Interesting that you bring this up, because I think my whole outlook on life has changed because of

All three arguments try to establish the same conclusion -- you've got that right. They are

Classifying things is fine, so long as we don't get trapped by the classifications and allow them

It is a basic theme of Buddhist philosophy that concepts cut us off from a direct (and "truer

Let him do things, with an eye kept on him, and let him learn from his mistakes. People are much too

oneil's reply to this post brings out a very important idea: promises are connected to issues

Fazang's claim that we are all identical is tough to get your head around. Think about a non-

Both replies to this original post are very good. The main issue that seems to be causing confusion

haha On Mar 2, 2:50 am, sinowetsk...@osu.edu wrote: > So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way

I'll try to tackle this dillema. Being a practicing Daoist, I feel that education can be helpful.

On Thursday, March 8, at 4:30 - 6:00 pm in Room 10 of the Psychology Building (PS/144), Jack Mulder

On Feb 22, 1:07 am, "dee" <DharaPate...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the lecture notes

How does Daoism regard the concept of determination with respect to its connotations and denotations

Thank you, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: dee <DharaP...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday

Hey, Yeah happy chinese new year (belated)!!!...It is the current year of the pig. They call it

Confucianism of the Modern Family

hathaway: It is true that the Theravadans think that there is no Atman. But the argument we covered

Yup. Good examples. In fact, you correct a mistake I made: in my previous post, I meant to be talking

It works by the practitioner trying to act in accordance with the Path. This is a very hard thing to

Charles's post is on the right track. Let me add a few words about dukkha. If you think that the

For this answer, refers to the lecture on the Major Branches of Buddhism (#7): compare notes from the

Buddhism is a bit more subtle than I could discuss in lectures. You can only act in accordance with

Please see the response to Dhara's question about ren, li, and xiao.

Here's my thoughts on the subject... As you know, Mencius was trying to expand off of Confucius

Tanner's reply is almost correct. Yes, everything is comprised of changes. But this does not mean

Another Philosophy Club Announcement: This week Professor Declan Smithies (new from Britain) will be

For the case of pleasure, it is not that pleasure depends upon pain to be what it is. The buddhists

That's fine too -- it would go under the "Upanishads" or "Bhagavad Gita"

To my knowledge none of the schools of Buddhism would object to your permance of rules, but there is

Our names aren't falsities. But we typically use them in a false manner ie to refer to something