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- Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:04 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Question about Suriyapop
- Replies: 3
- Views: 274
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Revealing counterfeit Dhamma: Poems of Matty Weingast published in "The First Free Women" as a version of the Therigatha
- Replies: 67
- Views: 8594
Re: Revealing counterfeit Dhamma: Poems of Matty Weingast published in "The First Free Women" as a version of the Therig
even that article implies that the books offers "insight into the daily thoughts and lives of these early nuns"mikenz66 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:58 pm Yes, the new version has given the opportunity for more marketing in Tricycle:
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/first-free-women-poems/
and a few comments...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:08 pm
- Forum: Suggestion box
- Topic: let not quote huge blocks of texts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1959
let not quote huge blocks of texts
we dont need to quote huge blocks of text, we don't need to quote pictures. It make threads too long.
Just quote the relevant parts and don't quote pictures.
Just quote the relevant parts and don't quote pictures.
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Was the Buddha a blue-eyed light skinned Aryan?
- Replies: 179
- Views: 19830
Re: Was the Buddha a blue-eyed light skinned Aryan?
The Shakyas, that is the decedents of the buddha are not very dark skinned at all. And when you put "white" in quotes above I think was you mean is, aryan. I wasn't there 2500 years ago and didn't see them with my own eyes, but I highly doubt that they were "white". "White&...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:08 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Question about Suriyapop
- Replies: 3
- Views: 274
Protectors in front of thervada temples
The red & green ones, who are they ?
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Was the Buddha a blue-eyed light skinned Aryan?
- Replies: 179
- Views: 19830
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Was the Buddha a blue-eyed light skinned Aryan?
- Replies: 179
- Views: 19830
Re: Was the Buddha a blue-eyed light skinned Aryan?
Everyone who is posting here light-featured Indians (and for some reason Afghani-s -- which is a totally different story, "white" people have been living there for millennia) -- just go to India/Pakistan/Nepal and see everything with your eyes. Indians are not light-featured. The Shakyas,...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:22 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Was the Buddha a blue-eyed light skinned Aryan?
- Replies: 179
- Views: 19830
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:46 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Revealing counterfeit Dhamma: Poems of Matty Weingast published in "The First Free Women" as a version of the Therigatha
- Replies: 67
- Views: 8594
Re: Revealing counterfeit Dhamma: Poems of Matty Weingast published in "The First Free Women" as a version of the Therig
Some progress with Shambhala, who are now talking about withdrawing and reissuing: https://www.shambhala.com/ffw-response ... In consultation with the author, we have decided to reissue this book in a manner that positions it clearly and unambiguously as an original work, rather than as a translati...
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:14 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: African wisdom?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2975
Re: African wisdom?
I am a big fan of Evan Pritchard’s book - the granary example I think has relevance to Buddhist conceptions of karma
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Tao vs Enlightenment?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 418
Re: Tao vs Enlightenment?
The three men laughed when they heard the tiger's roar
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:56 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: on killing insects.....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2469
Re: on killing insects.....
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:43 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Question about Suriyapop
- Replies: 3
- Views: 274
Question about Suriyapop
TaoWassuwan is the same as Vaisrivana, does Suriyapop also correspond to one the other four kings ?
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:28 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dogs?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 690
Re: Dogs?
So a person who has pretended to be a monk in the past cannot become a monk ?DiamondNgXZ wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:03 pm due to pretending to be a monk, while not one, they are not eligible to be ordained too, provided they know that it's against Vinaya.
Is this in all the vinayas or only theravada ?
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:19 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Thanissaro: translating vicara as "evaluation" ???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 938