Part of wisdom is in knowing what is wholesome and unwholesome, and choosing the wholesome.Cause_and_Effect wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:18 pm
It's not wise to starve to death when the work is not done. It's simply foolish gambling.
I'm really not going to argue about if I'm arguing for the sake of arguing any further. I think it is clear to all that the OP asked for opinions, and that I have given mine and am now responding to criticisms.As I pointed out, your speciality.
I never claimed to be either.Your not a Buddha and most likely not a stream winner.
I don't find the Dhamma banal, and once again you are making claims that you can't possibly know.So you answer with more banal wrote recitation. Perhaps my expectations are too high for someone who spenfs much if the time reading and posting on line not living the dhamma in practice.
Part of mindfulness is bearing in mind (sati) the teachings (dhamma) regarding what is wholesome and unwholesome.A novel interpretation. However I see nowhere where mindfulness is defined as such.
There would be at a later time, since good virtue is what leads to a human birth. The path to awakening can possibly take many lives.In said scenario if you died and fell to the lower world there is no hope of stream entry.
Killing a rat to survive on an island and living the dhamma virtuously for years after would provide a very conducive chance at least.
No, since I do not recognise any authority which is commanding me to obey them.You say 'of course not' but that's exactly how you take them.
Well you are of course entitled to your opinion, and many in the world would agree with you. The Dhamma does go against the grain of the world, and so is open to much criticism from a worldly perspective.Then in that situation you would simply be a worthless fool who would let your family die and then you would die.
I think that is more a Hindu idea, particularly the Bhagavad Gita if I recall, than a Buddhadhamma one.There is a time for the warrior path also in self defence or defence of loved ones.
No he did not, but neither did he approve of killing. Quite the opposite in fact.What you see, and what is is a matter of debate. The Buddha did not tell Kings they must renounce war when teaching them the dhamma.
It is hard to remain virtuous as a layperson, yes. Most laypeople have many attachments which cloud their judgement.Lay people have to use discernment in a middle ground striving to adhere to the precepts but using discernment where necessity means they may have to be broken.
Whilst that is something I desire, for now I'm living as a layperson.I suggest you become a monk if you want to live the ascetiic life to its full extent.