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How to spot fakes in the Sangha

buddhafolk wrote 1 month ago:  Facebook counts when Sangha use it, it counts the same as speaking in public; in fact the whole wor … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, Mahayana culture, Sangha Relationships, Bhikshuni, Bhutan, boys, Buddhism

Calm Clarity Temple1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 5 months ago: I had expected some fanfare at least a post comment or two on Facebook  oh well people are busy. but … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chan - authentic Masters words, Chinese Culture, confuscianism, Daoism/Taoism, Mahayana culture, On The Path

Peace in every step, trust in precepts, certainty in mind- how to endure difficulties as robed Sangha

buddhafolk wrote 6 months ago: USA Sangha see all of uphold our precepts from all the traditions Peace in every step, trust in prec … more →

Tags: Buddhist culture, Chinese Culture, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, Mahayana culture, On The Path, Precepts Holders, 3 refuges, 5 Precepts, central tibetan administration

Invisible visablity and I thought I was the only one who grew up that way! :( Now I know of many, many others!!! 1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 6 months ago:   Description unavailable (Photo credit: Maja_Larsson) National Geographic Magazine (1948) … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chinese Culture, Benjamin Spock, Child, Emotion, Family, Father, Home

Mentally ill sufferers cannot find a "cure" in Buddhism1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 6 months ago: My wife reading in bed. And it wasn’t because she was trying to get to sleep. (Photo credit: W … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chinese Culture, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, Mahayana culture, Sangha Relationships, Buddhism, Disorders, health

Build Iowa's First Nunnery 1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 7 months ago:   Build the first Iowa Buddhist nunnery Build the first Iowa Buddhist nunnery. The need to trai … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chan - authentic Masters words, Chinese Culture, Mahayana culture, On The Path, Precepts Holders, Sangha Relationships, translation resources

Buddhism and mental Health4 comments

buddhafolk wrote 7 months ago: Buddhism is not meant for mental health applications. There are simply not enough numbers throughout … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chan - authentic Masters words, Chinese Culture, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, Dharma Talks, On The Path, Buddhism, Buddhist culture

Dharma Teaching in the West - dying and loss1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 7 months ago: Teaching dharma in the West needs to be redefined. It is seen clearly that the Buddha had different … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chinese Culture, Buddhism, Dharma, Grief, Hospice, Dying, mustard seed

Buddhist death and dying urbandharma.org lots of links

buddhafolk wrote 9 months ago: http://www.urbandharma.org/kusala/dad.html … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Buddhism, Hospice, Pure Land, Death and dying

Monastics and their adult children talk

buddhafolk wrote 11 months ago: Sometimes it’s harder when you are a monastic with your own adult children. Today, I engaged m … more →

Tags: On The Path, Precepts Holders, Buddhist culture, Chinese Culture, Sangha Relationships, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, monastic, Sangha, monks

Vinaya Parajika 3 do not kill - accesstoinsight detailed commentary1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 12 months ago: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc1/bmc1.ch04.html 3. Should any bhikkhu inte … more →

Tags: Dharma Talks, On The Path, Buddhist culture, Sangha Relationships, Bhikshuni, vinaya, bhikshu, Suicide, Self-Immolation

Unbearable shame...suicide by self-immolation a thoughtful history and stance against it

buddhafolk wrote 12 months ago: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/05/history-of-self-immolation.html?mbid=gnep the … more →

Tags: Dharma Talks, On The Path, Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Mahayana culture, Chinese Culture, Sangha Relationships, Theravada culture, Conflicts in Buddhist Life

Caring for trying not to share the grief3 comments

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago: Right now I’m fine. Although I shocked myself by sharing tears with a young woman whom came to … more →

Tags: Dharma Talks, On The Path, Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Mahayana culture, Chinese Culture, Sangha Relationships, Theravada culture, Conflicts in Buddhist Life

Emotional Abuse carries its toll in your life1 comment

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago:                 http://eqi.org/eabuse1.htm Characteristics o … more →

Tags: On The Path, Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Chinese Culture, Buddhism, Buddha, vinaya, monastic, Sangha

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Principles of Nonviolence - Pls copy to Sanghas

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Principles of Nonviolence – Pls copy to Sanghas. … more →

Tags: On The Path, Buddhist community activities, Precepts Holders, Buddhist culture, Mahayana culture, Chinese Culture, Sangha Relationships, Conflicts in Buddhist Life

Sangha please do not support suicides by Sangha members!

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago: self-immolated Friday Feb 17, 2012 to protest religious restrictions over not being allowed to atten … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Chinese Culture, Bhikshuni, Buddhism, vinaya, monastic, Sangha, triple jewel, 5 Precepts

Crimes against Nuns recent reports

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago: A nun is gangraped by a bus driver and his busload of men who drag her off the bus to commit the dee … more →

Tags: On The Path, Buddhist community activities, Precepts Holders, Buddhist culture, Sangha Relationships, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, Bhikshuni, ordain, Buddhism

Experiences of 'Other' the desperate finding meaning through the wrong use of drugs, or other harmful means

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago: There was a substrand of query in Secular Buddhism on Sugato’s blog so I sent this reply. Here … more →

Tags: Buddhist community activities, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, layman, Members, lay life, laywoman, respect, visualization and altered states, unhealthy practices

Teaching the unteachable-encounters with mentallly ill, and suffering Buddhists in the West

buddhafolk wrote 1 year ago: Gandhari Mayana scroll jar 1st c. BCE This is a follow up to the first article.  Read what comments … more →

Tags: On The Path, Buddhist community activities, Buddhist culture, Sangha Relationships, Conflicts in Buddhist Life, Bhikshuni, Buddhism, Buddha, vinaya


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