GENIUS FORUMS

<t>Kelly wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> I think a certain amount of avoidance of worldy temptations is necessary to begin with, as a visible commitment to moving apart from worldliness.<br/> <br/> Because this is based on pride, it needs to be challenged eventually. Otherwise, one is still holdi...

<t>Paradise Child wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> DQ: If you had a choice between the solitary path of experiencing the highest understanding of Reality and leading a communal life of great emotional happiness, which would you choose?<br/> <br/> PC: The communal life of emotional happiness. But I...

<t>Dave Toast wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr>The point was that I dare say I've aquired enough different values in this lifetime to be able to consider each and every one of your options as the greatest, according to one, the other, or some particular combination.<hr>Is this a form of multiple pe...

In your view, can one be free of attachment and yet still have attachments in one's life?

Which set of values do you hold?

<t>How does asceticism relate to the spiritual path of giving up attachments? Is the person who ascetically refrains from all materialistic activities as much as possible purifying himself and heading in the direction of enlightenment? Or is he merely deviating away into a path of further self-indul...

<t>What do you consider to be the greatest thing of all: <br/> <br/> The highest understanding of Reality? <br/> <br/> The heady pleasure of great emotional happiness? <br/> <br/> The exquisite bliss of the mystical experience? <br/> <br/> Intimacy with others? <br/> <br/> Peace on earth and the mat...

<t>From: Hu Zheng<br/> Date: 2/21/04 <br/> Thread: Enter into Absolute<br/> <br/> --<br/> <br/> While being a child, never forget to train yourself as being a superman.<br/> <br/> <br/> Genius, remember, always make yourself happier than others, so it is you laugh at them, rather than they :_) Peopl...

<r>From: David Quinn<br/> Date: 2/12/04<br/> Thread: Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics <br/> <br/> --<br/> <br/> Hello everyone, <br/> <br/> There is a common perception at the moment that quantum mechanics "demonstrates" that events happen without cause in the sub-atomic realm. It is a view regu...

<t>They're all feminine activities, by definition. They embody unconsciousness, passivity, submission, masochism, emotional bonding, and the destruction of individuality. That is how the humour is generated - by creating a contrast with how Kevin and I actually behave and what we value, and forcing ...

<t>I don't know, Jimhaz. People with limited vision and weak character are always going to get defensive, regardless of what kind of opposition is before them. You can't spend your life pandering to them. They will always look for an excuse to avoid being truthful. <br/> <br/> In many ways, I view t...

<r>Naturyl wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> Yep, Lyrutan is me, and whether or not you wish to be concerned for my mental health is not my concern. I have been informed by several sources that what I posted as Lyrutan was in fact rather funny, which was of course the aim of it. It is also instruct...

<t>Thomas wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> This was so far the most hilarious response in this thread, perhaps in all of the current threads. <hr> I'm sure no one is surprised that you think this. It is poking fun at Kevin and myself which is bound to score high marks with you. You'd laugh uproari...

Which just happens to be Naturyl spelt backwards.

Why don't we save it for the debate, Robert. Or is it your intention to get in a few early kicks before the bell starts?

I agree with Dan. This kind of behvaiour is neither civilizing nor edifying, and conflicts with your stated aims of "Philosophical Taoism". I've seen your tasteless thread on the KIR site, Nat, as well as the petty emotionalism of your forum politicking. I really think you should get your ...

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<t>Reid Iford wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> I find the entire concept of debate -- partuicularly of the kind here -- antithetical to an awakened Buddha Heart. <hr> I can sympathize with this view. In many ways, engaging in a one-on-one debate can be demeanining and petty. But it depends on how ...

Sure, but Suergaz is obviously very attached to the physical beauty of women and routinely expresses strong moral indignation at the mere thought of doing without it. This makes it, for him, a "dearest plaything of his virtue".

<t>Mahayanavimsaka of Nagarjuna:<br/> <br/> ADORATION TO THE THREE TREASURES<br/> <br/> 1<br/> <br/> I make my obeisance to the Buddha who is wise, free from all attachment, and whose powers are beyond conception, and who has kindly taught the truth which cannot be expressed by words. <br/> <br/> 2<...

<t>Robert Larkin wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> DQ: "There is a lot of irony and double-play going on in this conversation. For example John and Robert both believe that truth does not reside in words, and yet they keep refering to scripture as though it were the last word on truth." <br/> <br/>...

<t>There is a lot of irony and double-play going on in this conversation. For example John and Robert both believe that truth does not reside in words, and yet they keep refering to scripture as though it were the last word on truth. <br/> <br/> They also have a very fixed image of what constitutes ...

<t>Robert Larkin wrote, to Kevin:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> "That very statement is neither accurate nor complete. And that statement I just made is absolutely true." If you think you can get absolute truth into that little sentence, boy are you deluded. Truth is the void; no word gonna get there ...

<t>Robert Larkin wrote:<br/> <br/> Quote:Quote:<hr> My impression of David's clinging to cause and effect derives from his ebook. If he insists his chapter on cause and effect is essential then I suggest he is clinging to it. Now does he insist it is essential, and why would it be so? <hr> Meditatio...