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- Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:31 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Inspiring Words
- Replies: 223
- Views: 52961
Re: Inspiring Words
inspire (v.) mid-14c., enspiren, "to fill (the mind, heart, etc., with grace, etc.);" also "to prompt or induce (someone to do something)," from Old French enspirer (13c.), from Latin inspirare "blow into, breathe upon," figuratively "inspire, excite, inflame,&quo...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:52 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: bringing pfunk mythology and ecstatic dance to buddhism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4569
Re: bringing pfunk mythology and ecstatic dance to buddhism
Jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith :smile:
- Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:51 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: A View of The Spiritual World
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2693
Re: A View of The Spiritual World
I'm not sure why you're posting material from ISKCON but it should be known that the Hare Krishnas are a dangerous cult. This shocking expose by the journalist coauthors will disabuse readers that the Hare Krishna sect is exclusively a group of religious devotees. The movement began with the arrival...
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
- Replies: 162
- Views: 35140
Re: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
She definitely has the appetite. :smile:David N. Snyder wrote:Peta :tongue:rowboat wrote: I need a euphonic word that means 'ghost' or 'mist' or something ephemeral.
This kitten wears its stylish vest to provide us with the irrefutable proof that gentleness is invincible.
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:01 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
- Replies: 162
- Views: 35140
Re: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h0Mj1IKW6Q Funny looking cat and a tiny kitten making friends Haven't named the stray calico. I need a euphonic word that means 'ghost' or 'mist' or something ephemeral. It's what she's like. Surprisingly she jumped up onto my coffee table yesterday and came in for ...
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:47 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: Looking for a temple to donate to
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2190
Re: Looking for a temple to donate to
Hi all, I am looking for ways to donate online to one or a few Buddhist temples in Thailand or Sri Lanka, possibly of the Forest Tradition. I would like to have a way to do a periodic payment using my own credit card in the simplest way possible If any one can help, I would appreciate WIth metta Th...
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:23 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Poll: Belief in rebirth
- Replies: 143
- Views: 35112
Re: Poll: Belief in rebirth
rowboat, Thank you so much for bringing this sutta reference! chownah Baluba, Sorry for having doubted you. It turns out that I am the one mistaken......although the sutta reference doesn't seem to actually say that one would be reborn as a dog, it just says that one would be reborn in the company ...
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:07 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What music are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 2178
- Views: 526859
Re: What music are you listening to right now?
Beautiful. Perfect. Thank-you.mirco wrote:Steve Reich, Steve Reich, Steve Reich and again, Steve Reich. :meditate:
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:57 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Poll: Belief in rebirth
- Replies: 143
- Views: 35112
Re: Poll: Belief in rebirth
For example if one has a mind like that of an animal and experiences phenomenons as those experienced by animals, he will get reborn as an animal. This is the argument for rebirth made by the Buddha. I think you are mistaken. I think that this is not the arguement for rebirth made by the buddha. In...
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Scholars Who Are Practicing Buddhists
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5580
Re: Scholars Who Are Practicing Buddhists
A great scholar, who taught and inspired Rupert Gethin and myself, was Lance Cousins, who was also a great teacher of Samatha meditation. For some of his papers to download, see: https://oxford.academia.edu/LSCousins See also the books of Sarah Shaw, another Samatha Trust meditation pupil of Lance ...
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:41 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Are you king of the mountain?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1032
Re: Are you king of the mountain?
https://i.imgur.com/v341tQ5.jpg?1 Like massive boulders, mountains pressing against the sky, moving in from all sides, crushing the four directions, so aging and death come rolling over living beings: noble warriors, brahmans, merchants, workers, outcastes, & scavengers. They spare nothing. The...
- Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:11 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Even if science proves re-birth, Kamma, Deva and Brhama worlds?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3207
Re: Even if science proves re-birth, Kamma, Deva and Brhama worlds?
I mean honestly even an honest Buddhist who has some Dhamma knowledge will instantly opt for rebirth under such pain; it's pretty unbearable unless you have seriously trained your mind. No wonder we all end up here again and again! (for me it wasn't so much the intensity of the pain, as in, when yo...
- Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:51 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
- Replies: 162
- Views: 35140
Re: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
There's a reason I avoided this thread until today. Almost a year ago I first caught glimpse of this beautiful calico in the ferns. She was so timid that just to look in her direction was enough to send her bolting. Last winter I started to see her more often. About two months ago I finally had her ...
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:22 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What music are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 2178
- Views: 526859
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:09 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Kindnesss thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2948