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Do I get the last word?! :D (Quote) I saw that phrase, but it got buried in my thoughts. Admittedly, I read between the ... into the lines, into the lines. :p Either way indicates it does matter to m… (View Post)
(Quote) @David, wait! :lol: I wasn’t comparing abstract realities but throwing them all in the same bucket. All of them. That is, when @Shoshin says “Why there is no way back for religion in the west… (View Post)
(Quote) I wouldn't take a moderator moderating personally. The OP ask how one categorizes Buddhism, as a religion, a philosophy, a way of life, or something else. My post speaks to the divisiveness a… (View Post)
(Quote) I can't speak to the Bodhisattva Ideal of the Mahayana, but respecting the wishes of an adult, when doing so isn’t unethical, aligns with equanimity. It also makes room for the possibility th… (View Post)
This topic reminds me of one of my pre-Buddhist musings. First, multiple times I’d been told to just be myself. Always an insult. “I am being myself.” Second, my dad once told me he wore his work fac… (View Post)