Welcome home! Please contact lincoln@icrontic.com if you have any difficulty logging in or using the site. New registrations must be manually approved which may take several days. Can't log in? Try clearing your browser's cookies.
seeker242 · Zen · Veteran
About
- Username
- seeker242
- Location
- Florida, USA
- Joined
- Visits
- 2,832
- Last Active
- Roles
- Member
- Points
- 2,912
- Location
- Florida, USA
Reactions
-
Re: Is Awakening possible leading a layman's life? Your views please.
There are accounts of laypersons getting enlightenment so of course it's possible. Being a monk is better for it though. :) (View Post)
1 -
Re: Celibacy
(Quote) These are the instruction of the Buddha to his monks, who chose to be celibate. If there is anything that deeply and profoundly 'puts me off' about Buddhism, it's exactly that kind of rhetori… (View Post)
2 -
Re: Killing the Buddha
(Quote) Not exactly, that is a common misinterpretation of the kalama sutta. No where does it actually say to go by your own reasoning. It actually says to be wary of going by your own reasoning, bec… (View Post)
1 -
Re: Pious fraud
I very much doubt the Buddha was out there just making stuff up just so he could get more people to follow him or listen to him. The Buddha flat out rejected ALL of the prevailing philosophical tradi… (View Post)1 -
Re: Is life deterministic or libertarian?
Thus by accepting the theory of causation and conditionality, Buddhism avoids the two extremes of sabba.m atthi (everything is) and sabba.m natthi (everything is not) and advocates sabba.m bhavati, &… (View Post)
3