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Greetings,

Camellia wrote:But I am having a really hard time with the concept of reincarnation and tulkus.

How do you feel about the bodhisattva ideal then?

Maitri,
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Greetings, In closing how forums function have more to do with the personality of the admins and moderators, how tolerant they are or are not, and very little to do with the actual rules, which are technicalities mostly that are sacrificed or put into play based on personality and ad-hoc interpretat...

Greetings, What people choose to label themselves doesn't really matter. Likewise, "bright and high-functioning" are pretty vague terms. ... If there is a line of division to be drawn, then disabled /not disabled is where I draw it. ... which to me at least, seems equally subjective. Able or not abl...

Done - thanks.

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Greetings Shii,

Welcome to Dharma Wheel.



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Greetings,

tomamundsen wrote:Wow, I feel very fortunate we can have this happen! Thanks venerable!

+1

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Greetings from the outer-western suburbs of Melbourne!



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Thanks for coming on board, Greg.



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All the best, Anders.

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Greetings, To be more clear, I meant the current practice of 'hiding' posts affords a bit of protection for those who are ill-tempered and poorly disciplined. OK, I see what you mean. It is true that people don't have full visibility over such members "ill-tempered and poorly disciplined" postings. ...

Greetings, Plus, the practice affords a bit of protection for those who decide to let off steam publicly - "I can say this because they'll delete it anyway"... For what it's worth, I wouldn't support anything that allows and permits people to be ill-tempered and poor disciplined, yet leaves voluntee...

Greetings, So, Theravada Patimokkha contains 227 rules for bhikkhus (and 311 for bhikkhunis). Yep, I'll just add to that by clarifying that in Theravada these are regarded purely as "training rules" rather than "vows". The consequence of failure to adhere to the rules ranges from no punishment (i.e....

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Greetings,

Huifeng wrote:But, what does he mean by "religion", "spirituality" and "ethics", exactly?

Indeed.

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Greetings, I have seen the "hells" and "heavens" that folks make for themself, and those around them, in this life. I do not know if there are literal "heavens" and "hells" which await us after we die, but I have seen people create real bits of heaven and hell in this life, for themselves and those ...

Greetings Ogyen, Come to think of it, I know next to nothing of Buddhism. I know sutras, and some practices, and I know what people tell me, and what I'm told about this or that reality. But in truth, it's easiest let it all go and just be 'human.' At least I know what that means and how it connects...

David N. Snyder wrote:Plants are sentient, now nakedness is good; are you becoming a Jain?

Comedy gold.

Nice one, David.

Metta,
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Greetings, Taking up the invitation to clarify a few points from a Theravada point of view... So in Theravāda buddhahood is known Yes, to the one who rediscovers the Dhamma and instigates a "sasana" (tradition, dispensation etc.). We are still living in the current dispensation (and have been for 26...

Greetings Catlady,

I'm happy to have a go at answering your question if you can give me a heads up on what "dzogchen view/practices" you refer to.

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Greetings Khalil Bodhi, I remember asking a similar question once at Zen Forum International and those who responded were largely horrified with the notion of trying to proactively improve one's mindstate in such a way. If Dogen's words are anything to go by, what I saw at ZFI more represented some ...