Tue 6 Sep, 2005 06:48 am - It is a painting by Peter Picklebody [1804-1904]. He painted that in his final years in what many art historians call the "spiritual enema" stage of his career as he was suffering from a... (view)
Mon 5 Sep, 2005 08:40 pm - Teach him to do tonglen. To breath in pain (developing the will to encounter the aspects in him he resists) and exhale pleasure, (not to say to remove his sensation of pleasure, but to allow him... (view)
Mon 5 Sep, 2005 08:30 pm - medicine is derived from science, and only refers to that wich is rational. We have witch doctors and the like if you feel you are possessed by some supernatural force.
I do not think that... (view)
Mon 5 Sep, 2005 07:22 pm - Although i find it very rude for a smoker to say "you dont mind if i smoke?" and then smoke in closed quarters with you. of course you will say that you dont mind, even if you do.... (view)
Mon 5 Sep, 2005 05:55 am - Re: perceptions
[quote="chris2a"]No one really "practices" a particular religion. Religion is simply a reflection and an extension of culture.[/quote]
If i may, to say that... (view)
Fri 2 Sep, 2005 01:59 am - perhaps a systemless aproach to morality is key.
in my opinion moral systems are one of two things.
Either a system of self hatred that imposes suffering on the individual, in order for... (view)
Fri 2 Sep, 2005 01:51 am - [quote="Cyracuz"]There is a way of looking at the world that makes it painfully logical that everything is love, or attraction.[/quote]
how could that be painful?
the nature of the... (view)
Fri 2 Sep, 2005 01:38 am - Re: Caring about others
in buddhism, there are methods intended in whole or in partl to develop or awaken compassion for others, and the self.
I believe it is possible to love and care for... (view)
