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In the latest issue of Buddhadharma magazine, one of the articles mentions an incident in which the Buddha accepted a transgender monk and a transgender nun into his order,according to their identified gender. I do not have a citation handy, but I will look it up and post it here tomorrow. Unfortun...

Hi, Agdistis. First of all, let me say that I am transgender. I started my transition three years ago, at age 61. I have been a Buddhist for over 40 years. I know of nothing contradictory between being Buddhist and being transgender. People are born transgender, so it is like any other birth conditi...

Is there something similar in Buddhism? Is the Buddha or Bodhisattvas 'right there' to hear you or help you or guide you in the same sense? What is the view of Tibetan Buddhism of this and Mahayana schools more widely. Years ago, when I was just starting out with Tibetan Buddhism, I had serious dou...

You mean advanced technology does not follow the laws of physics? No. Clarke's Third Law does not say that advanced technology IS magic. He is saying that magic is simply technology that is more advanced than we can explain. The knowledge level of the audience is the main variable in deciding if a ...

Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Om mani padme hum
Kathy

If you'd rather not use one of the rude or violent options suggested above, just acknowledge your white privilege. It is real, but it is not something to be ashamed of. It is just something to be applied skilfully. Say, "Yes, I acknowledge that I have benefited from white privilege, but I have done ...

Are causes and conditions natural forces? . . Causes and conditions are just other impermanent phenomena, also empty of inherent existence. The causes and conditions for the light in my room coming on include: - the generator - the fuel for the generator - the wiring - the voltage in the wire - the...

Vegan puritanism is one of the biggest obstacles to making more people vegetarian. It's a dogma with articles of faith that make them pure and better than everyone else. People see right through the tainted motivation and rightly ridicule them. This is Wrong Speech. It is not ever right to ridicule...

The bottom line is that there are *NO* nutrients in animal-based products that are not also available in non-animal sources. None. So with a little care, and no, it is not particularly complicated, anyone who does not have a digestive or metabolic anomaly can be healthily vegan. Om mani padme hum K...

In case of children, especially babies and toddlers, it has the unavoidable capacity to cripple and kill. Babies and toddlers need mother's milk. In the event that the mother is unable to supply enough milk, they need milk from another source. In case of normally developed adults (developed normall...

Define "real". It is harder than you think. (And that is a rhetorical question: I don't need an answer to it.) Anyway, in my younger days, I wondered about this too. Then in the course of reading a puja text, I came across this line: "You [the deity] are the manifestation of the emptiness and awaren...

The conclusion is: The cycle of death and rebirth is long -- only blessings are essential. One must plant their seeds That is the point of the passsage. Not that a beings will spend an infinitely long time in the same rebirth, just that it is a long time, and that the seeds of blessings are required...

Smile more. It won't prevent wrinkles, but the ones you get will be nice ones! And it will probably reduce stress, so you'll get less of the not-nice ones.

Om mani padme hum
Kathy

Eat regularly from these four food groups: - grains - legumes - fruits - other vegetables, especially colourful ones Protein combining in every meal was considered necessary years ago, but it is no longer considered necessary, not even by the original proponents of the idea. If you eat something fro...

tatpurusa wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:56 pm

is it possible to be a vegan without having an eating disorder?

Yes.

Unless you define it that way, like the thread title does. In which case discussion is meaningless, all 9 pages of it.

Om mani padme hum
Kathy

tingdzin wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:25 am

it is bad karma to lay one's trips, of whatever sort, on children.

Which is exactly why telling young trans kids that they cannot transition is wrong.

Om mani padme hum
Kathy

I am appalled that someone who (in most jurisdictions) is legally assumed to be not competent to buy and consume alcohol or marijuana, sign contracts, or have sex should be considered able to take metabolism-altering chemicals because they are emotionally uncomfortable. The fact that "mainstream" p...

Kathy--Without knowing just where on Nova Scotia you are, there is a newly formed retreat center near Baddeck, formed by Kagyu monastics who've left Gampo Abbey. There is also Terry Henderson's Big Hill retreat center, but I don't know if they host regular sittings. I hope this helps. Chris Hi, Chr...

If your kids are old enough to ask the question, they are old enough for a straight answer. Tell your son that the Buddha was an historical person who lived 2600 years ago. That person died at age 80 and no longer lives on the Earth as a human being. So he doesn't actually eat the food. But the impo...

Maybe controversially, I don't regard 'transitioning' surgery any differently - over 18. That's a bit of a straw man. No reputable surgeon would perform transition surgery on someone under 18. It just doesn't happen. I agree 100%, and if someone wants a circumcision as an adult that is totally fine...