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- Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:13 pm
- Forum: Rinzai
- Topic: Rinzai views on rebirth?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11195
Re: Rinzai views on rebirth?
So this quote seems to imply that at least the old Rinazi masters had a fairly traditional Buddhist view of karma and rebirth. But I guess it still remains to be seen if lots of modern Rinzai teachers are going down the Brad Warner/Stephen Bachelor path of making lots of noise about not believing i...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:26 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
Yes.gregkavarnos wrote:Feeling emotions would be another example of non-material perception. Though granted that some can also have bodily sensations associated with them.
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:25 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
Split from here: http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=8856" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; @ Huseng and undefineable: I can't help but feel that I'm reliving the creationists' spouting off "transcendent truths" and how they go beyond science because...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:21 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
I've often wondered if the Buddhist epistemic approach is similar to the Jain one... Similar, not the same: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catu%E1%B9%A3ko%E1%B9%ADi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :namaste: I like this quite a lot. Reading more on this, I ventured to an excer...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:05 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
You can still be a compassionate and wise individual even if you're an ardent skeptic, no? Yes. Buddha was a more ardent skeptic than even the Jains. And you can still realize emptiness and non-self even if you don't believe in all those things mentioned above, no? Maybe, maybe not. Then what's the...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:00 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
In the same vein, a quote from an interesting book I’m reading at the moment: MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF ĀRYADEVA, DHARMAPĀLA AND CANDRAKĪRTI Once one understands the Buddhist position as found in CS (Four Hundred Verses of Aryadeva) and the Epistemologists, it is difficult to resist the impression...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:50 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
Dear Ikkyu, Don't you get bored of saying the same thing over and over and geting the same answers every time? It's quite simple, if it don't sit right with you then just leave it. Continue practicing and it will all make complete sense for you when you finally realise it instead of trying to know ...
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:41 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: I thought Buddhism wasn't about threatening people with Hell
It is a mistake to say that because the extent of my ignorance is boundless, therefore, the chance that anything I can imagine as true is thus much more likely to be proven. . . . That wasn't what was said. What was said, in effect, was that it is quite obvious that even if nothing can really be tr...
- Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:30 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
I've often wondered if the Buddhist epistemic approach is similar to the Jain one: From Wikipedia: "Although, historically, Jain authors have adopted different views on truth, the most prevalent is the system of anekantavada or "not-one-sidedness". This idea of truth is rooted in the...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 6:15 pm
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: Preta-dana (Buddhist practice of offering food to ghosts)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10331
Re: Preta-dana (Buddhist practice of offering food to ghosts)
To me the whole concept behind preta-dana is about sacrificing oneself and one's ego for the good of all beings, and in this case those beings that suffer more than humans. I usually stop it at that -- it's a quaint notion. But to actually believe that you can summon ghosts and direct them to other...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:29 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: The Tao of Zen?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16563
Re: The Tao of Zen?
More things I've dug up recently: "Zen Buddhism... [is] a natural evolution of Buddhism under Taoist influences." -- D.T. Suzuki [From:] "Dr. Daisetz Suzuki (D.T. Suzuki), the equally eminent authority of Zen Buddhism, speaks of it (Zen Buddhism) as a natural evolution of Buddhism und...
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:34 am
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: Preta-dana (Buddhist practice of offering food to ghosts)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10331
Re: Preta-dana (Buddhist practice of offering food to ghosts)
So because it was written in "holy texts" it must be true? Yet, as Bodhidharma famously said, there is nothing holy -- only emptiness. I think it's more about the spirit of the thing than the thing itself. Science cannot prove to us the existence of these beings so why bother believing in...
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:08 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: What do Buddhists believe as far as morality.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4235
Re: What do Buddhists believe as far as morality.
What do Buddhists believe as far as morality. More specifically what category do they fall under when talking about morality. Which one of these does Buddhism fall under. "Moral absolutism" or "Moral relativism" if moral relativism which one, Descriptive, Meta-ethical, Normative...
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:01 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: The Tao of Zen?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16563
Re: The Tao of Zen?
Bolding 'Tao' doesn't mean anything, except to highlight that the translators chose to imply something that isn't in the original text by not just translating it as 'way' or similar. 道 doesn't imply anything uniquely Taoist. And Shanhui Fuxi actually pre-dates the Chan movement, though he's sort of...
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:56 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Re: Buddhist Epistemology
I've often wondered if the Buddhist epistemic approach is similar to the Jain one: From Wikipedia: "Although, historically, Jain authors have adopted different views on truth, the most prevalent is the system of anekantavada or "not-one-sidedness". This idea of truth is rooted in the ...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:06 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: The Tao of Zen?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16563
Re: The Tao of Zen?
[quote="/johnny\"]One question might be: how could Zen NOT have any Taoist influence? Taoism was largely practiced when Zen arrived. Many Zen adherents were originally Taoist. So the odds of it having zero influence and there being no trace of Taoism in Zen is extremely small. Do we see Bo...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:14 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhist Epistemology
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12367
Buddhist Epistemology
Split from here: http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=8856" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; @ Huseng and undefineable: I can't help but feel that I'm reliving the creationists' spouting off "transcendent truths" and how they go beyond science because...
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:27 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Is sex considered vulgar to Buddhists?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 31254
Re: Is sex considered vulgar to Buddhists?
Buddha to a monk who broke the monastic code and indulged in sex: "'Worthless man, [sexual intercourse] is unseemly, out of line, unsuitable, and unworthy of a contemplative; improper and not to be done... Haven't I taught the Dhamma in many ways for the sake of dispassion and not for passion; ...
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:20 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Is sex considered vulgar to Buddhists?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 31254
Re: Is sex considered vulgar to Buddhists?
There you have it. Buddhism is a life-denying religion which is unhealthy if we pay attention to these ridiculous and frankly harmful injunctions. Human sexuality is a wonderful and natural thing that is part of a healthy and normal life. I understand subduing cravings as a way to achieve peace, bu...
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:10 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Is sex considered vulgar to Buddhists?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 31254
Re: Is sex considered vulgar to Buddhists?
Yes, you're completely right. But "sex is like playing with shit" was something the Buddha said once to one person. If it was an important part of his teachings, then you would see it everywhere, including in prayer and vows. That is to say, common teachings everyone hears over and over a...