Must be the full moon

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I’m not exactly sure what has crawled up everyone’s ass lately, but I’ll say this:

NewBuddhist is a light-hearted community. We laugh. We don’t take things too seriously. We are here for people who are reaching out to Buddhism to answer some question or fill some gap in their lives. We have compassion for those who are new to Buddhism. We are not jerks.

If you have trouble with taking things far too seriously, or you are by nature an angry person, or it bothers you when people are “wrong on the internet”, or if you feel the need to be correct all the time, NewBuddhist is probably not a great place for you. There are, I’m certain, other Buddhism-centric communities that appeal to advanced practitioners or embrace the drama.

But drama? NewBuddhist ain’t it. Lincoln and I (the two guys who run this site) are just normal, happy dudes. We chill. We drink bourbon once in a while. We joke. We laugh. And we believe, with all our hearts, that practicing lovingkindness and compassion in an online space is entirely possible, appropriate, and so very, very modern.

31 thoughts on “Must be the full moon”

  1. You tell them Brian! Love it! So damn true! Compassion, Peace and Happiness. We come with it and we expand it through the Internet!:)
  5. I'm not sure what motivated this statement, but I do agree. There have been many times since I joined this site that some people have things a little too far, and I just don't see why people can't just get along. If a person expects loving tolerance for their personal beliefs then they should express the same toward others.
  6. Oh Moon! When I look on thy beautiful face,
    Careering along through the boundaries of space,
    The question has frequently come to my mind,
    If ever I'll gaze on thy lovely behind....?
    People forget it has a dark side.....
  7. i was told today and yesterday were peak times for chaos.
    this is astrology mind you.
    there is something fishy in the air.

    i am not a female, but i would image this is what my girl friend is like during her period. cramps and lack of patience. i can never know for sure.

    time to think about the bodhisattva vows.
  9. I am so glad that this is the first thing that I read as a brand new member! I was and still am nervous about being here but your post has made me feel slightly less apprehensive. Thank you Brian!
  11. There have been many times since I joined this site that some people have things a little too far, and I just don't see why people can't just get along.
    I'd like to say that I think we have a good community here. Once in a while someone will join who appears to be intent on disruption, but the moderators on the whole have been pretty good at weeding those out, or letting them weed themselves out. (Though waiting for them to weed themselves out can take patience, something I failed in just recently, mea culpa.) So @etherea, you have nothing to worry about. In fact I've noticed that many newbies remark on how supportive we are. Barring the occasional debate on the politics of the day, lol.

    Brian to the rescue--good work!

  12. Now that we have weathered the storm just think what interesting discussions and sharing we will have in the future! Thanks newbuddhist mandala!
  15. which ones...?
    The Acronyms?
    One is for specific Buddhist ones, one is for general forum widely-used ones.....
    Feel free to add to either if you know of any not there currently....
  16. There are duplicate threads/announcements in the "Newbuddhist" category.
    Yeah, been a bug for a while now. Working on it. :)
  17. Now that we have weathered the storm just think what interesting discussions and sharing we will have in the future! Thanks newbuddhist mandala!
    Yes :)
  18. There are duplicate threads/announcements in the "Newbuddhist" category.
    Yeah, been a bug for a while now. Working on it. :)
    Oh....

    :o
  19. i was told today and yesterday were peak times for chaos.
    this is astrology mind you.
    there is something fishy in the air.

    i am not a female, but i would image this is what my girl friend is like during her period. cramps and lack of patience. i can never know for sure.

    time to think about the bodhisattva vows.
    Yes, it is astrological, I agree with your friend. It's not everyone's cup of tea the whole planets affecting us thing though. I like to combine Buddhism and astrology, but I think I'm alone on that one on the forum though :D
  20. i was told today and yesterday were peak times for chaos.
    this is astrology mind you.
    there is something fishy in the air.

    i am not a female, but i would image this is what my girl friend is like during her period. cramps and lack of patience. i can never know for sure.

    time to think about the bodhisattva vows.
    Yes, it is astrological, I agree with your friend. It's not everyone's cup of tea the whole planets affecting us thing though. I like to combine Buddhism and astrology, but I think I'm alone on that one on the forum though :D
    Aren't Tibetan monks all about astrology?

    It's always interesting, but I'm not sure how to bridge that gap between buddhism and astrology.

    It's been a weird couple days.
  22. All I know is aunt flo came to town today.

    The b*tch is here to stay, so I practice mindfulness.
    You do make me laugh (bet I'm not the only one either)
    :D :clap:
  23. i was told today and yesterday were peak times for chaos.
    this is astrology mind you.
    there is something fishy in the air.

    i am not a female, but i would image this is what my girl friend is like during her period. cramps and lack of patience. i can never know for sure.

    time to think about the bodhisattva vows.
    Yes, it is astrological, I agree with your friend. It's not everyone's cup of tea the whole planets affecting us thing though. I like to combine Buddhism and astrology, but I think I'm alone on that one on the forum though :D
    Aren't Tibetan monks all about astrology?

    It's always interesting, but I'm not sure how to bridge that gap between buddhism and astrology.

    It's been a weird couple days.
    Yes. I was ecstatic to read on the Dalai Lama's website (the bit that talks about his education), that he studied astrology as a minor subject. I know far more astrology than Buddhism, so I'm slowly navigating my way through utilising both, together. As a little example (and this is just what I do, I've no idea what a tibetan monk would make of this!):
    Take the natal chart with all the placements, aspects etc. A natal chart may show a character that has severe aggression issues, and the triggers for that persons aggression, and also up coming events that might trigger this aggression. Straight away that would tell you from a Buddhist perspective that dealing with anger would be something that a person needs to focus on greatly in their practice. This is a very simplistic example, but you get what I mean. I don't personally know any Buddhists in my life outside of this forum, so I just use astrology for my own benefit alongside my Buddhist practice, and I find it beneficial. But, as I say, each to their own, some people reading this will think it is weird hocus pocus and I'm cool with that, I'm not trying to persuade any one to agree with me, it's just my preference, thus far anyway, who knows if I will still feel the same later on down the line as my knowledge of Buddhism increases. Impermanence and all that....
  25. Western astrology, I tend to use placidus or equal house, but I don't dismiss any of the house systems. Do you do vedic @compassionate_warrior? I have dipped my toe into vedic, and the only reason I haven't explored it further is time constraints. As far as traditional and modern methods go, again I don't dismiss either. I know more modern than traditional but again this is time constraints... so much to learn it makes my head fuzzy lol!
  26. @Dakini no, I'm not sure either. I have a big list of things to investigate! I am very interested in also learning about Tibetan Medicine, I have seen a book (about tibetan medicine) on the amazon I would like my husband to buy me for my birthday :) A.T.M and only from the little I know of all branches of Buddhism, I feel quite drawn to Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama's face makes me feel happy too. I tend to go off instinct/intuition, so I think I will get a picture of him and hang it on my wall, where I'm going to make my little meditation spot, his face for me, feels calming to look at before meditating. I think I will start a thread about quirks....
  27. Do you have the film, "The Knowledge of Healing"? Very thorough and fascinating explanation of Tibetan medicine, along with scientific analysis of it in European labs and Israeli cancer labs. The DL is in it, his doctor does a lot of explaining. One of my favorite films.
  28. No, but I have ordered it off Amazon, I saw you mention it on the magic thread @Dakini so looked into it and I'm hoping it will be here by the end of Feb :)
  31. maybe newbuddhist forums could use a positive mission statement.
    Brian posted one. Look at the "new buddhist" discussion category, among the first threads.