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by DharmaJunior
Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:21 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Questions on the Benefits of Meditation
Replies: 8
Views: 2106

Re: Questions on the Benefits of Meditation

Yes, of course, nothing is ever your favour. You create the condition for such. The basic principle is recieie recieve ,or conduct conduct, or blah. Just behave, sounds easy so far.
by DharmaJunior
Fri Jun 16, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5280
Views: 883204

Re: Music time

by DharmaJunior
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5280
Views: 883204

Re: Music time

denise hearts :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
by DharmaJunior
Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Vegas family claims they saw aliens
Replies: 17
Views: 1526

Re: Vegas family claims they saw aliens

newsflash: aliens ran away from the snitches, after attempting to operate mining apparatus. All we wanted was something to eat and drink; we didn't have laser beams.
by DharmaJunior
Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Is this sexual misconduct?
Replies: 28
Views: 3300

Re: Is this sexual misconduct?

The skillful art of de-escalation 101.. ? ! For the purpose of illustrating this point may we consider the passions as a nuisance? We sit in front of this fire, throw water upon it but the fire doesn't go out. We throw paraffin on the fire; the fire is the thirsty man and the paraffin is the salt. B...
by DharmaJunior
Sat May 27, 2023 3:30 am
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 848
Views: 263133

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

by DharmaJunior
Fri May 26, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5280
Views: 883204

Re: Music time

let this moment serve to remind us how important or precious others are to us. If we are fooled let it be not too not too late, and if it is, let that pain and difficult become a purpose for what time is left.

by DharmaJunior
Tue May 23, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5280
Views: 883204

Re: Music time

:cheers:
by DharmaJunior
Sun May 21, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 848
Views: 263133

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

by DharmaJunior
Sun May 21, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: How you make the other happy
Replies: 30
Views: 3129

Re: How you make the other happy

Teachers and parents are there to show you how to do things for yourselves. When they pass on there is a profound joy thinking 'how well is my beloved student doing now?' and, yes, maybe a bit of an ego trip sneaking in there but even that's a bit better than outsourcing ones own personal power. Any...
by DharmaJunior
Wed May 17, 2023 12:26 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Euthanizing pets...
Replies: 29
Views: 3747

Re: Euthanizing pets...

'Thing' is a keyword here. viewing other living beings as a commodity; surplus to requirement; replaceable etc. The owned belongs in a meritocracy as each being having it's unique utility (not to mention this sometimes involves a level of manufactured consent). The own (er) does not have any specifi...
by DharmaJunior
Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Things you can control
Replies: 9
Views: 1815

Re: Things you can control

Thoughts are by and large in service to our in built security system. I'll use the metaphor of a home alarm system here. You can go switch it off in five minutes or leave it running for hours. Some people cannot discriminate, and if the brain isn't working correctly or at all then everyone and every...
by DharmaJunior
Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Healthy desire and attachment
Replies: 27
Views: 1593

Re: Healthy desire and attachment

The way I see it, if one is attached then one has something to prove, so there's a whole bunch of busywork, drama and stress created trying to protect a viewpoint or an identity or an image. Very generally this casts a wide net over different behaviour and works on many different levels. If I do thi...
by DharmaJunior
Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Should I save the rabbit or the falcon?
Replies: 59
Views: 5224

Re: Should I save the rabbit or the falcon?

This is an interesting wild vs domestic issue, and also a law of the land vs law of the sky issue. When wild meets domestic it isn't necessarily reciprocal (quid pro quo). A vast majority of avian species are 'wild' but owe their existence to people, their generosity and often wastefulness. Pigeons ...
by DharmaJunior
Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Enlightenment is on every turn
Replies: 3
Views: 423

Re: Enlightenment is on every turn

Samsara has become way too cozy for some people. Walling off and insulating is not conducive for compassion and makes renunciation more difficult. Like animals in a zoo with invisible walls, the zookeepers tighten the screws telling the residents it's for our own good. Wait for a seminal moment in y...
by DharmaJunior
Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Questions on Meditation
Replies: 33
Views: 3637

Re: Questions on Meditation

There's is mindfulness in the sense of having to be responsible, so clearly for some tasks mindfulness has to be there 100%, then there is mindfulness in relation to the four immeasurables including near and far enemies. Furthermore there is mindfulness or rather absentmindedness in a general sense ...
by DharmaJunior
Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:45 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Stillness
Replies: 3
Views: 329

Re: Stillness

Could it be what would happen if the ocean met the drop rather than the drop gravitating towards the ocean? If you view self as a continually fluid entity, or a sequence of infinite moments then that could be -movement-. if we could theoretically see life as a whole extra dimensional phenomenon (eve...
by DharmaJunior
Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Love
Replies: 11
Views: 778

Re: Love

I would argue- well actually I won't but- love similar to hate, wears off (a cooling of passions if you will). I mean you're going to calm down eventually or have a nervous breakdown. Perhaps it's wise to meet people and beings with a calm abiding and equanimity; to work jointly with but not necessa...
by DharmaJunior
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Words
Replies: 393
Views: 67403

Re: Words

yes, when you have no power at all, the merits of samsara are a disservise.
by DharmaJunior
Thu Feb 23, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Relics of Fo Guang Shan's Master Hsing Yun
Replies: 2
Views: 365

Re: Relics of Fo Guang Shan's Master Hsing Yun

Forgot to comment on this last night but was lost for words. It's incredible. Thanks for sharing this. :thanks:

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