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2024 Mar 24 19:07:11
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_ 😌

2024 Mar 24 14:13:29
blazer: Bhante Dhammañāṇa  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Mar 24 06:25:25
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed full moon Uposatha by following the conducts of the Arahats.

2024 Mar 23 13:11:16
blazer: Hello everyone  _/\_

2024 Mar 21 01:07:56
Dhammañāṇa: Nyom

2024 Mar 21 00:28:58
Moritz: Vandami Bhante _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Mar 20 14:25:49
blazer: Bhante Dhammañāṇa  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Mar 20 12:06:29
Dhammañāṇa: Nyom

2024 Mar 20 11:24:06
blazer: Good morning everyone  _/\_

2024 Mar 18 21:42:50
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Mar 18 19:43:59
Dhammañāṇa: Mudita, Nyom.

2024 Mar 18 19:36:35
blazer: Bhante Dhammañāṇa  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_ Undertaking this Sila day at my best.

2024 Mar 18 06:17:10
Dhammañāṇa: Those who undertake the Sila day today: may it be of much metta.

2024 Mar 18 02:16:41
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Mar 17 21:09:31
អរិយវង្ស: 🚬🚬🚬

2024 Mar 17 06:30:53
Dhammañāṇa: Metta-full Sila day, those after it today.

2024 Mar 17 00:02:34
blazer: Bhante Dhammañāṇa  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Mar 11 09:16:04
Dhammañāṇa: Once totally caught by google, AI and machines, every door has been closed for long, long term.

2024 Mar 11 09:14:04
Dhammañāṇa: People at large just wait that another would do his/her duty. Once a slight door to run back, they are gone. By going again just for debts, the wheel of running away turns on.

2024 Mar 10 18:59:10
Dhammañāṇa: Less are those who don't use the higher Dhamma not for defilement-defence, less those who don't throw the basics away and turn back to sensuality "with ease".

2024 Mar 10 06:51:11
Dhammañāṇa: A auspicious new-moon Uposatha for those observing it today.

2024 Mar 09 06:34:39
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed New-moon Uposatha, and birth reminder day of a monarchy of wonders.

2024 Mar 08 21:39:54
Dhammañāṇa: The best way to keep an Ashram silent is to put always duties and Sila high. If wishing it populated, put meditation (eating) on the first place.

2024 Mar 03 21:27:27
Dhammañāṇa: May those undertaking the Sila day today, spend it off in best ways, similar those who go after the days purpose tomorrow.

2024 Feb 25 22:10:33
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 24 06:42:35
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed Māgha Pūjā and Full moon Uposatha with much reason for good recallings of goodness.

2024 Feb 24 01:50:55
blazer: Bhante Dhammañāṇa  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 23 06:39:57
Dhammañāṇa: Nyom

2024 Feb 23 00:19:58
blazer: Taken flu again... at least leg pain has been better managed since many weeks and it's the greatest benefit. Hope Bhante Dhammañāṇa is fine  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 18 01:06:43
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 18 00:02:37
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 17 18:47:31
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed rest of todays Sila-day.

2024 Feb 17 18:46:59
Dhammañāṇa: Chau Marco, chau...

2024 Feb 16 23:32:59
blazer: Just ended important burocratic and medical stuff. I will check for a flight for Cambodia soon  _/\_

2024 Feb 09 16:08:32
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 09 12:17:31
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 09 06:42:17
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a blessed New moon Uposatha and last day of the Chinese year of the rabbit, entering the Year of the Naga wisely.

2024 Feb 02 21:17:28
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Feb 02 19:53:28
Dhammañāṇa: May all have the possibility to spend a pleasing rest of Sila day, having given goodness and spend a faultless day.

2024 Jan 26 14:40:25
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Jan 25 10:02:46
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a blessed Full moon Uposatha.

2024 Jan 11 06:37:21
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Jan 07 06:31:20
Dhammañāṇa: May many, by skilful deeds,  go for real and lasting independence today

2024 Jan 06 18:00:36
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Jan 04 16:57:17
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2024 Jan 04 12:33:08
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed Sila-day, full of metta in thoughts, speech and deeds.

