Dharma Wheel

We have locked this topic mainly because DW does not seem to be the right place for discussing DC's internal affairs. We can't moderate these discussions properly because they are too specific to the DC community. Also, we feel that some of these discussions would be better on a members-only forum ...

...Becks offers a NA beer that is a possible substitue. The bottle is green and the label resembles regular beer, just with the NA spelled out. Heineken NA is horrible. Clausthaler NA not as acceptable as Becks. Pauli Girl NA not too bad. There are also "Light", as in low-alcohol, beers. ...

By whom? Just because geologists developed scientific methods that revealed the causes of erosion, that doesn’t mean others couldn’t figure it out, especially in the east where mudslides often reshape mountainsides many times within the span of a single lifetime. :good: ...We are told in the histor...

Ryahat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:27 pm Hi to all!!
I am a newbie here

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Kim

We are told in the history of geology By whom? Just because geologists developed scientific methods that revealed the causes of erosion, that doesn’t mean others couldn’t figure it out, especially in the east where mudslides often reshape mountainsides many times within the span of a single lifetim...

That brings us full circle, with a post from the OP and a rational response to it. As a couple of us have noticed that this thread appears to be endlessly spinning its wheels, so let's give it a rest for a while. If anyone has anything *new* to add, please PM any mod to ask for it to be re-opened. ...

Should dharma texts also be free? If there is any consistent message in the 80+ posts already in this topic it is that what worked elsewhere a long time ago needs to be adapted to the very different conditions of the modern western world. In an ideal world, all dharma teachings and books would be f...

:buddha1: A lot of freemasons I know are obssesed with power and they are ver y abusive corrupted people I prefer to stay away Masons were instrumental in the formation of liberal democracy in England, the Americas, and on the Continent. Masons in Australia today are mostly very conservative but go...

It seems like something couldnt finish loading or too slow to load cos after like 30 seconds, u press stop loading the page, everything shows up but some parts r missing or incomplete. It’s very difficult to surf this site for reading or participating in the discussion. Every page takes long time t...

Nice to have you back. Relax, settle in, rejoin conversations...


Kim

No, you're not the only one to notice it - not by a long way. Some people interpret it magically or religiously, while others just say, as you did, that your mind gives meaning and relations where there are none. If you look up 'synchronicity' online you should very quickly find Carl Jung's theory a...

... in the Zen tradition I have composed a Death Poem, actually Death Poems as I’ve rewritten them over the years (which is also traditional). ... Death Poems are important in one of the series by Pattison which starts with Skull Mantra - https://www.bookdepository.com/Skull-Mantra-Eliot-Pattison/9...

The stream of Masonry that included Cagliostro, John Yarker, Rudolf Steiner, Kellner, Hartmann, and Blavatsky & Olcott, included women in their lodges; and according to them, their 'lineage' of Masonry would be more in line with the original Masonry than 'UGLE' Freemasonry that's commonly follo...

i learned, in this very forum, that it's traditional to charge a fee for vajrayana teachings. that's ok also imo, it is correct. but imo, it's definitely a horrible crime to charge for sutrayana teachings. Everyone has been explaining that events do cost money to run, and presenters do need to pay ...

Malcolm wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:25 am

jet.urgyen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:43 am
in vajrayana the guru owns the teaching. in sutrayana the preceptor doesn't.

No, that’s not the principle.

The principle is that the guru is embodiment of the three jewels, so,offerings to the guru is of greater merit.

Fine.
But that's gifts, not charges.


Kim

I'm a bit with the OP on this. Not all the way. I like HHDL's approach - there is a big cost to big events that he holds, and attendees pay a fee. But at the end, the organisers read out a painstakingly boring balance sheet, and if there is any leftover, it is donated. Yes there is tendrel and this...