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by Kim OHara
Sat May 08, 2021 6:25 am
Forum: Dhammic Stories
Topic: Buddha quotes site
Replies: 11
Views: 1840

Re: Buddha quotes site

Truth is where you find it. If this site gives good paraphrases of Buddha's ideas or language, that is good. Any teaching that is or points toward the Dharma is meritorious and not a time waster; especially for those who know zero about the Dharma. It might in some ways be useful, in that living yo...
by Kim OHara
Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:06 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Theosophy
Replies: 313
Views: 115782

Re: Theosophy

cappuccino wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:03 pm
Kim OHara wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:48 pm Do we know enough about her thought to know whether what she meant was eternalism or not?
eternalism is the idea… that we are the same


the same as we ever were


which I think people assume
I'm a good enough Buddhist not to assume that at all.

:namaste:
Kim
by Kim OHara
Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:04 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Theosophy
Replies: 313
Views: 115782

Re: Theosophy

Okay ... same question re Mabel Collins, "a writer of popular occult novels, a fashion writer and an anti-vivisection campaigner. She was a theosophist and author of over 46 books," according to her blurb on Amazon. Do we know enough about her thought to know whether what she meant was et...
by Kim OHara
Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:48 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Theosophy
Replies: 313
Views: 115782

Re: Theosophy

:juggling: That would seem to depend very much on how one conceptualises "person" and "soul". Do we know enough about Blavatsky's thought to know whether what she meant was eternalism or not? :coffee: Kim Not everything theosophical was written by HPB. The Three Truths from The ...
by Kim OHara
Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:57 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?
Replies: 139
Views: 14112

Re: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?

For the record, I'm using Safari, with no extensions at all, on an old iMac running OSX 10.12.x. Then it will most likely be Safari's in-built spelling checker that's causing the trouble. If you dislike its intrusion, it can be disabled in the Edit menu. Thanks. I did work that out but didn't want ...
by Kim OHara
Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:55 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Theosophy
Replies: 313
Views: 115782

Re: Theosophy

:juggling:
That would seem to depend very much on how one conceptualises "person" and "soul".

Do we know enough about Balavatsky's thought to know whether what she meant was eternalism or not?

:coffee:
Kim
by Kim OHara
Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:08 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: Bar Codes Chart
Replies: 2
Views: 554

Re: Bar Codes Chart

Not so fast ...
https://www.davidwolfe.com/barcode-tell ... omes-from/
and
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bar-c ... gin-point/
which it relies on, both warn that this is only partially correct.

:coffee:
Kim
by Kim OHara
Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:56 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?
Replies: 139
Views: 14112

Re: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?

Greetings, *The forum software's auto-correct function doesn't like "sutta", which is a bit odd. It doesn't let me type "dhamma", either, unless I go back and fix its :quote: correction :quote: :coffee: I'm guessing you're on a cell phone, or have some fancy add-on in your brows...
by Kim OHara
Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?
Replies: 139
Views: 14112

Re: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?

Can we accept Secular Buddhism as valid Buddhism on the basis (in line with) of Sutta "A Safe Bet"? https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.060.than.html I don't know who you're thinking of when you say "we" (and it makes a huge difference) but, for what it's worth, the S...
by Kim OHara
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:11 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: Mindfulness can make you selfish
Replies: 13
Views: 1637

Re: Mindfulness can make you selfish

In western nations, independence or individualism has more to do with central governments taking over some of the responsibilities that used to belong to other institutions such as families, churches, neighbors and friends. In my experience, this has been the other way around. As community structur...
by Kim OHara
Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:17 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: Mindfulness can make you selfish
Replies: 13
Views: 1637

Re: Mindfulness can make you selfish

”Mindfulness can make you selfish," says Michael Poulin, PhD, an associate professor of psychology in the UB College of Arts and Sciences and the paper’s lead author. "It's a qualified fact, but it's also accurate. "Mindfulness increased prosocial actions for people who tend to view ...
by Kim OHara
Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Theosophy
Replies: 313
Views: 115782

Re: Theosophy

Nicholas Weeks wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:41 pm
The Three Truths

There are three truths which are absolute, and which cannot be lost, but yet remain silent for lack of speech.

1. The soul of man is immortal...
That's eternalism.
3. Each man is his own absolute lawgiver...
That's anarchism.

:juggling:
Kim
by Kim OHara
Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:04 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?
Replies: 139
Views: 14112

Re: Can we accept secular Buddhism as Buddhism?

I think that part of our problem here is that Buddhism crosses boundaries which we take for granted in the West, i.e., it overlaps not only religion but also science (psychology in particular, but also cosmology) and philosophy (how we know, and the limits of what we can know); medicine too, if we ...
by Kim OHara
Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:02 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: "Secular Buddhists" answer to ven. Anālayo's ‘Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions’
Replies: 50
Views: 4545

Re: "Secular Buddhists" answer to ven. Anālayo's ‘Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions’

Greetings Kim, Do you believe in Right View arising in an instant? If so, why?? (Not inferring anything of the Abhidhammic variety through the use of the word "moment", but...) There is a moment when someone is a puthujjana, and then there is a moment when they are no longer a puthujjana ...