2023 Dec 30 20:21:07
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Dec 27 23:18:38
Dhammañāṇa: May the rest of a bright full moon Uposatha serve many as a blessed day of good deeds.

2023 Dec 26 23:12:17
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Dec 24 16:52:50
Dhammañāṇa: May all who celebrated the birth of their prophet, declaring them his ideas of reaching the Brahma realm, spend peaceful days with family and reflect the goodness near around them, virtuous, generously.

2023 Dec 20 21:36:37
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Dec 20 06:54:09
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed Sila day, by conducting in peacefull manners.

2023 Dec 12 23:45:24
blazer:  _/\_

2023 Dec 12 20:34:26
Dhammañāṇa: choice, yes  :)

2023 Dec 12 13:23:35
blazer: If meaning freedom of choice i understand and agree

2023 Dec 12 12:48:42
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Dec 12 06:13:23
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a great New Moon Uposatha, following the conducts of the Arahats.

2023 Dec 10 12:51:16
Dhammañāṇa: The more freedom of joice, the more troubled in regard of what's right, what's wrong. My person does not say that people at large are prepared for freedom of joice even a little.

2023 Dec 10 10:59:42
blazer: Hope they eat more mindfully than how they talk. It is clear for the gross food, we had more than a talk about this topic. I have put so much effort in mindful eating at the temple, but when i was back i wanted more refined food. I was used to get a choice of more than 10 dishes every day

2023 Dec 10 06:57:44
Dhammañāṇa: A person eating on unskilled thoughts will last defiled, Nyom. Gross food does nothing for purification at all.

2023 Dec 09 21:41:58
blazer: I've had a couple of not nice experiences with monks that were not so pure in my opinion. They surely eat far better than me at temple.

2023 Dec 09 21:41:41
blazer: Ven. Johann  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Dec 09 11:38:36
Dhammañāṇa: Spiritual prostitution, just another way of livelihood.

2023 Dec 05 20:59:38
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a pleasing rest of Sila-day.

2023 Nov 27 14:47:22
អរិយវង្ស:   _/\_ _/\__/\_

2023 Nov 27 05:41:32
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a blessed Anapanasati- Fullmoon and reflect the goodness of Ven Sāriputta as well today.

2023 Nov 20 19:18:13
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Nov 20 18:20:15
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a pleasing rest of Sila-day.

2023 Nov 20 02:48:24
Moritz: Hello _/\_ Still possible to join: An-other Journey into the East 2023/24

2023 Nov 18 13:55:11
blazer: Hello everyone  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Nov 12 01:09:01
Dhammañāṇa: Nyom

2023 Nov 12 00:45:21
Moritz: Vandami Bhante _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Nov 09 19:42:10
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Nov 09 07:17:02
Dhammañāṇa: សិលា​នាំ​ទៅ​រក​ឯករាជ្យ​នៃ​ជាតិ! សូមឱ្យមនុស្សជាច្រើនប្រារព្ធទិវាឯករាជ្យ(ពី)ជាតិ។

2023 Nov 09 07:06:56
Dhammañāṇa: Sila leads to independence of Jati! May many observe a conductive Independence day.

2023 Nov 07 00:54:02
Dhammañāṇa: Nyoum

2023 Nov 07 00:39:55
Moritz: Vandami Bhante _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Nov 06 15:47:51
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Nov 06 12:21:27
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed Sila observation day today.

2023 Oct 30 15:17:36
Dhammañāṇa: It's common in to give up that what's given to do assist me toward release, common that seeking security in what binds.

2023 Oct 30 13:22:27
អរិយវង្ស: ព្រះអង្គ :) កូណាលុប delta chat ហើយ :D _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Oct 23 18:56:09
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Oct 22 20:36:01
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a pleasing rest of this Sila-day.

2023 Oct 19 20:31:12
Dhammañāṇa: Nyom Sreyneang

2023 Oct 15 07:07:01
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Oct 14 06:53:21
Dhammañāṇa: May all spend a New moon Uposatha based on goodwill for all, find seclusion in the middle of family duties.

2023 Sep 29 07:35:30
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Sep 29 07:23:47
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Sep 29 07:03:11
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed full moon Uposatha and begin of the ancestor weeks by lived metta and virtue: lived gratitude toward all being, toward one self.

