Dharma Wheel

Socialism could work, but Marxism specifically seems to be what led to Stalin, Mao, etc. Of course some marxists would say that Stalin & Mao misinterpreted Marx; and that may be true to some degree, but I’d guess that Stalin & Mao followed Marx more closely than some Marxists would like to think, a...

The Marxist economical model (at least in theory) is not incompatible with Dharma, imo. But I just don't see how you can square dialectical materialism with the right view.

The paradigm has certainly shifted, but firstly there is climate change, the solution for which will likely take huge jobs programs, everywhere, to actually be feasibly addressed. I would not put my money on that. If the environmental issue will ever be addressed seriously, I’m afraid it is the pub...

Communism as practiced was and is inhuman. Fun fact: neither USA nor any other capitalist "developed country" can or could afford free healthcare and free education all the way up to university. Communist countries could. I was born and I grew up in one. Also, no capitalist country ever managed to ...

I am really surprised nowadays why is not every single worker a socialist. I mean we are slowly arriving to the age of quite a significant amount of jobs perishing due to mechanization [...] Maybe that's precisely why. The advent of automation is pushing the proletariat into obsolescence and is mak...

Communism as practiced was and is inhuman. Fun fact: neither USA nor any other capitalist "developed country" can or could afford free healthcare and free education all the way up to university. Communist countries could. I was born and I grew up in one. Also, no capitalist country ever managed to ...

Grigoris wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:58 pm
If you go to Georgia, you will find they LOVE him.

He used to give people a ride in his personal car (min 20:45 in the video). And he died with only 4.40 rubles in his saving account.
How can you not love him?

Apparently, the New York Cathedral had a close call, too:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... a28d009a1d

But on the other extreme, you might even anger vegetarians if you apply that sentience categorization TOO broadly; like if you apply it to all vegetation and fruits and vegetables, then - Does that imply that the Jains were more correct after all? There is an academic paper titled "The Problem of t...

Buddhist monks from north-east Thailand have been so worried about the environment, they have been ordaining trees with sainthood since 1990!This unique trend emerged after a period of extensive deforestation in Thailand and Cambodia between 1961 and 1998. Phrakru Pitak Nanthakthun started and has ...

How is the text/prayer table actually called? I've been thinking of getting one and realized I had no idea what's the correct name for it (if it has a name). I mean the thing some have in front of them when sitting on the floor to put texts and possibly other things on. What kind of table are peopl...

And now it's getting interesting. Blue vests joining the party.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20181218/french ... e-stations

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... vests.html

Chuck Norris can make a fire by rubbing two icicles together. Just sayin’.

Deva cannot create sentient beings. The idea is contrary to the teachings on Dependent Origination and karma. One could be born into a realm created by a Deva but that does not mean that they are controlled by the Deva. There is still volition. Yes, of course, there is still volition and free will....

The Suttas speak of nimmanarati devas who delight in the sense objects of their own creation. However, I never found a clear explanation on what such creation would consist of. Are these devas able to create entire realms? If they are, then can sentient beings, propelled by karma, take rebirth in th...

I don't think the above is correct. Anybody have ideas? :shrug: They were in a market instead of a temple, so I wonder if they're not actually specific buddhas. They did have an actual Guan Yin and Amida which I didn't photograph, however. The second-one could be a form of Amogapasha Lokeshvara, an...