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by DNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 782

Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?

Interesting results, so far. It appears to be very similar to the poll at DWT. 72% male 27% female 2% transgendered https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=8723 I had hypothesized that there might be more females here, but the percentages are roughly the same, so far. Of course, both polls are u...
by DNS
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 782

Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?

I have heard, that a higher female interest than male, is one of the sings of the Degenerate Age of Dharma. Does anyone have more information about this? I believe, it was written somewhere in the Palicanon that the Buddha said so. One of those weird quotes, I think, which make no sense without con...
by DNS
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Shrine Room
Topic: My Padmasambhava statue lit by the last rays of sunset
Replies: 1
Views: 160

Re: My Padmasambhava statue lit by the last rays of sunset

We live in a 7th floor and there are beautiful unhindered (no buildings in front) sunsets here. And when the sun was setting down, at one perfect moment, its last rays hit this statue. It looked truly magical, so I wanted to share this moment. Looks great! PS: HOW TO POST A PICTURE I was getting an...
by DNS
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 418

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

Also, the same poll that happened in dhammawheel 13 years ago has 5 pages of people commenting on it. It clearly shows there was an interest. This is also value. I believe I have exhausted whatever explanation or justification I am able to come up with. Not sure if it suffices to you. Hopefully tha...
by DNS
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 418

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

There was a poll at our sister site DWT some 13 years ago. https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=8723 72% male 27% female 2% transgendered Just a guess, but I think there are more females here at DWM compared to DWT. Yes, polls are anonymous. Moderators and even admins cannot see what you sele...
by DNS
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:13 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: AUTHETNIC Buddhist Quotes
Replies: 5
Views: 244

Re: AUTHETNIC Buddhist Quotes

Here are a few of my favorites from the Pali Canon:

https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Buddha_quotes

Translations from accesstoinsight and suttacentral. Citation and legal use cited here:
https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title= ... Pali_Canon
by DNS
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:10 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
Replies: 13
Views: 729

Re: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”

People with no spiritual practice often think anything involving devotion and discipline “looks like a cult.” Yes, it could be something like this. If they are not familiar with spiritual practice or eastern religions, they might find something simple as chanting as being "cultish" which ...
by DNS
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - who is your teacher
Replies: 5
Views: 168

Re: Poll idea - who is your teacher

The forum software doesn't have the option to allow users to edit the poll. Only the person who made the poll (and only for a limited time) and the mods or admins can edit the poll once it's made.

You'd have to come up with the names of teachers in advance and then make the poll.
by DNS
Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:49 am
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 842
Views: 261818

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

climb-up wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:49 pm Esta camiseta, jajaja ¡Me lo encanta!
:thumbsup: Spanglish might be the most common language here in Las Vegas.

Even Trump tried speaking Spanglish at one of the debates.

by DNS
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Silly but persistent pop-culture myths about Buddhism.
Replies: 26
Views: 916

Re: Silly but persistent pop-culture myths about Buddhism.

Quite a few references in the Pali Canon about there being no creator-god. See this long thread over at DWT:
https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=24247
by DNS
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon
Replies: 5
Views: 430

Re: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon

A good overview of all the important Suttas in the Pali Canon is Bhikkhu Bodhi's In the Buddha's Words:

https://wisdomexperience.org/product/buddhas-words/

The entire Canon is approximately 40 volumes, but Bhikkhu Bodhi has condensed it into just one book.
by DNS
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon
Replies: 5
Views: 430

Re: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon

Sila (moral principles) are permeated throughout the Pali Canon, but perhaps more so in the Majjhima Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya.

The Vinaya, especially the Patimokkha, contains the rules for monks and nuns.
by DNS
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 842
Views: 261818

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

Kim O'Hara wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:04 am Genuine news headline - really!
Amazing how fast the culture changes nowadays!

Now, Australia is almost plurality "nones" for religious affiliation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Australia

Christianity 43.9%
No religion 38.9%
by DNS
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:31 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New today
Replies: 2
Views: 656

Re: New today

Welcome to DW!

by DNS
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Does the doctrine of karma blame victims for their own suffering?
Replies: 16
Views: 2013

Re: Does the doctrine of karma blame victims for their own suffering?

Yes and no. The Buddha did talk about karma and the results of karma. There is one Sutta that is so politically incorrect, even Ayn Rand might have liked it: "So it is the way people live that makes them how they are, whether short-lived or long lived, sickly or healthy, ugly or lovely, insigni...
by DNS
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:52 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Nas Daily studying all the world religions
Replies: 1
Views: 286

Re: Nas Daily studying all the world religions

He spent a month studying Buddhism and visited Lumbini.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBMzPJf2mXc
by DNS
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:10 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Nas Daily studying all the world religions
Replies: 1
Views: 286

Nas Daily studying all the world religions

Nuseir is embarking on a study of all the major religions. What he's doing is sort of like what I have been doing from a very young age and from my studies and interaction with the other religions is how I came to Buddhism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFQy02lkBY
by DNS
Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:48 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New But Not
Replies: 10
Views: 818

Re: New But Not

Welcome to DWM!

by DNS
Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Dharma Paths?
Replies: 12
Views: 11163

Re: Dharma Paths?

Greetings DNS, I have a suggestion: would it be possible to add "early Buddhism" to Dharma Paths? :thumbsup: Good idea. I'll add that later today. Early Buddhism is not necessarily Theravada, as I have discovered in my studies. https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Early_Buddhist_Texts I...
by DNS
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 842
Views: 261818

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

I was in Walmart using the restroom 🧻 and just as I closed my stall door, a voice from the next stall said, “Hi! How are you?” Embarrassed... I said, “I’m aight!!" The voice said, "So what are you up to?” I said, “Ummm... Just trying to handle a little private business over here!” Then I h...

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