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What kind of people does playing on such playgrounds produce, as opposed to modern, "safe" playgrounds?

so what kind of purity that has been lost through the written or audible forms of the dhamma? The purity of actually being able to pay attention, right here, right now, and to actually pay attention. Mentally-cognitively, one inhabits a vastly different mode of existence if one relies solely on hea...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:12 pm

Radix wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:38 pm Because Western Buddhists

They benefit from the religion…

Benefit how? Do they attain nibbana en masse?

unlike you

What makes you think I don't benefit? Because I don't exhibit the same quietism as Buddhists tend to?

2. I think not. He would have to ask all the persons to whom he taught for permission / there would also be regards especially in hinsight to the possibility of an unwholesome approach to his educational conversations and teachings - which couldnt be corrected without his personal (...) absence. Wh...

What would be the dangers or evils to be avoided by not approving it? To rephrase: Is it in the spirit of the Buddha's teachings to write them down (and distribute them widely and easily)? The danger is that once the teaching is in writing and spread impersonally in the manner of books and essays (...

Radix wrote And with a refusal to "outsource", one refuses to acknowledge the source. If one is going to do one's own thing, then why call it "Buddhism" ? Let me clarify my comment. By outsourcing I meant reliance on the tradition, for example the opinions of the elders of the t...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:08 pm

Radix wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:42 pm We've discussed Buddhist protestantism here before.

But why?

Because Western Buddhists tend to appropriate Buddhism and style it in accordance with their own current needs, interests, and concerns. So much for the Dhamma being "timeless".

I actually think it is harder than rocket science. There are more missing variables. Not for a person of goodwill. Like everything else, context is paramount. What posts of yours do you think may have elicited this response? Irrelevant in this case. There are things one does simply not say to those...

basically I think your key point or question is that if anyone's habit equals to addiction or sensual enjoyment, especially for those highly respected monks or considered as having achieved the highest enlightenment Sages, do they still have this kind of addiction or sensual enjoyment? /.../ Please...

Sam Vara wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:58 pm No, I've not said that. Merely that these could all equally apply to the point you made

No. I qualified my point with "alternative explanation". You ignore my qualifier, and instead impose yours.

No means no.

Whatever you want to call it - claim, speculation, hypothesis, alternative explanation, hunch, knowledge, possibility Apples, oranges, black, white, near, far, it's all the same, why bother with words! Why don't we just grunt!! Because grunting doesn't normally allow important distinctions to be ma...

Textbook protestantism. Only some versions of Protestantism. Many Protestants incline to versions of prima scriptura , and leave room especially for the role of the Holy Spirit, as well as tradition and active reason. Note the lower case in "protestantism" in my post. I'm not talking abou...

The requirements of an appropriate setting and suitable recipients are both compatible with the Buddha's teachings being written down and widely available. No: TEACHING DHAMMA When his listener is not ill, a bhikkhu should not teach Dhamma if the listener: has an umbrella in his/her hand. has a sta...

I agree with all of what you wrote in principle. Tone is important. We should take care of how we communicate online, perhaps even more so because online communication is more likely to be misconstrued, given the absence of all those other cues. You are right that I can do better and I will try to....

Would the Buddha approve of writing down his teachings? Would the Buddha approve of making those writings widely and easily available? I contend he would not, on both counts. For at least two reasons. One, because the teaching of Dhamma should be done in an appropriate setting, with the teacher prop...