Dharma Wheel

Have you tried the parallel Theravada forum?
If not, https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewforum.php?f=29 could be a good starting point.


Kim

Best seen on a large screen.



Kim

Pardon me, but IMO blithely labeling people based on ephemeral political beliefs is at bottom antithetical to a Buddhist viewpoint, and only contributes to an "us vs. them" mentality, and, usually, subtle feelings of personal superiority that are definitely at odds with Mahayana.. In resp...

Not necessarily but right-wing thinking on the whole tends to emphasize individualism over (for example rightwing philosophies like libertarianism and objectivism) - rather than altruism. IMO, objectivism (Ayn Rand, right?) is just a rationalization, a justification for being selfish. There is noth...

If I had to list the one negative emotion that I really struggle with, it’s anxiety. Like everyone else I have my share of frustration, sadness, anger etc. In a way it hangs over my head daily like a spectre ready to rise up. Some days it’s just a vague little feeling at the back of my mind, a litt...

... I think a lot of this is just a matter of trends in translation. These days a lot of English speakers prefer translations that have what Lawrence Venuti calls "foreignizing." Such translations don't really aim to completely assimilate a foreign text to Anglophone culture, but allow th...

tingdzin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:19 am Are un-dharmic and "right wing" necessarily the same?

Of course not, but I do think that compassion drives us leftward.


Kim

I thought that the long 'transitional' period of consciousness they have documented was particularly interesting to us as Buddhists, since it tends to support the possibility of 'conscious dying' - going into death with full awareness, or while in meditation.


Kim

... (*) The translations here are based on the book The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng by A. F. Price and W. Mou-Lam. https://ronaldc.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/commentary-on-the-four-verses-of-the-diamond-sutra-why-they-are-important-to-us/ [/quote] https://archive.org/details/diamondsutras...

New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought ... In the 1970s, a small network of cardiologists, psychiatrists, medical sociologists and social psychologists in North America and Europe began investigating whether near-death...

Happy 96th birthday Tom Lehrer.

There's not much to be gained by focusing on her professed Buddhism, since there are far more unChristian Christians in political life in the UK and (especially) the US.

To say nothing of the religions of the leadership of the Jews and Hamas engaged in the Gaza war.


Kim

Not specifically buddhist, but the Wim Hof breathing is very interesting and easy to do. It is very powerful. Other breathing exercice can bring a lot of help. I recommend « breathing » by James Nestor. You will get a lot from this book. A lot of precious keys. Nestor's book is called "Breath&...

Yes, the debate is endless because there are good arguments on all sides.
Anyone wanting to defend their own position has no trouble finding support for it.


Kim

“no part of this book may be reproduced for any reason by any means" In Buddhist legalese, this would be what is known as a ‘provisional teaching’. In other words, the meaning behind holds more significance than the actual wording. Even ordinary copyrights worded this way allow for some reprod...

The issue has been debated here endlessly - look up previous threads about copyright if you are so inclined. It seems to me that by reproducing material dharma materials that are explicitly labelled as not to be reproduced, you are starting your study with a deliberate breaking of the rule about 't...

The issue has been debated here endlessly - look up previous threads about copyright if you are so inclined. It seems to me that by reproducing material dharma materials that are explicitly labelled as not to be reproduced, you are starting your study with a deliberate breaking of the rule about 't...

The issue has been debated here endlessly - look up previous threads about copyright if you are so inclined. It seems to me that by reproducing material dharma materials that are explicitly labelled as not to be reproduced, you are starting your study with a deliberate breaking of the rule about 'ta...

humble.student wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:23 pm Alexandra David-Néel?

Absolutely.
We've talked about her here a few times but here's the bigger picture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra ... N%C3%A9el


Kim