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Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by amadeuspagel »

koonsolo wrote: post #107
esbeeb wrote: post #38

Actual Buddhist monk here (Ajahn Subharo), in the Theravada Thai forest lineage. Khemarato Bhikkhu - who is much more junior a monk than me, and is not formally any sort of Ajahn (teacher) yet - and myself both have Computer Science degrees, which are rare things for Buddhist monks to have. So take his authority to run a "university" with a huge grain of salt. He would get roundly mocked in subtle ways by senior Budd…

> He would get roundly mocked in subtle ways by senior Buddhist monks I only know a bit about buddhism, but mocking people doesn't sound like 'senior' behaviour to me. Mocking people is very immature. I cannot imagine that someone like Thich Nhat Hanh would mock anyone.

Aren't zen parables often about the master mocking the student?

Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by tasuki »

tasuki wrote: post #122
FollowingTheDao wrote: post #118

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> I'd expect a buddhist teacher to be a lot more chill. The perception that monks can never exhibit emotion or should always be relaxed is a purely American idea and a stereotype. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic...

I'm not American, I'm a European.

(the perception that a random poster on the internet is American is a purely American idea and a stereotype ;-)

Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by koonsolo »

amadeuspagel wrote: post #131
koonsolo wrote: post #107

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> He would get roundly mocked in subtle ways by senior Buddhist monks I only know a bit about buddhism, but mocking people doesn't sound like 'senior' behaviour to me. Mocking people is very immature. I cannot imagine that someone like Thich Nhat Hanh would mock anyone.

Aren't zen parables often about the master mocking the student?

Can you give an example?

Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by movedx »

lagniappe wrote: post #31
movedx wrote: post #29

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That's how Upload Academy plan on doing it - small Go app you download and it pulls down all our content in a non-DRM protected format for you to consume however you like. Even the (forthcoming) cybersec labs, programming labs, etc., are just binaries you can run locally.

Is this currently in development on a repo somewhere? That sounds really cool, I'd like to pitch in if I see something I can work on

I appreciate that. It's not an open-source solution, I'm afraid. It's going to be a training platform we're selling access to. Maybe one day, though.

Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by unmole »

sh4rks wrote: post #113
srge wrote: post #93

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I agree with you. He seems so full of hate and preconceptions that it almost sounds like a troll. Also who calls himself a monk and spends time on social media? Not that it’s supposed to be forbidden but social media is basically the death of attention…

What's the problem with a monk sharing wisdom on social media? Somebody has to spread the word.

The supposed wisdom isn't really apparent in this case.

Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by hnfong »

bez_almighty wrote: post #102
esbeeb wrote: post #54

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Who's decision was it to call the website a "university"? Was that my decision, or his? The decision to call it a "university" is what makes me want to clarify what peer-perceived credentials he might have to that extent. If you were considering enrolling in a university, would you look into the reputation of that university? I'll bet you would. You'd want to know what it's reputation is like. Well, I'm offering insi…

Let me give you a really good piece of spiritual advice: Don't harsh other people's yum. Secondly, Buddhism isn't a corporate ladder with annual promotions, it's a set of understandings. 10 years or 10 hours, it's not the time that matters, it's the understanding. Maybe examine why you're really putting down this guy's effort? Is it really about him, or is it about how you feel about yourself? Also: don't allow yours…

> Buddhism isn't a corporate ladder with annual promotions

Apparently there are different schools of Buddhism, some focuses more on "corporate ladder" than others... So...

Re: The Open Buddhist University

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Post by hulitu »

fnordpiglet wrote: post #124
throwawaylolx wrote: post #114

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>It’s just a title to a web page meant to be interesting It's called clickbait and it's widely acknowledge to be a dishonest method of promotion.

Come now. Clickbait would be “You will never believe what the Buddha did when…” This is just a title. “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” turned out to just be a book about a rather boring Englishman and his friend, not actually a pan galactic travel guide. Titles are allowed to be compelling as long as they aren’t outright BS. No one really thinks there’s a Buddhist university with degrees and graduation ceremonies an…

> Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” turned out to just be a book about a rather boring Englishman and his friend, not actually a pan galactic travel guide.

It is about the travelling guide. The Englishman is there just to vitalize the story. /s

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