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Sorry, I didn't see the reply and it appeared to me the thread had been lost. In any event today's login went smoothly.

According to Firefox this site's security certificate has expired. I have to do quite the run around, bypassing security functions, to get here, It's been this way for at least a week now.

This was a great discussion before it got off track. So sad I missed it. The article quoted in the first post was right on the money, I think. Although I have been accused of being a hard core scientific absolutist, I have always been very much aware that there seem to be some subjects that just don...

I see this striking resemblance to some of the wilder pentecostal services I've seen. I suppose this kind of thing has been going on since the imes of the Greek oracles. It was probably ancient even then.

This is a topic of ongoing debate be me and a friend. The specific case keeps coming up of a beggar asking for ten dollars. The beggar is a known, active drug user and is known to have begged money for other purposes, such as food or overnight shelter, then spent it on drugs. My friend says it's not...

No he did not. He chose to have Right View. It is just that Right View is not contained within the four extremes. Your view flirts dangerously with nihilism. I recommend you go read Chandrakirti (since you are so enamored of him) Madhayamakavatara, especially the section on Wisdom, Chapter 6 "...

stevie wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:43 pm

Nagarjuna chose to have no views. I will follow his example.

For a guy with no views, he sure wrote a lot of books.

Yup there was the one guy whose work often seemed more like commercial illustration than actual art.... was that Lauren whatsisname?

At any rate I think The Jack Pine shows a nice sense of depth. That's Tommy Thompson, right?.

Briefly looked at the group of 7... they are definitely influenced by the impressionists, and I would not be surprised if they were also influenced by ukiyo-e. The flatness of the paintings definitely echoes the woodblock prints. Well there would at least be a Japanese influence through the classic...

That statue looks like a very fine piece of craftsmanship, but the photo seems to have been shopped. What is that blue thing?

That may be the case, but it doesn't mean theories about those deceptions can't work and be extremely useful. Well, see: Do not touch the hot plate. It can be extremely useful to follow this advice. Nevertheless it is based on deception. Well why not just say, the hotplate is a deception, my hand i...

Such considerations may be conventional deception, but ohms law works regardless- much like gravity and leaky roofs. Perfect conventional deceptions. That may be the case, but it doesn't mean theories about those deceptions can't work and be extremely useful. The simple fact that anyone can learn t...

catmoon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 12:17 am: "My beliefs are anchored in first hand experience in the lab, and an understanding of those experiences, and an understanding of mathematics." All of which are nothing more than concepts in your own mind. IOW, everything you know and think about ...

"Pont Argenteuil" by Monet This is art. Thank you catmoon ! I love Monet too !!! Here is something I found which comes from your part of the world ... (I would love to know what you think) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GROUP OF SEVEN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For example : 1. What is ...

I'm definitely not in the political stuff, taking party and making bands, politics, truly are not an efficacious way for applying boddhicitta. Well if you want to apply bodhicitta efficaceously, how about starting by not sneering at other's efforts to practice it? You know the consequences of disco...

:namaste: Most of the time Buddhist literature and teachers ask you to focus on the breath. Is there any other meditation object that may be quite as effective in creating jhanic states like piti or sukha? :anjali: The various meditation subjects that the Buddha prescribed for the development of se...

What is art?





This is art.

I don't know if there is a gradual reduction of hatred that ever reaches nirvana. If we were to graph it: y=hatred x=mental training y=1/x y never reaches 0, hatred never reaches nirvana. That's why I think the sudden is the only viable path. Nirvana: Just do it. :sage: :rolling: No , clearly the a...

While they are at it, why don't they try to appoint the next Pope? They seem to like doing stupid things.

Let's suppose I am walking in the desert. Now, I know I am thirsty (i.e know there is a knot). But, the water/knot I am seeing is just a mirage. Every time, I try to untie but get entangled. :shrug: If you see the mirage accurately, you do not see water. You see an interesting atmospheric deflectio...