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Re: My library
Because i am pre-internet
Luckily I am internetanised.
http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com
https://wbu.world/buddhist-libraries-centre/
lobster
Re: first letter to Dharma Students -
@how Right, but you are providing a description of awakened mind. Is it not correct to say that preceding this awakening and the cessation of suffering there must first come belief in the possibility and purposeful struggle?
Yes, you can correctly say that as long as you can see that either a goal or a purpose if one attaches to it, will eventually be the cause of more suffering.
I described a sleeping mind/heart and an awakened mind/heart and the transition from one to the other. The first is filled with innumerable goals, the latter with none.
The practice is about learning how not to be attached to anything (that includes goals). Some Buddhist schools lead one through a succession of ever subtler goals while other schools just have you approach any goal as a potential attachment. Either way, they all end up at the same summit.
how
Re: Rules to becoming a Bodhisattva?
I set my alarm for 2:22 today and cheered! But I guess that time was only at that moment in my time zone
Jeffrey
Re: The Rulz of Dharma (official)
@lobster said:
There is no off.
We are always on.You knew that!
Hmm...a reminder.
The answers I seek are already there. I just have to be willing to observe them as they are. I spent much of my life making something out of nothing. Now I get to spend it taking that something apart.
Re: How would you approach this? Course content and lgbt narrative
@SattvaPaul said:
So, I'm currently studying a distance learning course in psychology at university level and I feel a bit uneasy about what I perceive is a bias towards liberal, social constructionist, views on sexuality, which seems to be scientific consensus these days.
Why? Or more precisely, is there any cause for your uneasiness that has to do with anything that is not a thought of yours?
Truth be told, I'm just confused about it all.
Excellent place to find oneself. Probably doesn't feel that way.
I just don't want to unquestioningly swallow something just because this is a prevalent view in society (bear in mind, I'm in Britain so it may look slightly different than in the US).
I probably won't continue with the course this year anyway, due to falling behind too much. But the other factor is this feeling of having to agree with everything, which doesn't sit well with me.
What is the purpose of taking the course? Are you there to learn some new beliefs? Perhaps you're there to reinforce old beliefs? Perhaps it has nothing to do with that and you're looking to fulfill a requirement for a degree or a job requirement. In the latter case, being able to regurgitate the information fulfills the requirement and doesn't require you to swallow anything - with or without questions.
yagr