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Why do I have to do anything? Am I missing some kind of game you’re trying to play with me? The one playing games here isn't me. It's you. Still laughing at "I’m simply warning you all." As if. I honestly don’t understand what you are sceptical of here Listen, buddy, you came in here, in ...

I’m simply warning you all. :rolling: You are going to have to do better than that. Maybe Jundo will threaten to sue Dharmawheel. Why do I have to do anything? Am I missing some kind of game you’re trying to play with me? The one playing games here isn't me. It's you. Still laughing at "I’m si...

bowsamic wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:02 pm I’m simply warning you all.

You are going to have to do better than that. Maybe Jundo will threaten to sue Dharmawheel.

woman cannot be a Buddha.[/i] It is saying that a Buddha cannot have a female body, not that a women cannot eventually become a buddha, albeit, in a male body. What if one is born with a female body but then transitions to a male in the current life? In the modern transgender sense of "transit...

I am, of course, both, but the person in question has not demonstrated any effort to construct or improve. I know their intentions are bad. You've been around for about two years. Matylda has been around for two decades, beginning with E-Sangha. I am pretty sure she has more weight here than you do...

If someone has the gall to suggest that all modern Soto Zen is a sham, and that no modern teachers have any idea what they are doing... Hakuin certainly had an opinion: Anyone who would call himself a member of the Zen family must first of all achieve kenshō—realization of the Buddha’s Way. If a pe...

Remember that anyone you speak to here is at best an opinionated fanatic and at worst totally ignorant. So are you an opinionated fanatic, totally ignorant, or somewhere in between? I am, of course, both, but the person in question has not demonstrated any effort to construct or improve. I know the...

If someone has the gall to suggest that all modern Soto Zen is a sham, and that no modern teachers have any idea what they are doing... Hakuin certainly had an opinion: Anyone who would call himself a member of the Zen family must first of all achieve kenshō—realization of the Buddha’s Way. If a pe...

PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:26 pmHow many Brahmas are there?

Many thousands, actually.

I don’t think that someone should read this sutta and conclude that a woman cannot be a Buddha.

It is saying that a Buddha cannot have a female body, not that a women cannot eventually become a buddha, albeit, in a male body.

/C authentic soto zen that does not emphasise the importance of realisation, employ koans to any notable extent, but nonetheless train, study and teach in a manner that produces similar result to /B Yes I knew one or two teachers, who were very impressive, masters of shikan taza. But at least one o...

Mahayana is somehow non-dual as non-duality claims the absence of subject-object separation. There is a difference between nondual (advaya) and nonduality (Advaita). In spanish they are just the adjective and the noun, but they dont carry variations on the meaning. Is it different in sanscrit? Yes,...

Words like "Many" and "small" are subjective, hence I prefer to use objective figures or numbers like millions. Not just prefer to Christians but to any zealots that believe in "talking donkey, ants, birds or monkeys" :rolleye: Taking the objective fact that there are ...

6.­32 Śāriputra: Goddess, what prevents you from transforming yourself out of your female state?163 Goddess: Although I have sought my “female state” for these twelve years, [F.213.a] I have not yet found it. Reverend Śāriputra, if a magician were to incarnate a woman by magic, would you ask her, “...

Tao wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:12 am Mahayana is somehow non-dual as non-duality claims the absence of subject-object separation.

There is a difference between nondual (advaya) and nonduality (Advaita).

BareBones wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 3:54 am

Vajrasvapna wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 11:11 am in the Yogacara tradition

Am I correct in assuming that this Yogacarin understanding of Karma was accepted and integrated into the Madhyamaka viewpoint?

No. The Madhyamaka perspective does not accept the Yogacara perspective.

You all realize this post was just to drive clicks to this NYT article. The user has not been back since he made the post, hence no interest in engagement.

And/or LARPing https://youtube.com/watch?v=PcCTxBwXZ5Y https://youtube.com/watch?v=sUuFFy0XxZM That looks very fun. Some of rules are a little silly in terms of recreating accurate historical swordfightimg (eg not taking into account edge alignment or power, not head shots, still squaring off from ...

Please name a Jataka tale with a telepathic talking rabbit as a main teaching lesson. https://www.himalayanart.org/items/50196 Then there is this one, about Buddha’s life as a sharabha, a six legged mythical animal. https://www.himalayanart.org/items/50215 This is false. The animal is question was ...

climb-up wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:44 pm Just curious if there any HEMA practitioners here and, if so, what you do.

Careful, HEMA is a gateway drug to SFCA. Next thing you know you'll be doing cosplay at renaissance fairs. You've been warned.

White Lotus wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:50 pm The only way I know to relinquish the compounded is to go back to nature which is nameless and formless.

Yes, that's called nirvana, but it isn't a nature at all.