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- Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: masks at work
- Replies: 3
- Views: 338
masks at work
Hello everyone, this post is about the mask mandates... I work in a hospital doing admissions at an Emergency Room. I'm the person at the window who signs you in. For 2 years i had to wear a mask at work. If it were not for the fact that i worked evenings and could often pull down my mask to breath ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 1:37 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Darwinism and the Dhamma
- Replies: 274
- Views: 22002
Re: Darwinism and the Dhamma
Biological evolution is a fact. It's a fact in the same way the law of gravity is a fact. Evolution is not a theory as some believe, it is the law of evolution. It is compatible with the Dhamma. It is not the same as the Dhamma. The Dhamma deals with the spiritual realm. Biology is what it is. Evol...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: How Long do you think you will live?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1237
Re: How Long do you think you will live?
I'm too scared to choose, as if that would some how seal my fate... but it would be 70 or 80; i think 80 is realistic based on general health and genetics, but feel like due to some personal habits (don't try guessing they're lamer than you would think, on the level of nail-biting or tooth grinding ...
- Wed May 20, 2020 11:08 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Unintentionally killing insects when playing sports and running
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2827
Re: Unintentionally killing insects when playing sports and running
i take on faith more or less that lawn mowing is allowable.
wholesome/un? i couldn't say.
but my neighbor has a hand held push mower - no electricity no gas - thinking of buying one. $100- $150.
wholesome/un? i couldn't say.
but my neighbor has a hand held push mower - no electricity no gas - thinking of buying one. $100- $150.
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why did you stop using drugs and what have become better in your life?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2719
Re: Why did you stop using drugs and what have become better in your life?
My (current) view on drugs is that they can be used essentially if they are coincidental with your situation and are good for your health. I don’t think there’s very much that falls into this category but I try not to be close minded. I do not smoke. Taken too literally this view might seem too cond...
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:07 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Unrequited love
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3956
Unrequited love
Qualifies as metta?
More like contemplation of dukkha - this longing I feel is it a wholesome thing to dwell on? But I feel as long as I am not permanently fixated on this “wish” it is kind of a starting point for metta. Thoughts?
More like contemplation of dukkha - this longing I feel is it a wholesome thing to dwell on? But I feel as long as I am not permanently fixated on this “wish” it is kind of a starting point for metta. Thoughts?
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:34 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: retreat
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1238
retreat
I am thinking of doing a retreat. probably it will be a Vipassana retreat. if I go I will basically have to conform to all the retreats guidelines. although there may be room in my mind for personal discretion, basically that kind of self reflection will be forfeited. nevertheless it seems like its ...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:24 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: perfection vs practicality
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2066
perfection vs practicality
is the perfection of virtue compatible with the incredible "practical" side of life, i.e. a "got-to-do-it-why-not-i'll probably enjoy it anyway" attitude? That covers things like walking the dog and cooking? a "virtuous enough" attitude seems kind of un-buddhist, or is ...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:20 pm
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: Sorry for being disruptive
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2765
Re: Sorry for being disruptive
i would not be too hard on yourself. it is hard to reach the point where you know with certainty that something was definitely wrong to say. if saying something has the chance of being beneficial it is, in my opinion, okay to say it. it is also an exercise in letting go to just let your words stay o...
Re: restraint
thx
restraint
what is the pali for restraint?
in english i've come up with one alternative: moderation
in english i've come up with one alternative: moderation
- Mon May 28, 2018 2:38 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: crabs for dinner.......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31810
Re: crabs for dinner.......
Well in the end she understood me not wanting to eat them but would not allow for them to go in the river...
- Sun May 27, 2018 6:52 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: crabs for dinner.......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31810
Re: crabs for dinner.......
rightview,
instead of teaching my mom not to kill living beings i am teaching myself that these things are out of my power.
instead of teaching my mom not to kill living beings i am teaching myself that these things are out of my power.
- Sun May 27, 2018 6:31 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: crabs for dinner.......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31810
Re: crabs for dinner.......
they are a purchase but my mom bought them! we have different standards for cooking so i eat meat etc. when she buys it (i buy it but not as much as her) but now that its something live i'm not sure what to do... but i've basically realized that im not doing anything wrong by just leaving them there...
- Sun May 27, 2018 6:08 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: crabs for dinner.......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31810
crabs for dinner.......
i opened the refrigerator, saw a box of food, pulled it out, and opened it, and ... live crabs!. i have no idea what to do... my options are: - just forget about it. - look forward to eating crabs - put them in the river across the street. obviously the crabs are not "mine," but i feel kin...