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(Quote) Vipassana is a Theravadan practice, whereas Zen/Chan is a Mahayana practice. This basically means that the intent of the practices are slightly different. Vipassana is for developing wisdom (… (View Post)
t's interesting that this appears to be a problem that is inherent to theistic religions. The whole God - zealous believers - normal laypeople - nonbelievers hierarchy is pretty problematic, especial… (View Post)
(Quote) The problem is, theistic religions also mandate faith in their respective deity/deities. It is kindness/compassion alongside being a subject to God. While of course practitioners of these fai… (View Post)
I think one point that's being missed is that by "sangha," it doesn't necessarily mean a Buddhist sangha, but rather Nichtern (and I in my original post) does also use the word more broadly… (View Post)
A talk by Ethan Nichtern via Buddhist Geeks (with transcript in case you can't listen to it). Thoughts? I greatly appreciate having virtual sanghas and relationships like those on NB. It allows me to… (View Post)