2023 Sep 22 22:07:43
Dhammañāṇa: If no rush turn toward reducing sensuality and make Silas the top of priority, it's to fear that an Atomic conflic will be chosen soon, in the battle of control of the "drugs".

2023 Sep 22 14:59:39
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Sep 22 06:35:51
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed Uposatha Observance on this Sila-day, by conducting similar the Arahats.

2023 Sep 16 19:29:27
blazer: Ven. Johann  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Sep 16 19:29:13
blazer: Hello everyone! I've just come back home. I had a long trip and no sleep for more than 30 hours, but currently feel quite good. I've had a good experience, i'm happy. I've found out much inspiration and many ideas about the training and the holy life. I'll recollect and write about them as soon as i've taken some rest. Hope to find you all well and in good health  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Sep 15 05:25:24
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Sep 14 21:09:49
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed rest of New moon Uposatha today (later as no connection before).

2023 Sep 10 01:55:47
អរិយវង្ស:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_?

2023 Sep 09 18:52:54
Dhammañāṇa: No existence, no 'way of life', can excel the finally journey, just 'busy' in given away all of what ever made one's own. A total remorse-less existence. May many go for it, and see the way toward the deathless, no more worry of past, future and present as well.

2023 Sep 09 18:52:28
Dhammañāṇa: No existence, no 'way of life', can excel the finally journey, just 'busy' in given away all of what ever made one's own. A total remorse-less existence. May many go for it, and see the way toward the deathless, no more worry of past, future and present as well.

2023 Sep 08 06:19:20
Dhammañāṇa: A blessed Sila day, by maintaining goodwill toward all, not only by deeds and speech, but with nine factors, incl. a mind full of metta.

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Peace Through Wealth - The corrupted Dhamma Wheel

Today, coming along with the desire for Wellness - Buddhism, there is a tendency to adopt ways of the already corrupted Sangha in most south east Asian countries.

Especially in Anglo American countries this kind of misusing the Dhamma for material development has found already firm root in the Buddhist society.

Actually nothing else as a materialistic view (like pointed out by the Buddha as well), this interpretations fit very well to the today's shameless tendencies to make a virtue out of incapacity in regard of the right intention of "renunciation".

It is actually amazing how advocacy (they are not out of reason advocates of such views) pick out even texts of the Buddhas teaching to promote their disability as a method for the welfare of all. Of course with success and even the monks and nuns are not able to raise a proper question as they are deeply ensnared in this corrupted system. They have limited their sphere of action through many violations of virtue already to much.

Heute gibt es eine starke Tendenz, die Wege der bereits korrupten Sangha wie in den meisten Südostasiatischen Ländern, aus Verlangen nach Wellnessbuddhismus zu übernehmen.

Periodically, throughout the history of Buddhism, the economy of gifts has broken down, usually when one side or the other gets fixated on the tangible side of the exchange and forgets the qualities of the heart that are its reason for being. And periodically it has been revived when people are sensitive to its rewards in terms of the living Dhamma. By its very nature, the economy of gifts is something of a hothouse creation that requires careful nurture and a sensitive discernment of its benefits. I find it amazing that such an economy has lasted for more than 2,600 years. It will never be more than an alternative to the dominant monetary economy, largely because its rewards are so intangible and require so much patience, trust, and discipline in order to be appreciated. Those who demand immediate return for specific services and goods will always require a monetary system. Sincere Buddhist lay people, however, have the chance to play an amphibious role, engaging in the monetary economy in order to maintain their livelihood, and contributing to the economy of gifts whenever they feel so inclined. In this way they can maintain direct contact with teachers, insuring the best possible instruction for their own practice, in an atmosphere where mutual compassion and concern are the medium of exchange; and purity of heart, the bottom line.

What has actually started maybe as a well meant trickiness "you need to catch them first with pleasant things", a kind of way that is mostly used by the follower of the "geart vehicle", has already taken over the Sangha of the "small vehicle" as well (like common usual in Soth East Asia since about 100 years as well)

Somehow it remembers much on the Trojan horse.

