Dharma Wheel

One question: why the imposed age restriction?

Embrace the suck.

In my personal experience I have found that the advice to 'focus on the breath' is somewhat misleading - more a wrong choice of words. Focus implies concentration, and concentration implies control. In anapanasati it is sufficient to simply observe the ebb and flow of the breath, neither focussing n...

Agreed. I think we need to drop the term 'antisocial' as it implies that a person is actively against social stuff rather than simply not being interested in it. 'Asocial' might be more appropriate.

If you go to the parks in China early in the morning you will see a lot of people exercising together, chatting and having fun. They are often not friends, in the usual sense of the word, but for that time, in that place, they are. I agree with some of the stuff in this thread. I have always been pe...

Is there nothing suitable in either Saltash or Plymouth? Either of these would be easier to get to from Liskeard. Just wonderin'

Whether or not he uses specific terminology, he is not saying anything new, so what does he bring of value that would not be better accomplished by going with one of the traditions?

He brings accessibility to those who feel that the 'traditions' are not accessible (for whatever reason).

I'm not sure how helpful this is going to sound but I found that because I was a long term adherent of neigong (specifically in the realms of Taijiquan and Hua Yue Xing Yi Men. with Zhan Zhong, Bagua circle stepping and SanTi stance holding) that relaxing the body during seated meditation came more ...

The goal of the path is the path.

futerko wrote: Right, I think that people are quite willing to pay for the stuff they receive. Then the issue is more about what would be a fair price and some resentment about monopolization and price fixing to maximize profit. In a free market the value of a product is measured by the desire to p...

I hear you (futerko), but the difference is that the software producer, by restrictively licencing his product, is not denying you something that you already had free access to. Mouse Soldier wrote: If people can easily pirate your software instead of paying large amounts for it they will, and if yo...

Futerko wrote: Let's say that corporations claim ownership of the air. Are you still going to insist on legality, or will you challenge the validity of the law? Really? I was talking about a product that has been created for the purpose of sale and you are talking about claiming ownership of somethi...

Futerko, I felt that the claim was implicit. As for... I personally find your relationship to rule-governed behaviour quite rigid That's a fair point, although it is also an assumption. If people diligently followed the 8FP then I guess the 'rules' would not be required... but they don't and so they...

Is there anything here to debate? For downloaded software that is not freely given. Users are expected to pay for a licence. The OP (and others) think this doesn't apply to them. The law says otherwise. What other laws do the OP (and others) think doesn't apply? Are there any restrictions on making ...

I'm so sorry but which part of piracy do you feel is justified? You may feel that prices are too high, or that it is unfair that you cannot afford something that other people can afford. All that points to is your continual attachment to desire. As a dharma practitioner you should know this and be d...

Frankly, this whole thread is a bit disappointing. Someone has created something to sell. Someone else has decided they want it without paying for it. What else is there to say... beyond justifying poor behaviour? PS The big ticket items I pirate are textbooks. The prices of those are just so extrem...

You can rationalise it all you want but it is stealing.

So, to answer your question... YES


Now go and stand in the naughty corner and reflect upon your wickedness

Han wrote: What does working with internal energies mean? I am not familiar with this. That rather depends on whether you are familiar with and/or accept the Traditional Chinese Medicine view of the body. This book by Mantak Chia explains it better than I could. It's kind of a large subject though. ...

Qing Tian wrote:Key point: All qigong practices (as far as I know) encourage fang song (letting loose, or relaxing the joints and muscles - but not to the point of limpness). Any good links/books/whatever on that subject? Not really. It crops up quite a lot in texts on Chinese Internal Martial Arts...

What exactly does pattern recognition have to do with anatta?