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“Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to disputation such as:
‘You don't understand this doctrine and discipline - I do!’
“How could you understand this doctrine and discipline?”
‘Your way is all wrong - mine is right!’
“I am consistent - you aren't!”
‘You said last what you should have said first, and you said first what you should have said last!’
“What you took so long to think up has been refuted!”
‘Your argument has been overthrown, you're defeated!’
“Go on, save your doctrine - get out of that if you can!”
The ascetic Gotama refrains from such disputation.”
What do you think?
What do you think?
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Greetings,
My thoughts are that the Buddha did not get emotionally invested in Dhamma discussions.
Metta,
Retro.
My thoughts are that the Buddha did not get emotionally invested in Dhamma discussions.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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True Dhamma does not need defending
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Ehi Passiko.
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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