Anglo American people share much attitude like modern Thai people for example. The raga and saddha carita is very widespread and so they are easy "victims" of such misinterpretations.

What are you views? Do you think that it will change again soon, or will this tendency overwhelm the good Dhamma to an extend that it will be hidden for a long time?



Friede durch Wohlstand - Das korrupte Dhamma Rad


Speziell in den Angloamerikanischen Ländern ist der Missbrauch des Dhammas zum Nutzen von materiellen Errungenschaften bereits stark verwurzelt in der "buddhistischen" Gesellschaft.

Letzlich nichts anderes als eine Materialistische Ansicht (wie sie auch schon von Buddha aufgezeigt wurde), passt diese Interpretation wunder bar zu der Schamlosen Tendenz aus einem Unvermögen eine Tugend zu machen. Es ist dies das Unvermögen von "Entsagung" als eine der drei rechten Absichten.

Es ist auf der anderen Seite faszinierend, wie sich Vertreter (die ja nicht ohne Grund Vertreter dieser Sichweisen sind) sich auch Texte aus den alten Schriften herauspicken um ihr Unvermögen als etwas darzustellen, daß zum Wohler aller sein sollte. Sicherlich mit Erfolg, und selbst Mönchen und Nonnen ist es nicht möglich hier eine klare Stimme zu erheben, da sie tief in dieser korrupte System verwickelt sind und sich meist bereits mit zahlreichen Vergehen ihren Aktionsrahmen zugeschnürt haben.


In der Geschichte des Buddhismus, brach die Ökonomie des Gebens zeitweilig ab; meist wenn die eine oder andere Seite zu fixiert an der materiellen Seite des Austausches wurde und auf die Qualitäten des Herzens, die der Grund dafür waren, vergaß. Und zeitweilig wurde sie, wenn Menschen sensitiv gegenüber den Belohnungen im Sinne des gelebten Dhammas wurden, belebt. In seiner Natur ist die Ökonomie des Gebens ähnlich einer Treibhauskultur, welche achtsame Pflege und ein sensitives Einsichtsvermögen benötigt. Ich finde es erstaunlich, dass sich so eine Ökonomie für mehr als 2600 Jahre gehalten hat. Sie wird niemals mehr als eine Alternative zur finanziellen Ökonomie sein, hauptsächlich weil ihr Nutzen nur schwer sichtbar und begreiflich ist und viel Geduld, Vertrauen und Disziplin erfordern um geschätzt werden zu können. Jene die umgehenden Bedarf einer Vergütung für spezielle Dienste und Güter erwarten, werden immer ein marktwirtschaftliches System beanspruchen. Aufrichtige buddhistische Laien haben, wie auch immer, die Gelegenheit eine amphibische Rolle zu spielen: verbunden mit der marktwirtschaftlichen Ökonomie um ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen und an der Ökonomie des Gebens teilnehmend wenn immer sie sich dazu geneigt fühlen. In dieser Weise können sie direkten Kontakt mit ihren Lehrern aufrecht erhalten, versichert, dass sie die best mögliche Anleitung zu ihrer Praxis, in einer Atmosphäre in der gegenseitiges Mitgefühls und Interesse das Medium des Austausches sind, bekommen; wie auch Reinheit des Herzens, als Endresultat.

Was vielleicht als eine gut gemeinte Hinterlistigkeit "du mußt sie zuerst mit etwas nach dem sie gieren, fangen" begonnen hat, eine Weg der sehr verbreitet unter den Anhängern des "Großen Wagens" ist, hat nun auch die Sangha des "kleinen Wagens" eingenommen (wie es seit etwas 100 Jahren in Südostasien durchaus schon alltäglich ist)

In gewisser Weise erinnert dies an ein Trojanischen Pferd.

Angloamerikanische Leute teilen viele Gemeinsamkeiten von z.B. modernen thailändischen Menschen. Das raga (Gier) und saddha (Gläubig) carita (Charakter/Tendenz) ist hier sehr weit verbreitet und so sind sie leichte "Opfer" von solchen Missinterpretationen.

