Dharma Paths

Living beings to whom non-violent ethic applies: 1.Breathing beings (pana) Does this mean it is OK to destroy an embryo or a fetus as it is not breathing? Simply because a being depends on someone or something else for respiration (whether mother or a respirator) does not disqualify them. Being inc...

A while back, my 20-year-old self wrote this based on the following source, quoted throughout: Findly, Ellison Banks. "Borderline beings: Plant possibilities in early buddhism." Journal of the American Oriental Society (2002): 252-263. -- Some [of what I consider to be] important excerpts from the a...

Here's an excerpt of something I wrote on this topic around 6 years ago. -- In my opinion, consciousness in plants is a premature conclusion to draw at this point. Plants are surely alive by biological standards, but attributing cognitive abilities to plants is an overstatement, as consciousness in ...

Can someone explain me the final goal of Mahayana. The way I understand they do not teach Nibbana. The aim is to become a Bodhisatta and come back to this world again and become enlightened Buddha. Am I correct? The goal of Mahayana is embodied by the Bodhisattva, who delays their own liberation in...

Like Lhamo, I'm also not convinced that the Pali Canon is the end-all, be-all of the Buddha's teachings. Just because something is in the Pali Canon does not make it true. Just because something is not in the Pali Canon does not make it false. That said, I've read the first four Nikayas (plus parts ...

Welcome, Tex!

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Amitabha Buddha Stupa in Sedona, Arizona. Photos are from 6/2/2016.

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Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to start reading!

Extremely thorough! Thanks for posting and sadhu to bodom's efforts to compile them!

Welcome!

SarathW wrote: I hope this forum will promote the friendship and understanding on all interfaith religions and their followers.

May it be so.

Lacto-ovo vegetarian.

This is a sad reality, which has been building for quite a while... One of my primary reasons for leaving the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Hoping it doesn't cause more harm than good...

Thanks for sharing.

Side-by-side original Chinese and English translations of Daoist classics:

http://ctext.org/daoism

Also a good resource for other Chinese philosophies.

While I've never visited, I've heard of their community and would like to see more like it in terms of the emphasis on contemplative education. A near-equivalent in Buddhism might be City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB) and Dharma Realm Buddhist University (DRBU) in Ukiah, California, known as "the o...

Found it.

"Ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave bhikkhu vasī vitakkapariyāyapathesu."

"This bhikkhu is then called a master of the courses of thought."

A few Mahayana Sutras to add. Astasahasrika Prajna Paramita Sutra: http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/02Prajnaparamita/Astasahasrika.pdf Lankavatara Sutra: http://lirs.ru/do/lanka_eng/lanka-nondiacritical.htm Avatamsaka Sutra: http://zen-ua.org/wp-content/uploads/avatamsaka-...

Welcome, Iconodule! Looking forward to hearing your perspective and learning about your path.