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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 392
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: 34
- Views: 392
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: 34
- Views: 392
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: 34
- Views: 392
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: 34
- Views: 392
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1413
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: 34
- Views: 392
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: 34
- Views: 392
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: 34
- Views: 392
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: 18
- Views: 586
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: 51
- Views: 1413
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: 540
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: 90
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...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1413
Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
it is an "intelligent space" that manifests "objects" out of itself! really? Please name one. Please name one object that isn’t simply a gathering of smaller and smaller objects all the way down to the space between atoms. Then tell me, is the appearance of objects due to someth...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Is it Beneficial to Use Dharma Names in Daily Life?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 314
Re: Is it Beneficial to Use Dharma Names in Daily Life?
Considering the positive imprints left by Dharma names, would it be beneficial to also use Dharma names in daily life for objects or places, in addition to pets, to create a more mindful environment? Originally, the Buddha gave Dharma names because in the Himalayas and in India, your family name of...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Coating the inside of a statue / stupa prior to filling it?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 305
Re: Coating the inside of a statue / stupa prior to filling it?
Well, as I wasn't able to get any advice, I took my chances and winged it :smile: I'll share the deets here for the benefit of anyone else who comes along with the same question. First I bought 4 grams of quality saffron and ran it (carefully) through a coffee/spice grinder until it was a fine powd...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:52 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1413
Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
I wonder, can great traditions really view ultimate reality in fundamentally different ways? Does that make any sense? Actually, no, it doesn’t, although I completely understand the question. It doesn’t make sense because “ultimate reality” is an abstract concept. To make the point that various bel...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1413
Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
1. In this context, “space” means no edge, no center. Basically like the known universe, containing every thing.
2. The veil of Ignorance is paper thin. In other words, it doesn’t take much to obscure the true nature.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Inherent Existence? (continued)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3658
Re: Inherent Existence? (continued)
Would you regard building a campfire
as an empirical activity?
If so, then why?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1135