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
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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:38 pm
- Forum: Dying and Death
- Topic: New research into what happens as we die
- Replies: 3
- Views: 131
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 123
Re: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??
... (*) 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...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: Dying and Death
- Topic: New research into what happens as we die
- Replies: 3
- Views: 131
New research into what happens as we die
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...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:26 am
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
- Replies: 854
- Views: 264901
Re: Daily Laugh Thread
Happy 96th birthday Tom Lehrer.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:21 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Suella Braverman and Triratna
- Replies: 3
- Views: 204
Re: Suella Braverman and Triratna
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
To say nothing of the religions of the leadership of the Jews and Hamas engaged in the Gaza war.
Kim
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:52 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Meditation for Anxiety
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1894
Re: Meditation for Anxiety
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&...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 544
Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
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
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:31 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 544
Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
“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...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:33 am
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 544
Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
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...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 544
Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
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...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 544
Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
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...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Women involved in the early transmission of Buddhism to the West?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 381
Re: Women involved in the early transmission of Buddhism to the West?
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
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shingon?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6488
Re: Shingon?
Besides marketing promotion and competition for adherents, those doxographies are often used as progressive and gradual steps towards a certain end goal or view. So they are well integrated with the system of teaching and practice over centuries. In a way, its rather similar to how Einstein's theor...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:17 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1733
Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
That sounds Muslim-ish, kind of like when they say "because the Koran is perfect and miraculous, then Islam is true". Big no no for me! I went along to our local mosque for a community open day a few weeks ago. The people, many of them recent migrants and a fair few of them refugees, were...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:19 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 647
Re: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
... I think the ultimate reason is that Ganesh is just so darn cute and irresistible. Everything else is just some kind of rational excuse. :twothumbsup: There's a lot of truth in that. We do like relatable protectors. I think that is one of the reasons Guan Yin is so popular, too. :namaste: Kim
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:21 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1733
Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
>whether any teachings are valid or not doesn’t rely on testing them out yourself, but strictly because of who gave them. That's very true, you see it fast when you start a debate with both sides. It’s a common approach among many who follow the Mahayana path as well: That Because the Buddha perfor...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: Reversing Global Warming - Prayers and Aspirations
- Replies: 41
- Views: 37495
Re: Reversing Global Warming - Prayers and Aspirations
This seems to belong here rather than on the other Global Warming thread... Forest bathing therapy offers path forward in times of stress and climate trauma, nature guides say ...Forest therapy, or forest bathing, is the therapeutic practice of immersing the senses in nature often with the help of a...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
- Replies: 854
- Views: 264901
Re: Daily Laugh Thread
One more -
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Do you experience increased openness to others being taken as romantic interest? How do you handle it?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 293
Re: Do you experience increased openness to others being taken as romantic interest? How do you handle it?
Basicly, what other people think, say or do is their issue, not mine. Expressing, I'm not interested - in the intensity as they expressed their interest - is enough. I have to bother about my own behavior instead. This is my experience with any social trouble and concerns. And it helps me a lot. Bu...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
- Replies: 854
- Views: 264901
Re: Daily Laugh Thread
One more for Easter -