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Mindfulness practices are used in a lot of psychological treatment without any credit being given to the Buddhist origins. Is this morally fine, or should there be an effort to teach about the history of a practice before it is used?

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As an avid Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, I noticed the show, especially the air nomads, was very similar to Buddhists. After researching, I found out that the air nomads are based on Tibetan Buddhism. Aang is actually found to be the Avatar through an actual Buddhist practice.

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The reading from week 12 focuses on violence and Buddhism; this reading states, "If human life is empty of any true nature, what is destroyed in a murder?" I read this and was so thought-provoked that I knew I had to post this to Blue Skies and get some thoughts.

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We studied the first two female Buddhists, and my question was, who was the first woman to open a female monastery?

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This just made me laugh because the whole zen goal may look like doing nothing, while achieving zen is known to be very difficult. Even the idea of accepting an award goes against the purpose of Buddhism cause it preaches against materialism and denying things that tie us down.

We learned about Kisagotami, who was one of the first female Buddhists. We learned about her journey to collect mustard seeds from people who had not gone through loss, and she was unable to find even one person. This taught her that loss was a part of life. #DrSethBuddhClass

Found this buddha in the window of a store. #drsethbuddhclass

Just a lovely weiner protecting Penn State #drsethbuddhclass

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So I have a question...
In today's class, we reviewed the image of the wheel, which depicts both a hell and a place where the gods and demigods reside. Is this place on earth? In a different realm? Are the gods able to die, or are they permanent, eternal beings?