I left DWB last autumn for several reasons and had some time to think since my last post. The introduction of an enemy (islam) and structural division between 'us' and 'them', without any nuance or perspective of working towards overcoming stereotyping, stigmatizing and generalizing, is simply poison. By allowing only two opposing camps to exist it seperates and blocks the
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Thanks Herbie. This might be exactly the point and a danger I see too. Lama Ole leaves no space for the (hopefully) vast majority of moderate muslims who condemn terror and support a strictly secular society. Drawing an absolute line there he excludes millions of important human beings pushing them into a defense position instead of stimulating their capacity to build bridges and address wo
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Dear moderator even within this 30 minutes I do not find any option to edit Where do i find it?
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Dear Stoic and others Solipsism is an interesting topic, but I do not see how it relates to my post as I'm only explaining people making clear discriminations between dharma and politics in fact do exist. Nowhere in my post I can discover any hints suggesting I experience the world as if it were only a projection of MY mind, while assuming my mind is the ONLY existing consciousness th
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To people going to DW centers for no other reason than meditation, the political dimension (of which the importance strongly varies in different groups, cities and countries) is more like a side room of the house than the house itself. I understand sounds stupid to highly critical outsiders, and I'm fully aware of what might be their point. A point I deeply respect because, as you will read
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Quotesuenam Were it so easy to overcome dualistic thinking then there would be no need for buddhism, but I feel that what is more important is one's approach to dualism, which would be one of either admission or denial. I fully agree with you, Suenam: 1. Thinking, logic and reasoning are very important tools, as much needed on the Buddhist Path as air to breath. 2. Thinking, as an
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Correction regarding my last post: Perhaps the fruits I'm meantioning fell of a few fanatic branches of the mixed DWB tree already as there have been some DARK issues.
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Thanks for the comment Stoic. I do not think Ole is applying for a role as world ruler, wearing shiny boots, a uniform, small moustache and sun glasses. Please note my link with the sixties mind set of Ole was exclusively meant for illustrating his enthusiastic faith in his students capacities, whether he just met them for the first time, ten seconds ago, or not. A quite rare and extreme type
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Hello everybody I've read some really good comments on this blog. Nice to see all the efforts to make people use their brains. Let me introduce myself. Although officially self declared 'ex student' (I wrote Lama Ole a goodbye letter which I handed over personally), I am actually still a student of Ole. We always we're, and in fact still are, good friends. I'v
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