Thank you! Really enjoyed this conversation. Then something really funny happened. I shared it on FB but they promptly removed it for ‘not being up to our community standard’ or something like that. Posted it again and requested a review. Following the review they replied that: “yep, we were right, it is spam, and not to our standard…” So they removed it again. 😂😂😂
Now, in the last six months I have posted thousands of acidic posts highly critical of the current political situation all over the world for obvious reasons. (I know I vowed not to do so and to disengage completely but just couldn’t resist, sorry…) Even though those posts were usually full of explicit four letter words aimed at certain political leaders and their activities around the world, none of them were ever removed. Only yours. I wonder what was so offensive to FB’s community standard about your conversation that they removed it twice? I must listen to it again as I am sure I missed something. 😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏
Interesting dialogue, thank you. You mentioned the full dharma container, portions of which are often (always?) neglected. Is that container fully presented in, e.g. the Vine?
Hi Tim, Thanks for your comment and your complex question. Briefly, I'd say few of the central elements of the "traditional training container" that we're strong on that are often neglected are illuminating self-indulgence and self-clinging through how we work with people, studying the received tradition in detail (not just what moderns say about it), and the importance of karma and rebirth. As a mostly online training group, there are elements - like frequent face-to-face meetings (aka, dokusan/sanzen) - that we approximate via Zoom. Other elements, like the full liturgy practice, we do just during in-person sesshin.
Thank you! Really enjoyed this conversation. Then something really funny happened. I shared it on FB but they promptly removed it for ‘not being up to our community standard’ or something like that. Posted it again and requested a review. Following the review they replied that: “yep, we were right, it is spam, and not to our standard…” So they removed it again. 😂😂😂
Now, in the last six months I have posted thousands of acidic posts highly critical of the current political situation all over the world for obvious reasons. (I know I vowed not to do so and to disengage completely but just couldn’t resist, sorry…) Even though those posts were usually full of explicit four letter words aimed at certain political leaders and their activities around the world, none of them were ever removed. Only yours. I wonder what was so offensive to FB’s community standard about your conversation that they removed it twice? I must listen to it again as I am sure I missed something. 😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏
I had no idea. But happy to hear that it isn’t within the range of FB’s standards. I’m just guessing, but maybe Myoun Roshi’s vibe. :-)
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Interesting dialogue, thank you. You mentioned the full dharma container, portions of which are often (always?) neglected. Is that container fully presented in, e.g. the Vine?
Hi Tim, Thanks for your comment and your complex question. Briefly, I'd say few of the central elements of the "traditional training container" that we're strong on that are often neglected are illuminating self-indulgence and self-clinging through how we work with people, studying the received tradition in detail (not just what moderns say about it), and the importance of karma and rebirth. As a mostly online training group, there are elements - like frequent face-to-face meetings (aka, dokusan/sanzen) - that we approximate via Zoom. Other elements, like the full liturgy practice, we do just during in-person sesshin.