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Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!

It will be... interesting, to see how things pan out. Our supply chains are very tightly connected.

I was already trying to buy as many Canadian products as I could before this. I remember back in the eighties when the general feeling in Alberta was all rah-rah-rah for the Free Trade Agreement. It was before I was eligible to vote, but I kinda thought at the time it might not be a good idea to entwine our economies even further than they were.

Walker

Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!

Canadians reacting to Trump's offer to make us American.

All of a sudden, most of our stores are now switching over to clearly listing what products for sale are Canadian and what are American. The Canadian products have all been moved up to eye level, with the American products being moved down to floor level. Easy free phone apps are now available to instantly scan any bar code to check where a product comes from.
I am surprised at how quickly Trump has managed to motivate so many of my neighbors into becoming politically selective in their buying habits.

how

Re: Alpha, Theta, Delta waves

Didn't work for me. From what I remember, the technique we used was meant to create an astral body (out of body experience).
The technique involved the corpse posture. Gentle massage to increase relaxation and someone reading a series of visualisations

lobster

Re: Does all karmic debt need to be paid for a person to reach nirvana?

As one of the most karmically selfish (or at least shellfish) person here:

I am kind because it serves me well
I follow the best course of action for the time, place and people
I iz good for Nothing but Nothing is good for me

So emptiness is NOT Nihilism (whats the point) but an emptying into others directions and needs.

Have a great day everyone. Karma allowing.
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/compassion-and-meaning-moving-beyond-nihilism/

lobster

Re: Does all karmic debt need to be paid for a person to reach nirvana?

@Jason said:

@Ren_in_black said:
If so, is this written somewhere, or is it something that's been sort of understood through the logic of the teachings?

This particular idea is not found in Pali Canon and is associated more with the Jain’s view or karma, e.g., see MN 101 and MN 136 and Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s study guide on the topic.

As far as past actions, there are teachings that present skillful actions can help mitigate the results of previous unskillful actions but cannot fully eliminate them (SN 42.8). In other words, there are some consequences that may arise even if one does a lot to counteract them. And awakening changes the logic, although one can still experience the effects of past actions, but their relationship to them will be different and the creation of new karmic results is no longer an issue. St. Maximus explains it well, I think, in Opuscula theologica et polemica (albeit from a Christian perspective), when he writes, “A perfect nature has no need of choice [i.e., intentional actions or karma], for it knows naturally what is good. Its freedom is based on this knowledge." And the noble eightfold path is what can help us get there (SN 35.145).

Jason

Re: Does all karmic debt need to be paid for a person to reach nirvana?

@Ren_in_black said:

@Jeffrey said:
Or can anyone do what Buddha has done?

Jeffrey I think you've hit the actual core of my question.

And if the answer is no, then what are we even doing here?

How do you explain the value of selflessness to the selfish?
or life's potential freedoms to the habitually enslaved,
or sufferings cessation to the cravings we love?