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Sovatthika wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:27 am...
These are great, thank you! They still may support a "smh" view which some could interpret as justification to discriminate against the disabled, as none of these suttas suggests that disability is not due to some kamma.
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L.N. wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2017 4:44 pm
Sovatthika wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:27 am...
These are great, thank you! They still may support a "smh" view which some could interpret as justification to discriminate against the disabled, as none of these suttas suggests that disability is not due to some kamma.
Correct, even though the leper became a sotapanna, the Buddha still explains the evil deeds he did in a past life to be a leper in that life.

And then there are the Vinaya rules against ordaining certain people which has a very long list of politically incorrect categories, including various handicaps (apparently for not burdening the sangha and lay people).

Apparently all religions have a history of discriminating against the handicapped and this is unfortunate. In defense of Buddhism (apologetics? possibly) there are some sutta references about not speculating on another's kamma-vipāka.
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DNS wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:30 pm In defense of Buddhism (apologetics? possibly) there are some sutta references about not speculating on another's kamma-vipāka.
Are there? (Apart from this quite general one?) None (which would be more specific) come to mind here. If you can provide a reference, that would be great.
I always saw this to be more or less implicit in the teachings, that smugly looking down upon or even joy at another's (kamically hand-crafted) misfortune is a very unskillful attitude which will reap its own rewards.

This sutta comes to mind: Duggata Sutta - Fallen on Hard Times (and contrasted by this: Sukhita Sutta - Happy)
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Yes, those are the ones I was thinking of.

And then there is also the practice of karuna (compassion).
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DNS wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:13 pm And then there is also the practice of karuna (compassion).
Right, this is central to the Buddha's teachings, and there is nothing in them which would condone mistreating someone for their misfortune, whether or not this misfortune is caused by previous kamma.
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conversely, sympathy to the extreme
a self-respecting disabled person really doesn't want to be treated like a victim.
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even if/when there is kammic retribution in the form of a disability it is only form and as such it is impermanent
it is not self
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smh @ 'skillfully' breaking precepts
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What is the sentiment in play when someone uses the term 'shake my head'?
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edit: I just went on line and at the urban dictionary website it gave this:
Shaking my head: something you do when a person or thing is so utterly rediculous that you just nod in disbelief
Is this how it is commonly used?....isn't it usually #smh?
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chownah wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:30 amWhat is the sentiment in play when someone uses the term 'shake my head'?
Indeed. To me, it doesn't seem like a Dhammic sentiment.

Couldn't find a smh meme, but found similar ones:

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Doesn't look Dhammic to me.

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Ikeda is a Mahayana - SGI Buddhist teacher and author. I wouldn't expect him to have a Classical Theravada or even a Modern Theravada view of nibbana and enlightenment. His view is probably the mainstream view of his religion - sect.
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DNS wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:21 pm Ikeda is a Mahayana - SGI Buddhist teacher and author. I wouldn't expect him to have a Classical Theravada or even a Modern Theravada view of nibbana and enlightenment. His view is probably the mainstream view of his religion - sect.
Yes, as Ikeda is a Mahayana Buddhist I doubt you will see much explicitly Theravada influence there.

Ikeda is the founding President of SGI, the largest of Japan’s “New Religions” and I beleive his views pretty well define the mainstream views of the sect, an outgrowth of Nichiren Buddhism.
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