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by Kingdubrock
Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:41 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Buddhist monks and TM
Replies: 3
Views: 1904

Re: Buddhist monks and TM

I dont know much about them but there is this Thai Buddhist organization in Canada, they might exist elsewhere, called Willpower Institute. They teach meditation to anyone. Havent looked into them for a while, but it sure didnt strike me as remotley classical and they use mantras or a short mantra o...
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:02 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Howdy.
Replies: 13
Views: 2620

Re: Howdy.

Thank you Khalil, Ben and Virgo. :anjali:
I feel so welcome I have already joined in on the welcoming of other new people. :-)
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: There is neither atta nor anatta?
Replies: 18
Views: 4970

Re: There is neither atta nor anatta?

...Nagarjuna's fourfold negation... But sometimes when some Theravadin teachers address issues like this one or emptiness, I detect a bit of appropriating or allowing Mahayanist formulations, primarily because they are not contradictory per se, or more positively, are implicit or latent in the Cano...
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:21 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello All
Replies: 12
Views: 2521

Re: Hello All

:toast:
I'm new here too. Great folks.
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:19 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Introducing myself
Replies: 8
Views: 2062

Re: Introducing myself

Hi there Koonzaw :anjali:
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:46 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: There is neither atta nor anatta?
Replies: 18
Views: 4970

Re: There is neither atta nor anatta?

For more on Thanissaro might read skill in questions: the anatta teaching does not deny the existence of the self. It is a mode of perception, a strategy using the label “not-self” to help abandon attachment to whatever is clung to as self, so as to reach liberation. ... The anatta teaching is mean...
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:11 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: The Great Emptiness Debate
Replies: 4
Views: 2118

Re: The Great Emptiness Debate

Hey, yeah, you're right. Just a very brief skim through "Concept and Reality" and I can see why you mentioned him. Thanks for the tip. Will look into him with interest!
:anjali:
by Kingdubrock
Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:50 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: The Great Emptiness Debate
Replies: 4
Views: 2118

The Great Emptiness Debate

I was looking around the forum for discussions about this and found a couple but they seemed to revolve around the possible strawman that Theravadins hold dhammas to have their own-own nature or whatever. Whenever that discussion comes up the quotes from crusty commentaries and sub commentaries to d...
by Kingdubrock
Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:47 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: There is neither atta nor anatta?
Replies: 18
Views: 4970

Re: There is neither atta nor anatta?

Greetings, :reading: No-self or Not-self? (Thanissaro Bhikkhu) http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/notself2.html The Not-Self Strategy (Thanissaro Bhikkhu) http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/notself.html Metta, Retro. :) Huh! Will read. Thanks for the links Retro.
by Kingdubrock
Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:50 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: There is neither atta nor anatta?
Replies: 18
Views: 4970

Re: There is neither atta nor anatta?

Greetings Kingdubrock, Generally, those who object to the "not-self strategy" tend to be those who are suspicious of anything short of "denial of self"... as if not denying self is somehow an affirmation of self. Metta, Retro. :) Hey there. Fascinating. I wasnt even aware there ...
by Kingdubrock
Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:48 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Howdy.
Replies: 13
Views: 2620

Re: Howdy.

retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.

8-)

Metta,
Retro. :)
Thank you Retro! :smile:
by Kingdubrock
Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:37 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: There is neither atta nor anatta?
Replies: 18
Views: 4970

Re: There is neither atta nor anatta?

Greetings, Ugh. Poor Thanissaro. This kind of thing will probably follow him and overshadow his many contributions now. Why? It's quite possibly it's his greatest contribution.... more specifically, disentangling the "no self" from "not self" positions which had (mistakenly, imo...
by Kingdubrock
Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:20 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Women cannot become Buddhas?
Replies: 35
Views: 7333

Re: Women cannot become Buddhas?

My guess is, if there is scripture that says otherwise it was slipped in there by a "respected" monk who was getting his enlightenment butt kicked by a woman. :tongue: I don't know anything about that, but you might like this verse: I.11 — Mutta {v. 11} So freed! So thoroughly freed am I!...
by Kingdubrock
Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:17 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Howdy.
Replies: 13
Views: 2620

Re: Howdy.

Wow, thank you all for the warm welcome. :bow:
by Kingdubrock
Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:59 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: There is neither atta nor anatta?
Replies: 18
Views: 4970

Re: There is neither atta nor anatta?

Ugh. Poor Thanissaro. This kind of thing will probably follow him and overshadow his many contributions now. I havent read that quote in context but if I understand him correctly (from that oft-quoted passage) something similar is pretty much, but in a more generalized fashion suggested by Rupert Ge...