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- Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Peaceful protest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1528
Re: Peaceful protest
We protest because we are getting what we do not want or getting what we don't want (dukkha). So we want to end this dukkha by protest. Is this the teaching of the Buddha? I am getting more confuse. If you got a terrible disease, and would die without going to the doctor, you should go to the docto...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:07 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Peaceful protest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1528
Re: Peaceful protest
Why the five sustaining-aggregates are dukkha? Is this because of the impermanence of conditional phenomena/nature? If conditional phenomena are impermanent, then are they dukkha? Is life a conditional phenomenon? If so, then is life is dukkha? If we can change the world to support for a good cause ...
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:26 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Peaceful protest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1528
Re: Peaceful protest
We protest because we are getting what we do not want or getting what we don't want (dukkha). So we want to end this dukkha by protest. Is this the teaching of the Buddha? I am getting more confuse.
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Peaceful protest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1528
Re: Peaceful protest
Yes, why not, if it is for a good purpose and with a good intention. We protest because we disagree or want to change what is going on or to support a cause. However, the Buddha teaches us to be "free from desire and discontent to the world", and the first noble truth clearly states that "life is d...
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Peaceful protest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1528
Peaceful protest
Should a Buddhist join a peaceful protest?
- Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:44 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is it against the dhamma to protect yourself and others ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2494
Re: Is it against the dhamma to protect yourself and others ?
Look deeply into the Four Noble Truths. The answer is in there.
- Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:35 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Sri Lanka Buddhist monks destroy Muslim shrine
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9751
Re: Sri Lanka Buddhist monks destroy Muslim shrine
The first lesson from the Buddha is the Fourth Noble Truths. However, we often forget it when something "wrong" happen. How sad!
- Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:11 pm
- Forum: Lounge (Archive)
- Topic: For a curious mind
- Replies: 4
- Views: 941
Re: For a curious mind
How does Right Speech and action lead to suffering? The Eight Fold path is for overcoming suffering. What I really mean is Speech and Action will cause suffering if they are not 'Right". I can revise the above as: 1NT is related to View, Intention (If in View and intention, we understand/apply 1NT ...
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:01 pm
- Forum: Lounge (Archive)
- Topic: For a curious mind
- Replies: 4
- Views: 941
Re: For a curious mind
Thanks, My brain will blow up soon 

- Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:34 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: What did the Buddha have to say about The Mac vs The PC?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4268
Re: What did the Buddha have to say about The Mac vs The PC?
I think the Buddha may say "Let go all of them! Mac and PC. They all are impermanent, suffering, and not self"Jhana4 wrote: So, what did the Buddha have to say choosing a Mac over a PC?
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:20 pm
- Forum: Lounge (Archive)
- Topic: For a curious mind
- Replies: 4
- Views: 941
For a curious mind
I have a curious mind, so I often have many silly questions that may not relate to the practice, but they are sometimes bother me. 1. Why the Fourth Noble Truths has 4 not 3 or 5..? 2. Why the Noble Eightfold path has 8, not 7 or 10..? Here is what I have come up so far ... ( all from my silly logic...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:56 pm
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Emptiness of time and others
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8177
Re: Emptiness of time and others
If we always stay at present, here and now then there is no past and future. Therefore, there is no time.
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:53 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Noble Eightfold Path
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3976
Re: Noble Eightfold Path
In my opinion, we do not need to realize “how right view is right”. All we need is to be aware and accept. I will try to make an example to clarify my point. However, it is hard to make a point in a short example, so please bear with me and ignore my bad English. First, let me explain what I think a...
- Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:30 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Noble Eightfold Path
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3976
Re: Noble Eightfold Path
Thanks for your insights. However as you said " some people might find it easy to have right action but not right speech (it is probably easier to refrain from stealing, killing and sexual misconduct than from idle chatter in modern society, for example)." I think we do not have right speech because...
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:44 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Teacher or no Teacher?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2406
Re: Teacher or no Teacher?
I think we can practice without a teacher if we understand properly what we should do, and why we are doing what we are doing. I have learnt the Dharma by myself without any teacher so far. I do not want to be influenced by only a teacher. With the Internet, I can learn from several teachers at the ...