tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post7532163804657277185..comments2024-01-27T11:15:31.605-08:00Comments on Rational Buddhism: Refuting the computer theory of mind - and why it matters to Buddhists.seanrobsvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01135048988031819619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post-17443698696799099002019-10-22T10:39:52.433-07:002019-10-22T10:39:52.433-07:00Is Buddhism for the East Asians ?
Sample Theravad...Is Buddhism for the East Asians ?<br /><br />Sample Theravada Buddhism in Khmer Land<br /><br />They stole the Tooth and Hair of Boodha from a Temple ! dindooohindoo<br /><br />http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/384928/buddha-relics-stolen-from-cambodian-shrine<br /><br />They run English teaching schools - only to pimp the students - In English !<br /><br />http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-bust-english-school-pimping-pupils-63444/<br /><br />They traffick minors as wives to foreigners who in turn sell them to brothels<br /><br />http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/court-hears-of-chinese-marriage-traffickers-54927/<br /><br />They sell their kids as professional beggars in foreign nations<br /><br />http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/couple-on-trial-for-buying-baby-to-use-as-beggar-in-malaysia-63715/<br />http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/couple-%E2%80%98bought%E2%80%99-girl-faces-court<br /><br />They feel that cheating in schools is their fundamental right<br /><br />http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/exam-cleaner-but-students-still-seek-to-cheat-65710/<br /><br />After 2000 years of evolution - they farm and eat rats<br /><br />http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-prices-fall-rat-huntings-few-charms-fade-64042/<br /><br />75% of their students fail in the exams ! Y Educate !<br /><br />http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/second-chance-awaits-75-who-failed-exam-67317/samir sardananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post-81745079552677214512017-10-17T18:43:26.542-07:002017-10-17T18:43:26.542-07:00Maybe aboutness isn't something that can be si...Maybe aboutness isn't something that can be simulated and mental states are not reducible to physical states. Isn't it possible though that physical states might be reducible to mental states? Or that the dichotomy between mental states and physical states is not a true description of reality? It seems to me that it is a sort of dualism and if mental states can affect physical states and vice versa then there must be some medium through which this interaction takes place. That medium through which cause is propagated would be more fundamental layer of reality than either mental states or physical states. Both interpretations I think are a sort of calculus we perform on our experience so that we can render it in language. I've always thought that Buddha's ideas implied that reality is psycho-physical and that attempts to explain it in terms of mind or matter are misguided. Just my thoughts as a lay person. I really enjoyed reading the post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575697405649106151noreply@blogger.com