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by mudra
Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:31 am
Forum: Shrine Room
Topic: Prayers for SATTVA
Replies: 219
Views: 57760

Re: Prayers for SATTVA

any updates on Sattva's condition?
by mudra
Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:20 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: "Mixing" traditions?
Replies: 20
Views: 4030

Re: "Mixing" traditions?

Hi everybody :anjali: So, here is my question : is there any problem with "mixing" traditions? :? Not really. You will have fun for a little while being eclectic, then (if you are lucky) realize that you aren't getting anywhere. It's like trying to make an aeroplane from bits and pieces o...
by mudra
Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:11 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: "Mixing" traditions?
Replies: 20
Views: 4030

Re: "Mixing" traditions?

A/ I really feel like a need of "devotion" that's more in Pure Land for exemple; B/ I don't really like that fact that in Theravada its a need to be a monk to reach the goal, and that it's a more personal liberation compared to Mahayana... A. Actually, I find Mahayana has more of an empha...
by mudra
Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:39 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Re: Richard Gombrich

I am about a quarter of the way through How Buddhism Began, and am enjoying. A couple of standpoints I don't agree with (and probably many fellow Buddhists wouldn't also) but the man is intelligent, thoroughly read and knowledgeable, and presents his arguments coherently - whether one agrees or not....
by mudra
Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:58 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Re: Richard Gombrich

rowyourboat wrote:
I met him once and found him saying that Buddhists weren't compassionate enough. He didn't quite seem to understand the compassion wasn't the point of Buddhism.

RYB
Depends on what particular type of Buddhism you follow...
by mudra
Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:31 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Re: Richard Gombrich

Thank you very much everyone, you have been very helpful. Ben, I am downloading the book as I type! Venerable, I will try not to be a know-it-all, and otherwise good advice as well. I don't think the audience will be terribly interested in the finer points anyway. Interesting point about his efforts...
by mudra
Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:09 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Re: Richard Gombrich

Thank you Mike, I'll see if I can track that down. And thank you too for alerting me to the fact that here Ven Huifeng is Paññãsikara. Ven, thanks for the heads up. This whole thing has since escalated, and I have been artfully been maneuvered ('asked') as resident nominal buddhist to "have a c...
by mudra
Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:46 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Re: Richard Gombrich

thereductor,

just found this review by Bhikku Bodhi of "How Buddhism Began" : http://www.buddhistethics.org/4/bodhi1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by mudra
Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:30 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Re: Richard Gombrich

Thank you, that's a good start and most helpful!
by mudra
Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:42 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Richard Gombrich
Replies: 61
Views: 14458

Richard Gombrich

Recently I have been asked about him, and as I am neither a scholar nor a practitioner of Theravada I really had no idea. IN an admittedly casual research on him and modern Theravada I have come across a few references to his books but not much more. It seems, according to one of his interviews, tha...
by mudra
Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:06 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Dhamma Reinvented: Big Mind, Buddha Nature, etc..
Replies: 32
Views: 6977

Re: Dhamma Reinvented: Big Mind, Buddha Nature, etc..

Chris::: - coming in very late in the thread - Buddha Dharma is in fact an ongoing tradition. Contributions to the tradition could be commentaries, as we find in traditions such as Theravada or Mahayana, or they can be simply realizations attained by those who practice and thereby attain results. Id...
by mudra
Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:48 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Buddha Nature ?
Replies: 162
Views: 39591

Re: Buddha Nature ?

As has been mentioned earlier in this thread, the Gelug (and its related Madhyamaka perspective) presentation really doesn't give much (if any) airtime to "Buddha Nature". In the Gelug stages of the path (Lam Rim) it doesn't come up. The most that I have ever heard my teacher ever say abou...
by mudra
Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:16 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What is right view?
Replies: 127
Views: 25764

Re: What is right view?

Not sure if this is off topic, but from the Theravada POV, what is wrong view? Is it the same as ignorance? Or does the latter lead to the former? Hi, in abhidhammic classification: Wrong view (ditthi) is one of the unwholesome mental factors (akusala cetasikas). Ignorance (moha) is also an unwhole...
by mudra
Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:12 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: What is right view?
Replies: 127
Views: 25764

Re: What is right view?

Not sure if this is off topic, but from the Theravada POV, what is wrong view? Is it the same as ignorance? Or does the latter lead to the former?
by mudra
Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:15 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Nagarjuna
Replies: 80
Views: 16176

Re: Nagarjuna

Blackbird, not sure that this is an introductory but the text is explained well and cuts to the core of Arya Nagarjuna's presentation on Emptiness: http://www.amazon.com/Nagarjunas-Seventy-Stanzas-Psychology-Emptiness/dp/0937938394 If you are interested also try and find a good commentary in English...