Right. Karma doesn’t actually ‘create’ things.wensumreed wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:23 pm The creative power of karma - 'karma can create things'.
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- 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: 26
- Views: 1326
Re: How to respond to theistic/deistic arguments from a Madhyamaka point of view?
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:39 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1491
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 739
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1491
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...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:12 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 842
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 ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 739
Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Many thanks if someone could enlighten me Well, that’s the Buddha. But regarding your post, please keep in mind that history has already presented two different sets of teachings, two different paths and goals. I’m just saying that this difference did not emerge as a result of Internet forums. My o...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1491
Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
this is my way to go: put into words a viewpoint that seems fertile for discussion hoping that some clarity could emerge along the way. well, yes, that is what we are all trying for here. That’s why I often ask for precise clarification. I do not think that discussion is futile and that only "...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: What did Indian Buddhists call themselves?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 543
Re: What did Indian Buddhists call themselves?
“भारतीय” (bharati) it means someone from India.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Right Mindedness at the time of Death
- Replies: 2
- Views: 97
Re: Right Mindedness at the time of Death
t is difficult for me, personally, not to worry about this Since worrying about it won’t help, I would stop worrying about it. Amitabha is the one who made the vow, so let him worry about it. As my teacher says, “沒問題” Mei wen ti … no problem. If either theory is correct, then there’s nothing you ca...