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Re: Radicalism
Certainly you are welcome to practice Dharma as you see fit 🙏
But I think one Dalai Lama or Thich Nhat Hanh has an impact far overshadowing most boycotts or pickets, and perhaps it might be worthwhile to write letters to Buddhist worthies calling on them to support the practice of peace in word and deed…
Jeroen
Re: Radicalism
Can I just say that it’s wonderful to see you post something here again, even if just to say “social media is the worst thing to happen to humanity” 😂 Very happy to see you!
Jeroen
Re: Radicalism
I mean that if violence has a culture I'd rather be known as non-violent. Which, in that way would seem like the radical alternative.
RobinH
Re: Radicalism
Violence and Disruption in Society
A Study of the Early Buddhist Texts
by
Elizabeth J. Harris
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/harris/wheel392.html
All tremble at violence,
All fear death;
Comparing oneself with others
One should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
Dhp. v. 129
Victory breeds hatred,
The defeated live in pain.
Happily the peaceful live,
Giving up victory and defeat.
Dhp. v. 201
Vastmind
Re: Hot Stuff
@Kotishka said:
Finally the heat is dying out today! Goodbye 30+ temps!
I love this time of the year. For the next month or so the temps are pretty great. Not sure how the trees are around where you live, but here they change color in very pretty ways.
person
Re: The AI tsunami
@Linc said:
Microsoft et. al. are trying to sell AI as the inescapable future of business.
That is very much true. NVidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Elon Musk with xAI are all involved in this. But there still needs to be quite a lot of work done before an unassisted AI can take over the work of a human.
Jeroen
