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by SunWuKong
Fri May 31, 2019 6:05 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: "I didn't ask to be born."
Replies: 30
Views: 5304

Re: "I didn't ask to be born."

I can see how someone who is intending to end their life might say "I didn't ask to be born" but that's just an attempt to rationalize the intention. The elegant solution around understanding the motivation suicide is found in this: that the pain of living outweighs all the other reactions...
by SunWuKong
Fri May 31, 2019 5:35 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Abortion (as an example of problems caused by the common mindset in our society)
Replies: 133
Views: 20405

Re: Abortion (as an example of problems caused by the common mindset in our society)

Sun - "it’s a policy issue I support to make parents responsible for their genetic offspring regardless of marital status, in the form of paternity law and maternity law." Good luck, but as the old saw goes "Morality cannot be legislated." Therefore it is not a 'policy issue'. I...
by SunWuKong
Fri May 31, 2019 3:02 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: anti-"Hinayana" bias in Zen (and Mahayana in general)
Replies: 168
Views: 32533

Re: anti-"Hinayana" bias in Zen (and Mahayana in general)

I’d like to talk with serious Mahayana people who see the advantage of unifying with Theravada. Personally I don’t see any advantages. And this is in spite of the fact that the Thien tradition I’m in borrows quite a lot from Theravada.
by SunWuKong
Fri May 31, 2019 2:54 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Questioning My Compatibility With Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 76
Views: 12025

Re: Questioning My Compatibility With Theravada Buddhism

I’m not sure Mahasi Sayadaw will be helpful in a Zen context, but that’s not to say it’s not worth knowing. Zazen is not either Samatha nor Vipassana, however maybe 1000 years ago Ch’an practice was considered to be both calm and insight, but both practiced together not separately. Just not in the m...
by SunWuKong
Fri May 31, 2019 2:42 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Abortion (as an example of problems caused by the common mindset in our society)
Replies: 133
Views: 20405

Re: Precious human Life

When I suggested men play a role in how these pregnancies start, in how families are formed and supported, and in men's responsibility towards their own offspring, here on DW, i was shouted down. Even though i agree with you on rights of unborn, i find this blindness to reality and inability to lis...
by SunWuKong
Thu May 30, 2019 10:08 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Abortion (as an example of problems caused by the common mindset in our society)
Replies: 133
Views: 20405

Re: Precious human Life

https://www.michaelpramirez.com/uploads/3/4/9/8/34985326/mrz052819-color-1-4-mb_1_orig.jpg When I suggested men play a role in how these pregnancies start, in how families are formed and supported, and in men's responsibility towards their own offspring, here on DW, i was shouted down. Even though ...
by SunWuKong
Mon May 27, 2019 7:03 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: anti-"Hinayana" bias in Zen (and Mahayana in general)
Replies: 168
Views: 32533

Re: anti-"Hinayana" bias in Zen (and Mahayana in general)

None of these men ever practiced Zen. Although sometimes Zen monks were accepted as students in their sanghas. Maybe that’s the confusion. But that in and of itself does not show even an interest in. ZEn or Zen practices.
by SunWuKong
Mon May 27, 2019 5:39 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Just As I Was Begining To Worry.
Replies: 5
Views: 1622

Re: Just As I Was Begining To Worry.

Glad to hear this! I’m in the USA and we no longer have honey bees in our yard, in fact I haven’t seen any in years.
by SunWuKong
Mon May 27, 2019 5:02 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Socialism & Communism
Replies: 231
Views: 41376

Re: Socialism & Communism

dharmagoat wrote: Sat May 20, 2017 12:52 am
Nicholas Weeks wrote:The secular ideologues of much of the Left still prefer political so-called solutions to try and fix samsara.
We have brakes. Do we leave it to spin wildly?
I samsara was a leftist plot. Now I have proof. Nothing tops DW!
by SunWuKong
Sat May 25, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?
Replies: 17
Views: 6655

Re: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?

Another reason to like Mu Soeng’s translation: he sees these texts as authentic Indian Mahayana culture and not as something like Chinese fractured fairy tales
by SunWuKong
Sat May 25, 2019 4:34 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Craving
Replies: 5
Views: 1817

Re: Craving

Emptiness (sunyata) is not the equivalent of “nothing” and to suffuse the mind with emptiness restricts, reduces, and removes craving. There really isn’t another way that I know of
by SunWuKong
Sat May 25, 2019 4:24 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?
Replies: 17
Views: 6655

Re: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?

If I was at home i’d upload some jpgs to you, but I’m out in Kentucky right now for about a week
by SunWuKong
Sat May 25, 2019 4:16 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?
Replies: 17
Views: 6655

Re: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?

I actually heard a teacher make disparaging remarks about Red Pine. It’s rather pathetic as I feel his translations are very approachable
by SunWuKong
Sat May 25, 2019 4:08 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?
Replies: 17
Views: 6655

Re: Which translation of the Diamond Sutra would you recommend?

Thank you all. I think choosing whichever one resonates with you and sticking with it would likely be the most beneficial. The imprint is the same. Good point. Mu Soeng Do you know where I could read a sample of his translation? Not exactly, he is a former Korean Zen monastic, of India national ori...
by SunWuKong
Wed May 22, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Certificate problem
Replies: 6
Views: 3011

Re: Certificate problem

Well, hmm, it runs just fine now, but it does flash an error page that immediately disappears.
by SunWuKong
Wed May 22, 2019 8:52 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Certificate problem
Replies: 6
Views: 3011

Re: Certificate problem

My Firefox Quantum just upgraded to 67.0 and maybe it's fixed.
by SunWuKong
Wed May 22, 2019 7:39 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Certificate problem
Replies: 6
Views: 3011

Re: Certificate problem

Odd... For me, both Chrome and Firefox (on both Linux and Windows) think that it is certified: SSL Server Certificate Common Name (CN) dhammawheel.com Organisation (O) <Not Part Of Certificate> Organisational Unit (OU) Domain Control Validated Common Name (CN) Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority ...
by SunWuKong
Wed May 22, 2019 7:31 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The Big Discussion: Diversity, Inequality, Race, and everything that keeps us from Utopia
Replies: 25
Views: 3241

Re: The Big Discussion: Diversity, Inequality, Race, and everything that keeps us from Utopia

That was my attempt at a little humor. There's not a lot of places where Buddhist jokes might even have a chance of eliciting a chuckle. My bad. I was too uptight to get the joke. Well done. :thumbsup: Ah, if it didn't get a laugh, it was a bad joke. Thanks, though. I'm here all week. LOL I'm just ...
by SunWuKong
Tue May 21, 2019 5:36 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Zen Buddhism Resources
Replies: 21
Views: 35322

Re: Zen Buddhism Resources

Zen Links Treasure Hunt by SunWuKong https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/Secrets-of-Cultivating-the-Mind.pdf https://www.bdkamerica.org/bdk-tripitaka-digital-downloads http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Translations/Awakening_of_faith.html http://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN189.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1FIN...

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