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- Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New to the community HI!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1338
Re: New to the community HI!
Welcome to DW!
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:32 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Different Sets of the Bodhisattva Vows
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1965
Re: Different Sets of the Bodhisattva Vows
I am fairly certain that the Brahma's net sutra is considered to have been composed later, and the vows are only part of the sutra itself, which is apparently so garbled in surviving editions that translators have a hard time making sense of it. Not sure if this would answer your question, but it's ...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:03 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: GMO and right livelihood hi all,
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3436
Re: GMO and right livelihood hi all,
For what it's worth, I believe most GMO cheese is coagulated with bioengineered rennet, as opposed to the lining from a calf's stomach. So GMO can actually be beneficial... at least if you're a cow.
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Jack Cornfield
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1403
Re: Jack Cornfield
https://www.lionsroar.com/meet-a-teacher-jack-kornfield/ Marine base he mentions is likely Camp Lejeune. I checked, and Lejeune is the only Marine base in operation in North Carolina. It was established in 1941. There are 8 military bases in NC, but a quickly search turns up that only Lejeune is a ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:09 am
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: Hiroshima 75th anniversary
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6779
Re: Hiroshima 75th anniversary
I was actually in Tokyo during the 70th anniversary, in 2015. I remember walking around the area of the Sumida River and feeling such heaviness and sorrow. Only later did I learn that the area had been fire bombed during the war, and many factory workers had died jumping into the river to escape the...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:52 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: I'm crying in fear of thoughts at death
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2217
Re: I'm crying in fear of thoughts at death
I was terrified of death as a child. Nowadays, I still have great anxiety that I might die before I'm ready, or that dying will hurt. I'm not actually as worried about the possibility of an unfortunate rebirth as I am about the process of getting there! It is good I think to have some amount of fear...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:17 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Desire and Improving life circumstances
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1824
Re: Desire and Improving life circumstances
I don't think it's "wrong" to want to move out of your parent's house and get a better paying job. It is realistic to say however, that even if you do get a good job and your own house, it still won't be "enough". The nature of Samsara is that anything mundane we strive for is ne...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:32 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello everyone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 932
Re: Hello everyone
Welcome! I hope you continue to find much of interest on these forums.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:50 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: I'm crying in fear of thoughts at death
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2217
Re: I'm crying in fear of thoughts at death
I suffered from intrusive thoughts frequently for many years, so I do want to second the suggestion to seek psychiatric help if it is possible for you. :heart: Another thing that has helped me with my mental state is recalling the 4 Noble Truths. As grim as it sounds, when I remember that samsara is...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:17 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Experiences with spirits
- Replies: 72
- Views: 7374
Re: Experiences with spirits
It is important not to jump to conclusions regarding one's experiences. However, Buddhism isn't a materialist worldview and if you treat it as if it is, you will miss a lot it has to offer.
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:45 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi from a South African Gelugpa!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1060
Re: Hi from a South African Gelugpa!
Welcome!
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:44 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Any explanation
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4614
Re: Any explanation
The way I square Buddhist cosmology with conventional cosmology is by believing that Buddhist cosmology is upaya for helping us achieve enlightenment rather than an attempt to describe an illusion-saturated, ever changing Samsaric reality. Modern physics may be just the way the cosmos appears to hu...
- Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:14 pm
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Shinbutsu Shugo awakens from a 152-year slumber
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2253
Re: Shinbutsu Shugo awakens from a 152-year slumber
I think Shinbutsu Shugo is just fine. I would not have come to the Dharma without it, and I certainly would not be a Buddhist.
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Schizophrenia and buddhism
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1488
Re: hello
Very excellent advice here. Schizophrenia is a condition of the brain. It must be remembered that the brain is a part of the body as much as the leg or the hands. As FiveSkandhas said, you cannot think your way out of a broken leg, and the same can be said for a brain that isn't working as it should...
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:19 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Je Tsongkhapa Day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2964
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:08 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Books / Publications / Translations - Where to Find or Buy?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 34016
Re: Books / Publications / Translations - Where to Find or Buy?
I've purchased from Exotic India. I can't say I was overwhelmed with the experience, but it wasn't awful either. My orders shipped quickly, but delivery did take a while and tracking was iffy. That was about what I expected however, so it's not a deal breaker to me.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:31 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Inspiring biographies
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1542
Re: Inspiring biographies
You know, if I'm honest I have to say it was the actual style of the narrative. It's very grounded in historical facts and evidence, but at the same time the author's admiration for his subject clear. I came away with a respect for Tsongkhapa that was much more firmly grounded in reason than if it w...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:29 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: congratulations Narhwal
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1624
Re: congratulations Narhwal
Congratulations and good luck!
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:28 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Inspiring biographies
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1542
Re: Inspiring biographies
Thupten Jinpa wrote a quite wonderful biography of Tsongkhapa that has been published by Shambhala. It contains a forward by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I found it very inspiring and it actually did move me to persevere in my practice, which was flagging at the time.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:43 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Why do monks reside in temples
- Replies: 87
- Views: 11141
Re: Why do monks reside in temples
I must confess I'm not sure why you feel the need to make these statements. If you are adapting your own unique interpretation of SGI teachings, I'm not sure how you can claim monks in temples aren't following the Dharma?