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- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:03 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 823
Re: Moderation, bias, etc.
I thought it was kind of funny that David was confused with Domain Name System. :D David can correct me, but my sense is that he is Center-Center-Right on the American political spectrum. All this conspiracy thinking about a leftist cabal running this site is ridiculous. Correct. :yinyang:
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:00 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 823
Re: Moderation, bias, etc.
Pretty obvious that my answer was addressed to DNS, as can be seen by the first post of this thread. Isn’t it the moderators themselves? Why do you ask? It's pretty clear it was DNS. Please read the first post. Or is there some invisible controller to whom you are addressing your complaint? ??? :sh...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:25 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 823
Re: Moderation, bias, etc.
I should have said politics is "part of life" instead of "life is politics." I didn't mean to say everything is politics.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:01 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 823
Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Why are political discussions even a thing here when there is not even an effort by an OP to interject a Buddhist perspective, or put it into a Buddhist context? To my thinking, that should at least be a requirement. Same with movies, sports, whatever. The Dharma is infused in everything though. Po...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 767
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! That's right, I haven't watched much rugby. I have seen a few matches (on tv) and it looks pretty interesting; very different from NFL but in some ways it's simila...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 737
Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
There was a very popular pan-Buddhist forum in the early 2000s known as e-sangha. https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=E-Sangha It had sectarianism issues and moderator conflicts and eventually went down. Other pan-Buddhist forums popped up, but never had the interest that e-sangha did and als...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 767
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
I've been questioning the ethics of watching the NFL for a long time. But the Bills are actually really good after sucking for 20 years, and Josh Allen is one of the most exciting QBs in the game right now (and a genuinely good kid), so its hard to look away. Raiders have sucked even longer, but th...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 767
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
My favorite professional sports for watching as a spectator (countdown from #5 to #1): 5. Ice Hockey - Pros: The game is continually moving without too much stoppage time. No out of bounds, as the puck bounces off the sides. Cons: It can be hard to follow as the players move fast on the ice, going b...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:16 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 767
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
For participation, I like bicycling, stairclimbing, weightlifting, stretching/yoga. For watching on tv/internet, I like American football (NFL) and soccer (especially World Cup, men's and women's). I watch other sports too, but much less from my younger days; for the other sports I'll watch some of ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Is Buddhism compatible with the modern world and modern thinking?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 332
Re: Is Buddhism compatible with the modern world and modern thinking?
Does it still make sense to practice a religion that is thousands of years old? A religion developed by people before modern science, modern medicine and industrialization? Is it still practical to practice buddhism (traditional buddhism) today? For me, that makes the Dharma more appealing that it ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:13 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do we know what our individual dharma is in the modern age?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 549
Re: How do we know what our individual dharma is in the modern age?
"It is better to do one’s own dharma, even though imperfectly, than to do another’s dharma, even though perfectly. By doing one’s innate duties, a person does not incur sin." I love this quote, but it's hard for me to understand exactly what my dharma is since the world is different now a...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 944
Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Interesting results, so far. It appears to be very similar to the poll at DWT. 72% male 27% female 2% transgendered https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=8723 I had hypothesized that there might be more females here, but the percentages are roughly the same, so far. Of course, both polls are u...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 944
Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
I have heard, that a higher female interest than male, is one of the sings of the Degenerate Age of Dharma. Does anyone have more information about this? I believe, it was written somewhere in the Palicanon that the Buddha said so. One of those weird quotes, I think, which make no sense without con...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: My Padmasambhava statue lit by the last rays of sunset
- Replies: 1
- Views: 298
Re: My Padmasambhava statue lit by the last rays of sunset
We live in a 7th floor and there are beautiful unhindered (no buildings in front) sunsets here. And when the sun was setting down, at one perfect moment, its last rays hit this statue. It looked truly magical, so I wanted to share this moment. Looks great! PS: HOW TO POST A PICTURE I was getting an...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
- Replies: 19
- Views: 471
Re: Poll idea - male / female / other
Also, the same poll that happened in dhammawheel 13 years ago has 5 pages of people commenting on it. It clearly shows there was an interest. This is also value. I believe I have exhausted whatever explanation or justification I am able to come up with. Not sure if it suffices to you. Hopefully tha...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
- Replies: 19
- Views: 471
Re: Poll idea - male / female / other
There was a poll at our sister site DWT some 13 years ago. https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=8723 72% male 27% female 2% transgendered Just a guess, but I think there are more females here at DWM compared to DWT. Yes, polls are anonymous. Moderators and even admins cannot see what you sele...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:13 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: AUTHETNIC Buddhist Quotes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 266
Re: AUTHETNIC Buddhist Quotes
Here are a few of my favorites from the Pali Canon:
https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Buddha_quotes
Translations from accesstoinsight and suttacentral. Citation and legal use cited here:
https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title= ... Pali_Canon
https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Buddha_quotes
Translations from accesstoinsight and suttacentral. Citation and legal use cited here:
https://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title= ... Pali_Canon
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:10 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
- Replies: 12
- Views: 783
Re: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
People with no spiritual practice often think anything involving devotion and discipline “looks like a cult.” Yes, it could be something like this. If they are not familiar with spiritual practice or eastern religions, they might find something simple as chanting as being "cultish" which ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Poll idea - who is your teacher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 195
Re: Poll idea - who is your teacher
The forum software doesn't have the option to allow users to edit the poll. Only the person who made the poll (and only for a limited time) and the mods or admins can edit the poll once it's made.
You'd have to come up with the names of teachers in advance and then make the poll.
You'd have to come up with the names of teachers in advance and then make the poll.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:49 am
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
- Replies: 849
- Views: 263435