Dharma Wheel

Buddhism does not have the tools to deal with this very modern issue in anything more than the broadest ethical guidelines. It's understanding of biology is too primitive and it's tainted by misogyny and patriarchy. We don't need kings to rule us, wives are not personal property and having sex with ...

Everyone thinks their pet ideology will save the world. They are right to some degree but all of them have massive blind spots. Some things will invariably be wrong. Humans live in a very odd reality where physics has discovered we interact with only 5% of the universe. 95% of the matter and energy ...

“There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.” ― Frank Zappa Faith will lead you in the right direction but after a certain point if you can't follow your own intuition have you learned anything other than recipes? What is your goal? Is being the perfect Buddha robot all it's cra...

Did anyone ever wonder if these kooky stories about rebirth were of dubious origin? They sound absolutely bonkers. Like the if your parents have sex the baby feels like it's on fire nonsense. Even if you believe them why on earth should anyone else let that influence their beliefs. It is all hearsay...

A precious human birth is unlikely to come from an unwanted pregnancy. More likely is a miserable life that accumulates bad karma. "We estimate that crime fell roughly 20% between 1997 and 2014 due to legalized abortion. The cumulative impact of legalized abortion on crime is roughly 45%, accou...

I have seasonal allergies some years. One simple ways to skip them is to fly to the other half of the world where you aren't allergic to anything. I can rely on exercise, eating healthier and some HEPA air cleaners lately. I find staying away from mold is also very helpful. Chlorine pools and shower...

We declare victory and pull out every 5 years. Usually a few troops come home and are replaced by contractors at triple the cost. Only America would go destroy another country and then make a humanitarian issue out of the workers doing the destruction. Better make another movie about how this murder...

Capitalism has made being a hermit illegal. The police will come beat you and destroy your belongings. You have no peace. Being poor is now a criminal act. Temples are run like businesses to survive. Taxes, building codes, municipal busybodies working for property developers, land speculation, etc. ...

It's like generating the shrine. Filling shrine water bowls for the Buddhas is an excellent practice. Preferably every morning and emptied every night. It doesn't need anything else to be a beneficial practice. But it can get much more complex and meaningful. Invoking Amrita Kundali, purifying the i...

Yes, you can make a stupa out of air or fire too (iffy out know how to so, properly). The point is, it is not ‘overprotective or elitist’ to follow the teachings of realized lamas or other masters who have prescribed for specific reasons proper and exact methods for creating, filling, and consecrat...

I feel it's already a very heavy responsibility to have Dharma statues in ones home. For example, they are very nice, but when I die, who will take care of these statues? I don't want them to be thrown in the dumpster, or sold on eBay, because they are not just "a statue". Thus there's a ...

Do you need one for your spiritual development? Probably not. Are they useful as a support for magical activities like gaining merit, etc? Definitely yes. 95% of the matter and energy in the universe is of unknown composition and origin. Dark matter is a good analogy for the world we inhabit. We can...

It sucks when you are young you can't afford all the fancy stuff. This would have been so useful to me 20 years ago. Hopefully the local temple appreciates it after I am gone. You either have spare time, or you have money, but you never seem to have both together Many of the most gifted in my gener...

It is expensive, yes, but never for a minute have I regretted buying it. There's really nothing quite like it. Himayalanart.org probably has more pictures, but of variable quality and not as consistent/comparable, and it doesn't have the additional descriptions on the visualization, mantra etc. Is ...

Being put in situations of being the garbage man after violence happened(army medic) and becoming able to dish out a certain amount of destruction made me very ill. What are Buddhist views on cleaning out a clogged public toilet at a music festival on Taco Tuesday with only your bare hands? Good luc...

Thanks, 240$ in Canada. But they probably need the money more than me.
Now Google helped me out after I bought it, lol

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Thank you Volan and thank you PeterC. The book it is not rare, sorry, my previous research was not accurate enough or I had typed the author wrong. However the price is high; for my wallet is high. Hard cover of 600+ pages, with a bunch of coloured illustrations, 4 kilograms of weight. Shipping to ...

There are some basic ways to know a cult as opposed to real Dharma. Can you criticize the leader? Are they accountable for their actions? Does the leader practice what they preach? Are you told your reasonable doubts are sins or impurities? Do you seem to give more than you get? Are you promised fu...

There are some basic ways to know a cult as opposed to real Dharma. Can you criticize the leader? Are they accountable for their actions? Does the leader practice what they preach? Are you told your reasonable doubts are sins or impurities? Do you seem to give more than you get? Are you promised fut...