Looking at your post history, I see that you have experience in this matter. I'm assuming it's fairly complicated so I'll avoid trying to explore that...
So, trying to connect this with your earlier post on trusting experience: are you saying that in a spiritual community, one has to be cocky enough to ...
Would you say this is the same as ignoring race or broadening the perspective to be more holistic? And that doesn't sound like equity! But then again,...
So you think equality should be a guiding compass rather than equity, and that equity needs a stronger foundation in order to have a good effect when ...
Do you mean in the context of a community where susceptible newcomers, inquirers etc need to protect themselves against charismatic online "gurus" or ...
Totally. Sometimes people get a bit too cocky about their "experience" to the point where they assume that everyone else is below them (an inferior "o...
I want to keep this discussion more along the lines of discussion and not therapy, so I'll try to keep probing minimal. And I want to emphasize that o...
Do you feel hurt when people insult you? Is it because you want people to treat you with kindness or respect? I'm wondering if some insults anger you ...
Man, if my practice in pursuit of liberation of Nirvana is a self-fulfilling prophecy, I'm a lucky duck! The Dhamma is "ehipassiko"; encouraging inves...
The reason why I called it "repressing grief" was because, at least in some circumstances, that is what is entailed when one tries to force it away by...
Yeah, that's a huge (not to mention unfortunately pessimistic) generalization. And even so the Buddha acknowledged that it was rare to find people who...
I can see what you mean, but it doesn't really add up. Of course it's your opinion, however this is an interesting misconception about "dispassion". T...
To my understanding this is not quite the logic of the Buddha's teachings. Knowledge of impermanence was something of a given to whatever extent befor...
Yikes. Well, all I said was that I have faith that he found and taught truth, and this faith grows with my confidence gleaned from practice. Faith in ...
Yet Buddhism doesn't really fall neatly into this either. Of course some Buddhists may do this, but accepting the Buddha's words as absolute truth wou...
Well, the story goes that the Buddha's question revolved around suffering and its cessation, and what he found was the truth; if you teach about that,...
Yes, usually academic studies on Buddhism are focused more on theory (even perhaps theory of practice). Schools usually aren't teaching you how to pra...
I think that quote could be used to suggest that Buddhism is not (a)theistic, and although concepts in general may seem to be slippery in some ways, i...
Kind of trying to find an entry point here. It seems you were suggesting a difference between believing and feeling/sensing etc., but actually it seem...
... and you believe that sense experience constitutes reality, no? Perhaps not much different than believing our ideas about a G/god are representativ...
Totally. Seriously questioning one's faith in Buddhism is a really good part of the practice. I've done it a good few times. It's a pretty natural asp...
Even so, some people may feel uncomfortable having faith in something they don't know. Sometimes the issue of faith weighs over their minds; maybe the...
The cessation of suffering is the foremost ease, because it is unconditioned. Given that it is reached by means of the eightfold path, which itself is...
I'm good lol. Since a lot of the efficacy of Buddhism actually lies within us (hence the purpose of inner refuges), and since the origin of suffering ...
I don't know a whole lot about the other Buddhas, but so the theory goes: a Buddha is an Arahant, one who has put an end to their suffering, but by th...
Such is life in a scientific and capitalistic America. And yes: a lot of it is really recognizing the limitations of whatever we're attached to, and g...
I work at Walgreens! And I'm a full time student. There's definitely stressors that make practice difficult, but the thing is learning how to bring it...
That's very true! But it doesn't make the sign especially truthful or accurate. It just means that they have their purpose and can be used accordingly...
I think you already know that words are limiting, at least it seems you indicated that earlier. Sorry, it's really hard to answer your questions becau...
Since I'm really saying the same thing over and over again... it's because in some cases it's necessary to have a loose grip, others a tight grip. May...
I really doubt it'll ever be proven. Partly because we're talking about something which could be called "subjective", something which many have troubl...
If you can stop thinking about yourself so quickly, that's good for you. But besides the fact this might not solve suffering at the very core, accordi...
Because conventions are limited, yet they are necessary. Thus earlier I also said that there's nothing totally wrong about calling Buddhism a religion...
I think it's possibly split into much more. There were a decent number of schools that had apparently split off from each other just a couple hundred ...
Maybe, maybe not. Thanks for clarifying, however you say that this othering is the worst part of religion. It seems that you're accusing him of someth...
Okay. I'll keep that in mind. A really important point. But Ajahn Geoff, for one, isn't naming Buddhist-romantic names (see below). And further, Ajahn...
Okay - perhaps I had answered the question wrongly, then. The quote is apparently expressive of Emerson's view regarding the goal of religion: that th...
It really depends on who's in charge. Harmony is really appreciated in a broad way; it's not necessarily a theological issue, particularly because peo...
I think I've already been through this, but maybe it would be good to summarize in some way. To be honest, given that the definition of "religion" has...
First, what Emerson is describing is a form of becoming, where the mind latches onto an identity of any sorts. The Buddha says that all things are "no...
:meh: Yeah, I don't have a sufficient understanding of Romanticism, Hinduism, or everyone in the world to say with certainty that they are or are not ...
It's not a hyperbole at all! I've actually heard or seen people say this. Are they speaking in line with their tradition? I don't know, but this bit f...
As far as we know. Thinking is quite subtle, and as I said before it's not just thinking as verbal thought. For example, the Buddha defines "restlessn...
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