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-Caveat Lector- Buddhist Boards 2, The Board That Will Not Die  In This Issue: Spring 2003  •   Creator Kills Creation From Frustration •   Antiwar Buddhists Actually Can Post •   Buddhist Boards 2 •   Engaged Buddhists Slam It Into Gear •   Whither American Buddhism? •   Just Post Here  Creator Kills Creation From Frustration Well it happened again! Bernardo Aragon, erstwhile proprietor of BuddhistBoards.com, turned off the domain name. Nothing there but a 404 Not Found. Another Buddhist bulletin board has collapsed under the burden of trying to monitor the fractious tendencies of the unruly American Buddhist flock. That makes at least three: Tricycle and Zen Forum being the first two. Like the Record Industry Association of American, these three Buddhist bulletin boards reflected a twisted agenda: They hated their best customers! Cyberkarma is quick indeed! Click here for the dead link to buddhistboards.com  Buddhist Boards 2 As The Grateful Dead said, "one man gathers what another man spills," and in this case, it's a woman who welcomes you with open arms to a new homeland for outspoken Buddhist posting. Whether you're new to Buddhism, or think you know it all, or both, you're welcome to air your wildest thoughts at Buddhist Boards 2. All past hatchets will be buried here! Buddhist Boards 2 will not be about anyone's agenda! This is an offering of bandwidth, pure and simple, to create a public forum so the blessings of free speechcan flourish. The forums are barely begun, bare as a baby's butt in most cases, because they are for YOU to begin. There will be NO censorship, and NO fear that anyone will suffer terrible consequences from "divisive speech." If you want a forum created just for you, drop the Administratrix a private message, and she will create it for you. (She is eagerly awaiting requests!) One forum per individual, and create as many threads in there as you like. No one will be banned unless they undertake acts that make the board unusable for others (net-sabotage). Come Visit and See All the Space  Whither American Buddhism? Many people interested in practicing Buddhism wonder whether they should go for traditional nationally-tinged Buddhism as offered by the Tibetans, the Chinese, the Koreans, and other Asian sects. Alternatively, they might look into traditional-lite type sects, of the Surya Das flavor. Or they could become "more traditional than thou," like the Damtsig.org people, aping a tradition with a zeal that shocks the originators. Finally, they might just try to go full-bore intuitional, jettisonning the books and teachings, making a mad dash for the Bodhi tree with their hair on fire. God knows, we've seen it all from our vantage point. But let's get it all down in bits and bytes. Board's open, so c'mon down and tell us where it hurts -- that's what Buddhism's all about, right? Right ... The Thread of A Thousand Replies Starts With A Single Post  Antiwar Buddhists Actually Can Post Buddhists may not know much, since they usually interpret their path to prescribe a sort of radical tune-out of stimulus, but they should know that the Buddha said not to kill. While many Buddhists seemed to forget this after 9/11, eventually, their consciences returned. Some have even turned off Terror-TV, reclaiming their right to think without a siren blaring. So perhaps we can speak here now, significantly, of cabbages and kings. Click Here to Speak of Cabbages and Kings  Engaged Buddhists Slam It Into Gear The paranoia inherent in the concept of "engaged Buddhism" comes from the idea that most Buddhists want to not engage, because that would hinder their achievement of Nirvana. This view, fomented by people who probably would be called "dull-witted" by the Sixth Ch'an Patriarch, makes engaged Buddhists feel like they are doing "something special," taking Buddhism "to the next level." Believe that, and you'll stay in first gear forever. Click here to quite possibly be annoyed  Just Post Here Zen is a simple philosophy. That's why nobody understands it. But at least the Japanese have the decency to admit that they have mostly lost interest in it, rather than pretending that they care. That makes it possible for American students to run Zen centers without competing for jobs with Japanese people. The Japanese know there's more to be made selling cars. But that doesn't bother the Americans, whose parents made and sold lots of cars. (That's what you call "getting beyond it.") But even if you get beyond it, you still want to post. You want to post badly. So just post here. Post, Already This email was sent to you because you left your email lying around somewhere it could be found under circumstances that led me to believe you might be interested in a little Internet tomfoolery. If you were not amused, unsubscribe! If you were amused, dandy! Update your profile or unsubscribe here. Delivered by Topica Email Publisher <A HREF="">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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