Wie sehen Sie das? Denken Sie, daß sich das sich dies doch noch zu einem guten Wenden wird, oder wird diese Tendenz das gute Dhamma und die Vianya in einem Grad überwältigen, daß es für lange Zeit für viele nicht mehr sichtbar sein wird?



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Because it is important and not for the sake of anything else.

There are people who are attached to wealth, status and gain and they will find similar monks, there are some many for sale.

Actually I had put all that stuff down, but it is that all rebukes did not help and it seams that less have the possibility to tell such open and with the fear of lose. So I just keep on warning those who are open to understand the danger of corruption and the present network of Bahma(ns) and their advocates, especially form Australians worldly undertakings and teacher of the uposatha of the cowards and jains.

After the story attached as pdf, countless banner of members who criticised his aproaches, here another item of our dhamma chess player and landlord.




Some round cushions I found in a local store shaped sort of like zafus, so purchased them for the meditation hall.

Of course he is associated with monks for sale and he encourages people to steal or like he said "Copyright information, we follow this smart monk's advice: http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/copy_right_issues.htm". You can guess who this smart monk is... many content form the side is misused in a way that there is not even a link or comment to the source. He was informed by me, but you know how it is. So there is no different way, as to speak aloud.

That is how he presents him on his pages:

Birth



David N. Snyder was born in an apartment in Kaiserslautern, Germany while his mother slept and his father was away on military maneuvers. His mother literally slept through the labor process as there was no pain to her. The Buddha was born in a similar way and the Suttas report that all samma-sam-buddhas (enlightened Buddhas who teach the masses, the next one being Metteyya who currently resides in the Tusita heaven waiting for when the Dhamma dies out in some distant future time) are born with no pain to the mother. The birth year was the (Chinese) year of the Tiger (famous in Buddhist lands as the tiger is known for independence and is on some Buddhist flags). The birth date of David N. Snyder was also an important religious day, known as Uposatha, being the New Moon Day of the month in which he was born (on Uposatha days many Buddhists go to the temple for meditation and for renewing the Precepts). Tibetan lamas (high ranking monks/teachers) have often looked for people with such birth events for locating the rebirth of famous Rinpoches (gurus, teachers) of the past. See: Tenzin Osel Rinpoche. Dr. Snyder makes no claim to being fully enlightened or to being any famous guru, reborn. The birth-event may simply shed some light on his future role and possible kammic fate as a Dhamma teacher in this life.

Biography


David Snyder was born on a U.S. Army base in Germany to Jewish American parents, stationed there with the U.S. Army. He is part of a large segment of non-Asian convert Buddhists commonly known as JuBu (pronounced Jew-boos), meaning Buddhists of Jewish heritage.

After earning a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Arlington in 1989, he taught sociology at Tarrant County College. Later he worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. Before working for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, he had to attend the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (police academy for federal law enforcement positions). He graduated with honors in marksmanship and martial arts. He left government service to pursue real estate investments and management which he also used to open Buddhist centers in Colorado and Nevada. A former correspondence chess champion[3] he has invented a chess variant known as D-Chess.

The Ven. Madawela Punnaji, M.D., wrote the Foreword to his bestselling book, The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained.

Maha Bodhi Las Vegas



Dr. Snyder and his wife had a 37 foot high (11.3m) Maha Bodhi Temple replica built on the grounds of their home where they run Dhamma programs. Several Buddhist monks and nuns have led programs at Maha Bodhi Las Vegas, including Ajahn Brahm in 2012.

He is an advocate of weapons and a weapon carrier, a chess player and friend of games for a worldly aim and victory, he does not hesitate to call him self a capitalist, he is associated with all current popular and secular branches and monks and nuns.





People who criticize his ways are usually banned or their topic closed. Some topics are still alive others have been disappeared. There is a lot of scarify in "gratitude". A member once asked why he tells the reincarnation, for example. Topics against weapon and so called compassionate killing are usually closed. Topics criticizing social activity of monks, are closed usually. Topics which raise the position of the Sangha in regard of Bhikkhuni ordination are usually closed or well designed. Like this:  Bhikkhuni Ordination performed - by Ajahn Brahmavamso . I would estimate, form my experience and observation that about 30% of posts are censured and deleted, especially if they are critical or against the secular stream of DW.

