shekharshan

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by shekharshan 6y ago
I was talking about an intuitive realization that there is no "I", rather there is an ongoing constantly changing process that is referred to as "I". This requires years of meditative training. I am not familiar with the
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by shekharshan 6y ago
As your sense of "I" diminishes the more compassionate and caring you become. The more emotionally resilient you become and the less harmful your decisions are to yourself and others (including animals). This is the core of Buddhi
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by shekharshan 6y ago
Exactly, we are getting overconfident in our ability to control the planet and its resources. I believe we are privileged to share this planet with other beings. Instead we treat animals like some kind of inanimate resource.
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by shekharshan 6y ago
"Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment; but you humans do not. Instead you multiply, and multiply, until every resource is consumed. The only way for you to survive is
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by shekharshan 6y ago
This behavior is rooted in a world view taught by religious/cultural teachings that all living beings have equal right to exist. They suffer just like humans and they cherish their lives just as much as humans.
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by shekharshan 7y ago
I am a little rusty on my probability basics now but I was trying to remember how one would go about answering the following question regarding Wuhan numbers cited in this study: "Given a person has type A blood type, what is the proba
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by shekharshan 7y ago
When it comes to writing reliable software the best paper I have read is “Design By Contract”. That one paper combined with proper usage of exceptions will go a long way in preventing bugs. Of course there is also a need for more rigor in r
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by shekharshan 7y ago
They called him “neutron Jack” for that very reason.
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by shekharshan 7y ago
I worked remotely for almost 8 years. Even managed a team of 10 developers remotely. I loved it as it gave me 2-3 hours each day for exercise and meditation. The only issue was I could not establish a clear work start and end time.
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by shekharshan 7y ago
I can see by the way you write, you have read enough Buddhist texts. One thing I would clarify is that Buddhism, as taught by Buddha, doesn’t have beliefs. It has hypotheses that are proved causally and tasted experiential you during deep a
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by shekharshan 7y ago
Please prioritize psychological well-being over everything else. Please have a therapist for regular counseling. As a practicing Buddhist I can tell you of two excellent teachers in Canada, Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu near Toronto and Ajahn Sona in
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by shekharshan 7y ago
I had enabled the port forwarding on my home router for 5 hours, so I could get into my home server. I saw exactly same log pattern on my server’s ssh logs.
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by shekharshan 7y ago
Different as in the reason for morality. Why is morality important? It is not because a soul will be judged for violating 'thou shall' commandments. It is explained more in terms of Karma, the intentions your mind generates (karma
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by shekharshan 7y ago
I don’t know whether the meditators used in this study were training under Buddhist methods or something else. Buddhist teaching focuses on three aspects: sila (morality, but not in Abrahimic sense), samadhi (concentration), and panna (wisd
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by shekharshan 8y ago
Buddha gave the path of end of suffering as eight noble qualities: "right view", "right intention", "right speech", "right action", "right effort", "right livelihood", "right
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