Conned?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4208
Re: False Guru's: Can a huge mass of people be Conned?
Give us a break.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:A huge mass of people have been conned completely by that false Guru called Māra and have failed to arrive at even mundane right view, let alone supramundane right view.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Consciousness: 1 or many?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1472
Re: Consciousness: 1 or many?
It's like a Rose with many petals.
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:47 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Ian Stevenson, Rebirth, and the Suttas
- Replies: 91
- Views: 19814
Re: Ian Stevenson, Rebirth, and the Suttas
?????pilgrim wrote: Indeed....for millenia, Buddhists practise the Dhamma for one purpose only, the ending of rebirth. It takes a Western Buddhist to turn the Dhamma into a feel good therapy.
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:01 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Ian Stevenson, Rebirth, and the Suttas
- Replies: 91
- Views: 19814
Re: Ian Stevenson, Rebirth, and the Suttas
Hi cooran & all What I meant is when Ian Stevenson's research is used to try and validate Buddhist doctrine it often has the reverse of it's 'intended effect. I don't think it adds anything and my opinion is that it may actually take something away because from what I have observed it tends to m...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Ian Stevenson, Rebirth, and the Suttas
- Replies: 91
- Views: 19814
Re: Ian Stevenson, Rebirth, and the Suttas
What I don't get is why there is a wish to correlate the studies of Ian Stevenson with the teachings of Buddhism. For me Buddhist practice stands up well with out the need for "scientific" validation. The kind of validation that can come from such non-mainstream views as that of Ian Steven...