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by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 66
Views: 1870

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

I'm not trying to emphasise some sort of vague similarity between different religious teachings on the ultimate nature of reality while blatantly ignoring the obvious, stark differences. What I try to emphasise is that regardless of the content of any formulation, it is drawn from/in response to ex...
by PadmaVonSamba
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism among Asian Americans-Pew Research Center
Replies: 1
Views: 133

Buddhism among Asian Americans-Pew Research Center

About one-in-ten Asian American adults (11%) say their religion is Buddhism, a slight decline from 14% in 2012. A much larger share (21%) currently say that, aside from religion, they feel close to Buddhism for reasons such as ancestry or culture. In total, one-third of Asian Americans express at le...
by PadmaVonSamba
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Is it Beneficial to Use Dharma Names in Daily Life?
Replies: 14
Views: 832

Re: Is it Beneficial to Use Dharma Names in Daily Life?

Does using Dharma names create positive karma? If I address someone with their Dharma name or others address me by mine. Karma depends on the motivation. Calling somebody's name is an empty thing so far. The connotation creates the color of good, bad or neutral. Thank you for your answer. That's lo...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Replies: 24
Views: 1030

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...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:30 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: How to respond to theistic/deistic arguments from a Madhyamaka point of view?
Replies: 27
Views: 1464

Re: How to respond to theistic/deistic arguments from a Madhyamaka point of view?

wensumreed wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:23 pm The creative power of karma - 'karma can create things'.
Right. Karma doesn’t actually ‘create’ things.
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:39 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 66
Views: 1870

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

Emptiness is something to be realized in a direct perception. Nagarjuna went to great lengths to deny that emptiness is something. It cannot be directly perceived. “Something” is a vague term here and you are both correct Insofar as emptiness can be realized, as in “I realize that phenomena have no...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

Sorry, what is your meaning of DNS? Oh man, you're serious? DNS is the acronym of the guy who owns Dharmawheel, Dhamawheel, etc: https://www.dharmawheel.net/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2 Sorry I wasn’t ‘hip’ to that. I never concerned myself with who owns this thing. So then… Is he the ma...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Replies: 24
Views: 1030

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

It's only due to a couple of misunderstandings, e. g. the idea that the palicanon is the first and only authentic buddhist source and the only direct word of the Buddha himself. I think along with this is the idea that the teachings are true only because the historical Buddha taught them (an extens...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:48 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

mutsuk wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:50 pm
Ummmm…. DNS is a computer protocol system that connects domain names with servers.
It’s not a person.
You're wasting our time, man...
Sorry, what is your meaning of DNS?
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

Pot, meet kettle. I'm not singling you out, but, many of your critiques in this thread could apply to you in this thread... Oh yeah? I don't think I have voiced any conservative or alt-right opinion in any of my thread. I've just voiced concern about the ease with which some manifest hatred towards...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

I perceive alt-right people - everywhere - whining about how they were not free to say the the things they want to say. But actually, they cannot stand that opponents call out their speech as misanthropic, unfair and dangerous. One could laugh about this twisting of facts, if it wasn't so demagogic...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

Are you quite sure you aren’t simply being cited for making unsubstantiated accusations? How could I know? You have to ask those who cite me. Your question is pretty weird. So, you don’t know exactly why your posts are omitted. Do you know for a fact that the moderators are members of left wing org...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

:jawdrop: I wasn’t saying that Dharma isn’t applicable in all Aspects of life. That’s kind of the point of it, in fact. All I am saying is that it would be helpful to keep conversations meaningful and somewhat on track (not to mention pertinent to the purpose of this forum) if people would try to p...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

you allow a bunch of far-left activists work as moderators dictating others what they have to think Are you quite sure you aren’t simply being cited for making unsubstantiated accusations? For example, left wing activists, by definition, function as parts of collectives. Do you know for a fact that...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

you allow a bunch of far-left activists work as moderators dictating others what they have to think Are you quite sure you aren’t simply being cited for making unsubstantiated accusations? For example, left wing activists, by definition, function as parts of collectives. Do you know for a fact that...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

DNS wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:25 am I should have said politics is "part of life" instead of "life is politics." I didn't mean to say everything is politics.
Some here have expressed the view that everything is inherently a political issue.
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:27 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 66
Views: 1870

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

Mental ideas come and go, i.e. are created and discarded. I do regard the movement of mind and the results of that movement to be the same mind. Right. Mind and actions of mind are not two different things. There is a commonly held view that the mind is an entity that “has” thoughts. It’s like a TV...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:12 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

The Dharma is infused in everything though. Politics is life. There could be a Dharmic perspective to anything in life. Is it? Then one who is posting it should explain the particular connection of the topic to the Dharma in their OP. I mean, it’s really a meaningless statement when people say ever...
by PadmaVonSamba
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

Moderators and moderation aren't perfect, Sure, and that's not what most of us are asking here, rather leaving their political proliferations and priviledged statements at home would certainly make things less heated sometimes. Those “buddhists” who post to ridiculize other people's political belie...
by PadmaVonSamba
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:06 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 62
Views: 1417

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

The separate forums by major traditions we have here appears to have worked out well. Well, it’s mostly because you allow a bunch of far-left activists work as moderators dictating others what they have to think, deleting comments that contradicts them, and banning people whose opinions are not in ...

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