I am a memberdharmagoat wrote:That is the party line, yes.Fortyeightvows wrote:the people who are drawn to buddhism are those that have created the affinity in past lives
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Who is drawn to Buddhism?
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Fortyeightvows wrote:I am a memberdharmagoat wrote:That is the party line, yes.Fortyeightvows wrote:the people who are drawn to buddhism are those that have created the affinity in past lives
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Still, how were they drawn to Buddhism in the first place?
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first place? like a beginning?
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Yes, before beginningless time... Oh, right.Fortyeightvows wrote:first place? like a beginning?
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Warm childhood remembrances?rory wrote:My parents are analytical Jewish intellectuals who like to argue; how do you think I was drawn to Buddhism;
dharmagoat wrote:Still, how were they drawn to Buddhism in the first place?
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I can't generalize about who is drawn to Buddhism per se. But certainly if the question is who is drawn to Buddhist Internet fora, there appear to be a disproportionate number of people with an interest in how many angels (bodhisattvas) can dance on the head of a pin.Karma Dorje wrote:as a rule Buddhists are a humourless lot and not terribly good company, if posters on Internet fora are anything to judge by.
In that respect, Buddhist fora are like Internet fora in general.
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This, so much this.KeithBC wrote:I can't generalize about who is drawn to Buddhism per se. But certainly if the question is who is drawn to Buddhist Internet fora, there appear to be a disproportionate number of people with an interest in how many angels (bodhisattvas) can dance on the head of a pin.Karma Dorje wrote:as a rule Buddhists are a humourless lot and not terribly good company, if posters on Internet fora are anything to judge by.
In that respect, Buddhist fora are like Internet fora in general.
Om mani padme hum
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Alot of what irks people on DW has less to do with Buddhism, more to do with online communication generally.
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Meditate upon Bodhicitta when suffering occurs
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when you are scared
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A good stock of merit and random karmic connection. That's why Tibetans put out prayer flags, so the mantra blessings float downwind and create new connections with creatures, etc.dharmagoat wrote: Still, how were they drawn to Buddhism in the first place?
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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Yeah, a lot of it is down to the medium. Internet fora are in some ways the modern equivalent of an earlier generation's barrooms: it's possible to meet strangers who are witty and knowledgeable and worth listening to and sharing your troubles with, but there are at least as many self-involved bores who mostly crave a sort of mirror, know-it-alls who will prattle about a topic in tedious detail without noticing that their audience's eyes are glazing over, and aggressive drunks who are really just looking for a fight.
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Hehe. I can be any of the above, depending on the topic.tingdzin wrote:Yeah, a lot of it is down to the medium. Internet fora are in some ways the modern equivalent of an earlier generation's barrooms: it's possible to meet strangers who are witty and knowledgeable and worth listening to and sharing your troubles with, but there are at least as many self-involved bores who mostly crave a sort of mirror, know-it-alls who will prattle about a topic in tedious detail without noticing that their audience's eyes are glazing over, and aggressive drunks who are really just looking for a fight.