Sutra Club: Food Sutta Welcome to this week's Sutra Club. We're discussing SN46.51, the Ahara Sutta. The nest of links below are offered in the hope they will be useful, but there is no required r…

...For Singer, empathy is "a precursor to compassion, but too much of it can lead to antisocial behaviour". For example, healthcare workers or caregivers who are frequently faced with traum…

Just wanted to start a thread where we could talk about the bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon today.

In Theravada, the 'why' is actually more of a 'how' since it's a type of process philosophy, where phenomena are best understood in terms of processes rather than things or substances, and that chang…

My teachers says this about koans. "I can tell you all the answers to all the koans but that still won't help you answer them". LOL

Freedom from our tendencies, indoctrination and deep set knots is ongoing.

Here is an AI bot learning from posts in a forum as it goes, named NetJester

I e-mailed the guy who did the "12 faiths in 12 months" blog and he said that the idea is a great one. He pointed out that immersion projects are nothing new and that he would be happy to h…

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If someone has already done 12 faiths in 12 months, will you achieve what you wish to achieve with less faiths over less time?