Even through it is nice to see that people ordinate, I guess the story tells much...



Some month after ordination, see more on Black jack dealer to Bhikkhu

It is really not that this is a exception and actually its the Dhamma wheel generally today. It should show you the situation of weak people, becoming ordained and at least are chess figures of landlord without that they even understand and not even when you tell them to keep distance, they are dependent as they have a "higher" purpose.

At least, I like to remember on the words of Ajahn Mun, very true words and in accordiance with the Dhamma, that is what you should bare in heart. Maya is really tricky.

The Lord Buddha taught that his Dhamma, when placed in the heart of an ordinary run-of-the-mill person, is bound to be thoroughly corrupted, but if placed in the heart of a Noble One, it is bound to be genuinely pure & authentic, something that at the same time can be neither effaced nor obscured.

So as long as we are devoting ourselves merely to the theoretical study of the Dhamma, it can't serve us well. Only when we have trained our hearts to eliminate their 'chameleons' — their defilements — will it benefit us in full measure. And only then will the true Dhamma be kept pure, free from distortions & deviations from its original principles.

— Phra Ajān Mun Bhūridatto


The practice of the Dhamma in keeping with the Dhamma that he gave with utter compassion unequalled by that of anyone else in the world: This is the true homage to the Buddha. The seeing of the truth that lies within you, using discernment step by step at all times: This is the seeing of the Buddha step by step. The seeing of the truth with the full heart using discernment: This is the seeing of the Buddha in full. The true Buddha, the true Dhamma, lie with the heart. To attend to your own heart is to attend to the Buddha. To watch over your own heart with mindfulness & discernment is to see the Buddha, Dhamma, & Saṅgha in a genuine way.

— Phra Ajān Maha Boowa Ñāṇasampanno

Appamada, avuso appamada!

Its not for the purpose to damage, its for the support of people and to wake them up, so that they take care of each other and not just assemble for their certain selfish reasons and entertaining (subsistence) purposes.

 :-*
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To get some expressions of this force:

In another thread it was written:

   
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Spiny Norman wrote:And of course western Buddhism is developing it's own cultural baggage!

   
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(Bhikkhu) appicchato wrote:In spades...

   
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tiltbillings wrote:For example?

And no one responded about that after that. So I thought it might be interesting to examine some of the Western cultural baggage (or not?) We'll see if this is a good idea or not. :tongue:

I'll get it started with some possibilities and you can add any additional or of course disagree.

1. Less interest in rites, rituals, and ceremonies. This attachment is a hindrance to the Path to awakening (sīlabbata-parāmāso), so perhaps a useful cultural item. Many in the west came to Buddhism out of skepticism and wanting something beyond traditional rites and ceremonies, so perhaps a positive development.

2. Mindfulness meditation for stress-relief, self-help. Perhaps a good skillful means, but it could lead to the practice being relegated to a self-help exercise or a fad and then never take root as a religion in the West.

3. Rebirth as irrelevant, not necessary to the practice or for being Buddhist in the West. The suttas are permeated with discussion of rebirth . . . here I was this person, this was my name, my family, etc. Or perhaps a skillful means as well to allow more people access to the Dhamma and out of suffering who otherwise may not have been interested, feeling that rebirth belief is "too religious" or traditional.

4. Left-wing politics, left of center or socialist. During the time of the Buddha there were several rich merchants who gave land and built monasteries to the Sangha and the Buddha never condemned their acquisition of wealth. On the other hand, left of center politics seems compatible with less attachments, compassion, and generosity.

Personally, I see numbers 1 and 4 as mostly positive developments. Even though I am a capitalist, by U.S. standards I am left-wing since I am anti-war and support health care for all and nationalized utilities, including big oil. Numbers 2 and 3 I think could potentially make the Dhamma a fad, possibly a passing fad like Kabbalah and some other movements which lost a lot of steam.

Thoughts? Additional ones? Disagree?

"nice" thread to follow...

Or maybe you like this one:




Scale the Strat race was yesterday in Las Vegas. Finished in 13:59 for the 1455 steps, 108 floors. 16th place in age division; oh well, looks like I'm much better at the mental "sports" of chess and pistol shooting.
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