Unfortunately for those who died in Jonestown (a different religion than Buddhism), this is obviously false. Right, it makes a difference to Buddhists...
The meaning of 'Buddhism' is unlimited for you? If that were true we wouldn't be able to talk about it because you wouldn't be able to identify what I...
In all instances that I can imagine it's used in an identifying manner, which is necessarily limiting. Calling it "dhamma vinaya" is likewise limiting...
What I find laughable is how in one corner we have Wayfarer and Hippyhead lamenting the loss of an intimate relationship and our existential plight......
Suspicion? That’s not saying anything. A hammer is more sophisticated than a rock. That doesn’t mean that a hammer isn’t designed or best utilized for...
It stands to reason that if there can be a virtual heaven then there can be a virtual hell. Imagine, for example, if someone programmed your digital D...
This is like saying that only seeing a hammer as a hammer, rather than a paperweight or artwork, sells it short. A hammer is designed to be a hammer a...
Or perhaps the gloss evades the argument. No problem, for my part. One point of clarification though... I might be persuaded by an argument that sapie...
You mentioned that blind attachment to practice/doctrine is abandoned at some point, suggesting that this somehow distinguishes it from religion. This...
Of course I agree that it would be misleading to call a religion a philosophy. It is the promise that must necessarily be taken on faith that correctl...
TLCD1996 wrote: If neither of you think that it doesn’t apply reason, well, I suppose there wouldn’t be much point in argument. It is unclear if TLCD1...
A well written and informative post, TLCD1996. I will cut to the chase as it relates to the topic. Assuming you haven’t fully realized freedom from su...
Yes, the believer is more likely to believe that they are moral beings due to their affiliation with ultimate authority, but that is an unfortunate il...
You seem to suggest that you have answers to your four questions but for some weird reason aren't saying. Don't worry, I promise no one will make fun ...
In a word, the need is meaning and people best find this for themselves. The necessary cultural shift would be towards the pursuit of meaning rather t...
You appear to be buying the myth that he’s a 4-D chess player or whatever. Grated he’s an accomplished con-man, but the self-beneficial accomplishment...
Yet another word from the Dune universe, this one from The Duke of Caladan. While listening to the audiobook last night there was a part in the story ...
What is the logic applied to impermanence that answers the question of how to live well? And, btw, the question is ‘how to end suffering?’ and not ‘ho...
As chance would have it, shortly after my last post I received a book that I had preordered from Amazon. It's a new book fresh off the presses titled:...
I can't say what happens when you try to understand how your mind works because I don't know what that means. What does it mean? Brain science has com...
I noticed the new topic titled "Is Murder Really That Bad?" but didn't read because it doesn't interest me. A little surprised by the title, though I ...
This is how the left portrays left-wing populism. I specifically mentioned the underclass (immigrants or minority populations). Really? I've been disp...
Right-wing populism also positions the common people against the underclass or anyone who may threaten to displace their socioeconomic status, such as...
Thankfully unaware, I might add. I have a habit of looking at both left and right leaning news headlines and they cover pretty much the same material ...
You can’t even be bothered to capitalize letters so the inconvenience of having to explain yourself beyond three letters must truly be an outrage. But...
So when justice applies unfairly to one group we should try to do something about that. Earlier you wrote, "I support justice, and that includes justi...
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