Recently there was a forum organised by one of the Buddhist society in Malaysia on the topic of homosexuality. A summary is reported here: http://buddhistcelebrities.blogspot.com/2011/08/buddhism-homosexuality-forum.html I have copied here for archival purpose: The Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) and Buddhist Research Society of Malaysia (BRSM) held a seminar titled “Homosexuality: The Controversy in the Midst [...]
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Buddhism & Homosexuality Forum on KL 19 Aug 2011
Posted in Buddhadharma, Gender & Sexuality on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Panchaseela and Buddhism
Posted in Buddhadharma, Society on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A very interesting article about how dogmatic one can go in following rituals and rules but not the essence nor understanding of them. http://www.island.lk/2008/05/23/opinion7.html The Panchaseela and Buddhism Dr. H. S. S. Nissanka’s contribution to The Island Midweek Review of 14/5 is very informative and interesting. Among many other things, he refers to a “stormy [...]
A (Zen) Dharma Speech
Posted in Buddhadharma, tagged zen on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What is Zen Buddhism? Its a practice beyond dogma, scriptures and words. Zen Buddhism finds a cure for a society that has become too steep in intellect, logic, preconceived ideas, dualism and self-professed knowledge. Its reasoning is illogical and its riddle at best insane. But its our mind that are the obstacles, not the illogical [...]
From Ajahn Sujato’s Blog: Wat Pa Pong press conference
Posted in Buddhadharma, tagged bhikkuni ordination, Thai Buddhism on December 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
An interesting development on the Bhikkuni ordination from Ajahn Sujato’s blog: ———————————- Source We have heard rumors that a press conference held by ‘Wat Pa Pong’ was going to call for increased control over Western monks. Thanks to Sanitsuda Ekachai, here’s a preliminary report. I’m not sure who took part in the press conference, as [...]
Ven Dhammika: The Third Precept
Posted in Buddhadharma, Gender & Sexuality, tagged precepts on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Source: http://sdhammika.blogspot.com/2008/08/third-precept.html The Third Precept Sexual behaviour (kama or methuna) is any actions motivated by erotic desire and usually involving the genital region. This includes all forms of coitus, intercrural sex, masturbation, sexual fondling and perhaps even voyeurism. The third of the five Precepts, the basic principles of Buddhist ethics, says that one should avoid [...]
Just Passing Thru
Posted in Buddhadharma on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One common theme among a lot of Buddhist writers especially Western authors and even some non-Western authors, is the liberally and unashamed use of useful examples of stories and experiences from other religions. It actually requires people with equanimity and strong confidence in their own belief to be able to do so. Mind you, these [...]
Monk Driving a Benz
Posted in Buddhadharma on April 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was forward this interesting youtube ad about a Tibetan monk driving a Benz. Very interesting and enlightening, if I must say: ENJOY!
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