a brief glace that the early sutras will show that democracy is really adharma

Sunaparanta is probably identical with Aparanta; the Burmese, however, identify it with the country on the right bank of the Irrawaddy River, near Pagan. Sas. Introd., p.ix. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sunaparanta Suppara or Supparaka. A seaport in India. It was in the Sunaparanta country ...

most Westerners believe Buddhism is the same as Judaism, i.e., communism or equality. Sadly this is true. But it's beacsue they were raised like that and then they just add a little bit of "buddhism" to the mix. The Western political doctrine closest to political Buddhism appears to be "fascism", i...

"we all have potential to become a Buddha" is not the same as "Each of us is already Buddha"

StrivingforMonkhood wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:35 pm Each of us is already Buddha, dear friend. It's simply that we have failed to realize this. We are ignorant.

Does theravada accept this statement ?

Meanwhile, I hope that the narcissistic anti-vax types won't succeed in undermining this important public health measure. People choosing not to get the vaccine doesn't stop those who want it from getting it. Me getting the vaccine doesn't really protect you from the virus. Also, is it narcissistic...

DNS wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:43 pm Yes, Ven. Dhammika has a downloadable pdf book of all the Edicts of Ashoka:
https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?ti ... ing_Ashoka

Thanks. That is basically exactly what I was looking for.
I guess your not so bad after all

Is there a book that is a good study of King Asoka's pillar & rock statments?

Like the locations of each one with translations of the statments ?

Thank you

I think the difference is that euthanasia is activity ending life, while remove life support, the life ends naturally

if anything is a taoist heart sutra it's this-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingjing_Jing

I used to post this on dharmawheel before I was banned. I'ts an apocryphal mahayana sutra, but hope you will all enjoy! The Sutra of the Father of Christmas Thus have I heard, at one time the lord was staying at the north pole together with a great assembly of elves and a great assembly of reindeer....

What taoism are you looking at ?

These are clearly related to those mentioned in my post above about Burmese esoteric whatever buddhism. And, that's one of the many reasons why I call them Non-Theravada. I think the reason why people would use the term Theravada is because any monks practicing this would have left home with the Th...

Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 2:49 pm May be somewhat related. However, my opinion with a slightly exaggerated example would be: ... I don't think the best contortionists have the calmest minds.

Sure, but I think this is where the idea of that connection comes from