Australia

[Thanavuddho]

[James the Giant]

I hope that's a monastic aquarium, not a lay-fishbowl.
Best wishes, Venerable.

[daverupa]

It looks to me to be a fishbowl of solitude, rather than a fishbowl of constant others-contact...

The first thing I thought of when I saw it, despite the bowl sizes being somewhat opposite:

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
~Henry David Thoreau.

[Raitanator]

This or that, it's still a bowl.

[daverupa]

This or that, it's still a bowl.

It's quite noteworthy, to notice how sense contact sparks papanca-sanna-sankha, isn't it?

[Ben]

This or that, it's still a bowl.

It's quite noteworthy, to notice how sense contact sparks papanca-sanna-sankha, isn't it?

Indeed!

[Thanavuddho]

The fish is jumping from the small vehicle (hinayana) into the big vehicle (mahayana).

Only kidding. In reality the fish will hang in midair.

[cooran]

The fish is jumping from the small vehicle (hinayana) into the big vehicle (mahayana).

Only kidding. In reality the fish will hang in midair.

Do not use that term on DhammaWheel.

No Hinayana in Buddhism
By Chan Khoon San & Kåre A. Lie
http://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/NoHinayana.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

with karuna,
Chrs

[Thanavuddho]

My joke telling skills must be getting rusty.

Oh, well...

[Hickersonia]

They put a notice up on the website about me:

http://bodhisaddha.wix.com/home" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It seems a bit silly. At least it makes the matter clear.

I don't know... reminds me of a "Wanted" poster... :-/

Be well, Bhante.

[Raitanator]

Do not use that term on DhammaWheel.

What would be a better term? Nyushul Khen Rinpoche was also firm that Hinayana is a pejorative term and better term would be Root-yana. What do you think?

[Mr Man]

Do not use that term on DhammaWheel.

What would be a better term?

Theravada

[Raitanator]

Do not use that term on DhammaWheel.

What would be a better term?

Theravada

In tibetan buddhism there's also practices same to Theravadin, and categorized in the same way, but to call it Theravada would be misleading, don't you think?

[Kim OHara]

In tibetan buddhism there's also practices same to Theravadin, and categorized in the same way, but to call it Theravada would be misleading, don't you think?

All schools of Buddhism have many beliefs and practices in common but the schools are nevertheless distinct and are worth calling by their proper names.
And in general, it is polite to call people by the name they prefer. Cooran is 'Cooran' or 'Chris'. You are 'Raitanator'. I am 'Kim'. Easy, simple, polite.
Theravada is 'Theravada'. Vajrayana is 'Vajrayana'. Easy, simple, polite. Anything else carries baggage that may be unwanted.


Kim

Now ...

[Ben]

Please return to topic.
Off-topic posts are routinely removed from view without warning and repeat offenders are subject to disciplinary action, as per our Terms of Service.
kind regards,

Ben