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by DNS
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 19
Views: 531

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...
by DNS
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Replies: 14
Views: 180

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...
by DNS
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 19
Views: 531

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...
by DNS
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:55 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 19
Views: 531

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...
by DNS
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:16 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 19
Views: 531

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 ...
by DNS
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: 331

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 ...
by DNS
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...
by DNS
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 939

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...
by DNS
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 939

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...
by DNS
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Shrine Room
Topic: My Padmasambhava statue lit by the last rays of sunset
Replies: 1
Views: 284

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...
by DNS
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 466

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...
by DNS
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 466

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...
by DNS
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:13 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: AUTHETNIC Buddhist Quotes
Replies: 5
Views: 265

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
by DNS
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:10 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
Replies: 12
Views: 780

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 ...
by DNS
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.
by DNS
Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:49 am
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 848
Views: 263137

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

climb-up wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:49 pm Esta camiseta, jajaja ¡Me lo encanta!
:thumbsup: Spanglish might be the most common language here in Las Vegas.

Even Trump tried speaking Spanglish at one of the debates.

by DNS
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Silly but persistent pop-culture myths about Buddhism.
Replies: 26
Views: 974

Re: Silly but persistent pop-culture myths about Buddhism.

Quite a few references in the Pali Canon about there being no creator-god. See this long thread over at DWT:
https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=24247
by DNS
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon
Replies: 5
Views: 443

Re: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon

A good overview of all the important Suttas in the Pali Canon is Bhikkhu Bodhi's In the Buddha's Words:

https://wisdomexperience.org/product/buddhas-words/

The entire Canon is approximately 40 volumes, but Bhikkhu Bodhi has condensed it into just one book.
by DNS
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon
Replies: 5
Views: 443

Re: Moral Principles in the Pali Canon

Sila (moral principles) are permeated throughout the Pali Canon, but perhaps more so in the Majjhima Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya.

The Vinaya, especially the Patimokkha, contains the rules for monks and nuns.
by DNS
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 848
Views: 263137

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

Kim O'Hara wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:04 am Genuine news headline - really!
Amazing how fast the culture changes nowadays!

Now, Australia is almost plurality "nones" for religious affiliation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Australia

Christianity 43.9%
No religion 38.9%

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