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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Taking robes in later life
- Replies: 12
- Views: 394
Re: Taking robes in later life
I think in many Western groups, there are a couple of worries: one is a worry about the medical needs of older people; another is about older people being set in their ways. In my experience, Western monastics are already very much a bunch of individuals, so attempting to get them all to follow the ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How to play the game of self
- Replies: 4
- Views: 221
Re: How to play the game of self
Maybe try to participate genuinely, compassionately and wisely, and be a little less self-conscious.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Petition to officially recognise Jonangpa lineage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1067
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Petition to officially recognise Jonangpa lineage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1067
Re: Petition to officially recognise Jonangpa lineage
Did you know that the Jonangpa are not recognised as an official Tibetan Vajrayana lineage by the Tibetan Parliament in Exile? Well, neither did I. If you wish to support their claim for recognition, you can do so by signing the petition at the following link: https://chng.it/N98VG2swdZ Are you sur...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Mahasamghika and Mahayana
- Replies: 8
- Views: 254
Re: Mahasamghika and Mahayana
I do no think that they could have convened a great assembly of buddhists in ancient India because of some minor issues in the Vinaya. Peter Della Santina also thinks that it is unlikely that the first schism arose because of some quite minor issue in the Vinaya. But the Five points of Mahadeva are...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Mahasamghika and Mahayana
- Replies: 8
- Views: 254
Re: Mahasamghika and Mahayana
Yes, the Mahasamghika Vinaya has rules about using gold and silver and eating at inappropriate times. Various experts argue whether it was a Vinaya matter or a doctrinal matter that caused the split. I'm not sure if a definitive position has emerged, as the evidence we have can be interpreted in var...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Women involved in the early transmission of Buddhism to the West?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 408
Re: Women involved in the early transmission of Buddhism to the West?
Sister Max, born Max Mathews in Virginia, USA https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2024/03/02/the-enduring-legacy-of-sister-max https://fpmt.org/mandala/archives/older/mandala-issues-for-1996/may/sister-max-working-for-others/ Zina Rachevsky https://fpmt.org/lama-zopa-rinpoche-news-and-advice/lama-...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: 21 st century
- Replies: 7
- Views: 352
Re: 21 st century
We are not only intelligent creatures; we are emotional, too, and we have preferences. Your dream is just that—a dream.
A more peaceful world is something worthy of working towards, but we cannot solve samsara for others.
A more peaceful world is something worthy of working towards, but we cannot solve samsara for others.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 693
Re: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
Do you find Ganesh cute? The images and statues have always made me shudder.PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:36 am I think the ultimate reason is that Ganesh
is just so darn cute and irresistible. Everything else is just some kind of rational excuse.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1015
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
A similar ban was introduced in the Australian Rugby League last year. In their explanation, there are 3 points - (1) the grab, (2) swivelling the body weight so as to (3) land on the other player's legs. In fact, it seems they judge whether the tackle is legal or illegal almost based on that last c...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1015
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1015
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
Rugby vs American Football is like bare-knuckle vs gloved boxing. Without gloves, you can't hit too hard: you'll break your hand. American Football allows players to use their helmet-covered heads as weapons, while in Rugby, trying to use your helmetless head in that way would quickly get you thrown...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:26 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1015
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
Rugby is dangerous, but Football is more brutal, IMO...theoretically you can only tackle the ball carrier in Rugby and there's not the kind of blocking, etc., you find in Western/American Football. Believe it or not, I find Rugby much more civilized. I also feel Rugby is more civilized but the inju...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1015
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
Cons: Injuries. NFL football is perhaps the most dangerous team sport with numerous injuries. I take it you haven't watched much Rugby! Pros: Perhaps the most use of strategy in any team sport. Complex plays are developed and used. Each play is like a chess move, in a strategic play. Cons: It is ve...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:00 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: 1262
Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Rather than mango, I feel more like the curate's egg: some parts are excellent! Yeah unfortunately Nagarjuna focused on mangos. But I feel you, practice has so many components, and each of them has its own level of development. I am very happy to hear that you are confident about some parts of your...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:38 am
- 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: 1262
Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Rather than mango, I feel more like the curate's egg: some parts are excellent!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Act- and Rule-Consequentialism: The Mahayana Debate About Ethics
- Replies: 21
- Views: 676
Re: Act- and Rule-Consequentialism: The Mahayana Debate About Ethics
So, those activities are less important than ethics, study, and meditation on the Dharma. Yes, I agree. But my point is, it's more important than our small good deeds in our daily lives. Voting for good/bad politician creates much greater amount of good/bad karma. I don't mean judging who is out of...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Act- and Rule-Consequentialism: The Mahayana Debate About Ethics
- Replies: 21
- Views: 676
Re: Act- and Rule-Consequentialism: The Mahayana Debate About Ethics
So voting for such politicians is worse than having a bad conduct, likewise studying politics (so one can vote for the objectively least bad politician/good politician) is more important than studying how to make our behavior better. No, because we shouldn't seek answers to samsara outside of ourse...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Act- and Rule-Consequentialism: The Mahayana Debate About Ethics
- Replies: 21
- Views: 676
Re: Act- and Rule-Consequentialism: The Mahayana Debate About Ethics
Buddhism takes for granted which actions are bad, and further explains that the consequences of said actions are bad because those actions are bad. I disagree. In my studies of Buddhist ethics and systems of rules, particularly in the Vinaya, I have found that every rule is accompanied by an origin...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
- Replies: 66
- Views: 2139
Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
No.
Based on what I’ve understood from the teachings I’ve received and what I’ve read, both a and b statements are not explanations of what is meant by emptiness in Buddhism. So it follows your statement c also falls outside of Buddhist teachings.
Based on what I’ve understood from the teachings I’ve received and what I’ve read, both a and b statements are not explanations of what is meant by emptiness in Buddhism. So it follows your statement c also falls outside of Buddhist teachings.