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by Jesse
Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

I can certainly decide who I will consider a follower of Buddhadharma, and feel completely free to share that opinion. You are free to disagree. However, you have now come out and admitted that you think Buddhadharma is just an ancient doctrine of unsophisticated people like the Buddha, unlike the ...
by Jesse
Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Those claiming the banner of rebirth/karma sound just like Christians lovingly telling others how they will be going to hell for not believing in Christ. It’s actually you who began the proselytizing in this thread by claiming that karma and rebirth weren’t useful concepts, that they weren’t needed...
by Jesse
Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Yes, he decided that Buddhadharma was pushing people away from Buddhism. No I claimed your rampant arrogance - claiming to possess the authority to decide who is, and who is not a buddhist - drives people away from the Dharma. I can certainly decide who I will consider a follower of Buddhadharma, a...
by Jesse
Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:11 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

He decided what the essence of Buddhism is. People here have been pointing out that he is wrong. Yes, he decided that Buddhadharma was pushing people away from Buddhism. No I claimed your rampant arrogance - claiming to possess the authority to decide who is, and who is not a buddhist - drives peop...
by Jesse
Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:06 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Those claiming the banner of rebirth/karma sound just like Christians lovingly telling others how they will be going to hell for not believing in Christ. The Buddha defined liberation in terms of rebirth (stream entrants, seven rebirths in desire realm, once-returners, one, etc.). You don't accept ...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Queequeg wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:49 pm You can call yourself a pink rhinoceros for all intents and purposes. Others will draw their own conclusions about you.
Indeed they will, as I have drawn my own about you.
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:43 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

This is not really about who is or is not a Buddhist, but what teachings actually say. No, it is not. Interesting discussion. Jesse and Clyde, while I think your concerns are not uncommon, I don't think they are particularly relevant in Buddhist circles for the simple reason that most people like y...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

These qualifications amount to moot, you can spend your entire life engaged in book learning, hopping around between teachers and never gain an iota of realization. So my point stands, neither of you are in a qualified position to judge whom is, or is not a Buddhist - Nor whom the Path is open to. ...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:09 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

It is precisely correct. There are a lot of spiritual tourists in the West, who get the tee shirt, and then post about their wonderful experience on Instagram. However, tourists can go native, but there are some things they need to absorb, like the actual cause of suffering: affliction and karma. S...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:55 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

It is precisely correct. There are a lot of spiritual tourists in the West, who get the tee shirt, and then post about their wonderful experience on Instagram. However, tourists can go native, but there are some things they need to absorb, like the actual cause of suffering: affliction and karma. S...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:50 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Tourist, Not a Buddhist, The path is closed to us. It is precisely correct. There are a lot of spiritual tourists in the West, who get the tee shirt, and then post about their wonderful experience on Instagram. However, tourists can go native, but there are some things they need to absorb, like the...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Queequeg wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:24 pm
Jesse wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:23 pm I'm sorry but that is bullshit.
LOL. Backatcha.
You unfortunately do not understand the Dharma well enough to make any of these claims, sorry to tell you.
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:23 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Interesting discussion. Jesse and Clyde, while I think your concerns are not uncommon, I don't think they are particularly relevant in Buddhist circles for the simple reason that most people like you will simply self-select out of Buddhist communities. Perhaps its too much woo for you. Without that...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:15 am
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

I have no doubt of the Dharma of anicca, anatta (& sunnatta), and dukkha, also dependent origination in its simplest form, “from the arising of this, that arises” and “when this ceases, that ceases”; and the benefit of meditation. That is enough for me. Great, no problem. Again the issue is try...
by Jesse
Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

We believe "if I can just this, if I can just that" - THEN I can be happy. Seeing the utter futility in this type of thinking, perceiving, and behavior is probably the most important realization to have. That realization is fully experiencing the fruit of the Bodhisattva path (Nirvana) - ...
by Jesse
Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:54 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Life extension not far off (partially here now)
Replies: 12
Views: 1608

Re: Life extension not far off (partially here now)

Within the next 50 years or so, research into life extension will very likely pay off ... Yes. At least 15 years ago people were saying that "some people now alive may never die". Here's a set of articles about it (if the links haven't died :tongue: ) - https://www.newscientist.com/articl...
by Jesse
Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:06 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

Do you know where to look? The fact that you are an adult and no longer a three year old is in fact proof of karma and rebirth. The fact I am an adult is a product of basic biology. A child could be a Buddha, and an elderly person can still remain a sentient being, it has nothing to do with rebirth...
by Jesse
Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:26 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

The fact that you are an adult and no longer a three year old is in fact proof of karma and rebirth. The fact I am an adult is a product of basic biology. A child could be a Buddha, and an elderly person can still remain a sentient being, it has nothing to do with rebirth. What do you think then, a...
by Jesse
Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:49 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

how many of us have perceived the actual workings of rebirth, or karma? Yet practice just fine. Do you know where to look? The fact that you are an adult and no longer a three year old is in fact proof of karma and rebirth. The fact I am an adult is a product of basic biology. A child could be a Bu...
by Jesse
Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:46 pm
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: The Future of American Buddhism
Replies: 430
Views: 29856

Re: The Future of American Buddhism

If suffering is momentary and ends on the breakup of the body, then Samsara is just kind of a bummer. That's exactly the sort of view that arises from self. Suffering is infinite, only because beings are infinite. There is no transmigration of a soul, there is no rebirth that happens in such a way ...

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