The board and its direction (if any)

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This forum is used by humans and can't be other than directionless.
Directionless is good and rich.
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So... What keeps a Buddhist forum Buddhist?
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Buddhists.
[Sorry, couldn't resist].
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Osho wrote:Buddhists.
[Sorry, couldn't resist].
;-)
Please explain further. What exactly is a Buddhist? How do Buddhists keep a Buddhist forum Buddhist?
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In a psychoneuroimmunological sense.
[We bore the malas off anyone else so they go elsewhere].
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Osho wrote:In a psychoneuroimmunological sense.
[We bore the malas off anyone else so they go elsewhere].
:applause:
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Buddhists are budhists when they do Buddhist things .In order to keep a Buddhist forum budhist they'll know that they will have to do Buddhist things
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Ooops missed your first Q.
A Buddhist is anyone whose speech acts indicates that s/he self identifies as such.
All the rest is just window dressing and daft clothes..
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Osho wrote:In a psychoneuroimmunological sense.
[We bore the malas off anyone else so they go elsewhere].
But what if it is the Buddhists that are getting the malas bored off them?
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Bored!!!!
A Buddhist?
Obviously the wrong sort of Buddhist if boredom features.
Should be locked in a room and made to chant Nembutsu 'til they see sense.
That'd cure 'em.
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dharmagoat wrote: Please explain further. What exactly is a Buddhist? ?
A Buddhist is someone who takes (note present tense) refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

Om mani padme hum
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Sanskrit's subtler.
There's a present continuous tense.
Greek too..... the aoristic

"To keep on keeping on"
doesn't quite do it justice, but close enough.
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I'd like to keep this thread on the subject of board directions and suggestions plz.
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dharmagoat wrote:Ironically, considering my stance against mysticism in general, I am one of those that came to Buddhism via Theosophy and the occult, reading such authors as I. K. Taimni and Dion Fortune in my youth. Although I have absolutely no interest in these traditions now, I agree that their part in bringing Buddhist ideas to the West is an interesting topic for discussion, but wince at the idea that either Theosophy or the occult could have any relevance to Western Buddhism now.
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KeithBC wrote:
dharmagoat wrote: Please explain further. What exactly is a Buddhist? ?
A Buddhist is someone who takes (note present tense) refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

Om mani padme hum
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The difference of the joy of grasping mind, or the Joy in equanimity.

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