PROFESSOR DAVID LANE
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Post by PROFESSOR DAVID LANE on Oct 23, 2015 23:47:11 GMT
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Post by jxssie0628 on Oct 27, 2015 2:42:06 GMT
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~The Two Minute Warning: Jainism and the Practice of Ahimsa
After watching “The Two Minute Warning: Jainism and the Practice of Ahimsa” and reflecting on its main points, I can agree that as a society we are blinded by millions of ways that we use violence and unthinking behavior without even noticing it. They mentioned Michael Tobias and his book “Life force” which he talks about the religion Jainism and their practice of Ahimsa. I really enjoyed the main message of this video which in my words it’s basically is to practice alternative ways in treating every living creature in our planet without violence. It talked about empathy and compassion towards others, but equally important to be mindful and think before hurting anyone.
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Post by wwwc13 on Oct 28, 2015 21:47:02 GMT
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Although I do believe in the principles of Jainism and do believe that the world would be such a better place if we could adhere to this practice, realistically it would be hard for people to truly stop and grasp this concept. We live in such a fast pace life that I believe in order to truly learn and practice Jainism our way of life would have to slow down as well. Many people start their day with a cup of coffee because they need that jolt just to start and face the day. The Pressures of everyday life keep people from living in the now everyone is trying to think and move 3 steps ahead that when something happens like someone cuts you off driving or a bug lands on you, you simply react rather than stop and take the time to truly think of what your actions may bring.
Steban Lopez
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Post by lauragon77 on Oct 29, 2015 2:28:50 GMT
Egotism plays a huge role one violence because most people think that the world revolves around them and have difficulty trying to understand what that other person or animal is feeling when they abuse them either verbally, physically, or mentally. A lot of people have a hard time controlling their emotions. They let their emotions get the best out of them when that certain someone cuts them off or cuts in front of them in a line. We all think that we have the priority that the world has to offer and are unable to share it because we want it all to our self which is where a nasty little thing called greed comes in. Violence has (unfortunately) been accepted to out society and has for many years. Whether it be crulity to animals, domestic violence, child abuse, or simply that uncontrolled rage and in order to stop the violence we must control what we teach the future generation. No matter what children will experience some type of violence throughout their childhood but as parents we must help them and talk to them about how to control such violence urges and how to deal is someone else is trying to harm them. The list goes on. I would love nothing more than to live in a world without violence because other than being able to comfortably sleep at night knowing that there's not some craze killer on the loose, i would enjoy seeing how much more humanity could thrive if we could just join together. I would have thought that religion would bring use together but as history shows, it has been the number one cause to keep us apart.
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Post by adriancast on Oct 29, 2015 22:41:07 GMT
Extra Credit "The Two Minute Warning: Jainism and the Practice of Ahimsa"
I like the views of Jainsim, but I also believe sometimes fear and hurt can be helpful in some situations. For example, the bombs on nagasaki and Hiroshima it took thousands of lives and fear in the Japanese to surrender, and now they're one of our greatest allies. Also, I believe a lot of people do things unknowingly that don't mean to harm people, but that other person may think so. Someone who cuts someone off on the freeway. The person who got cut off could be mad and curse because they believe someone did it on purpose. The driver more than likely just didn't see the other car and accidentally went in front of them, but because that person got cut off, they feel they did it on purpose.
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Post by adriancast on Oct 29, 2015 22:50:30 GMT
Extra Credit Although I do believe in the principles of Jainism and do believe that the world would be such a better place if we could adhere to this practice, realistically it would be hard for people to truly stop and grasp this concept. We live in such a fast pace life that I believe in order to truly learn and practice Jainism our way of life would have to slow down as well. Many people start their day with a cup of coffee because they need that jolt just to start and face the day. The Pressures of everyday life keep people from living in the now everyone is trying to think and move 3 steps ahead that when something happens like someone cuts you off driving or a bug lands on you, you simply react rather than stop and take the time to truly think of what your actions may bring. Steban Lopez My response: Yes, I also believe the world would be a better place if we all practiced Jainism. I also believe we (economic superpowers; who control the world) live in such a fast pace life that the majority of us wouldn’t even take the time to research Jainism nonetheless practice, because at the end of the day, no one cares. Majority of humans are selfish and I believe as long as there are humans on this planet, the world is not going to change and is only going to get worse. |
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Post by DelightfulDirtbag on Oct 30, 2015 2:48:10 GMT
Assuming that we can emphasize with all creatures, both big and small, also assumes that we have transgressed our past to the point where we are allowed to remove ourselves from the food chain and live beyond causing suffering to any living thing with a central nervous system that experiences pain in the way we describe pain. I agree with this, and do feel that currently, according to the existing ease of the world we are able to live in due to technology and agriculture, that we are able to transcend our past predatorily ways. Although, I do feel it is important to understand our past, incase we must revert back to it. If our power grid crashes permanently tomorrow, will you be able to rebuild the screen of which you’re reading this from the ground up, taking into account every aspect it took to get to this point in life? Most likely not, but it is possible. I can give up leather, tacos de pastor, petroleum products, and so on today. Yet, I do not wish to give up the concept I know of hunting and gathering. If you were Tom Hanks in, “Cast Away,” what would you do?
Live in comfort now, but remember how it is to be uncomfortable tomorrow.
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Post by tatiannaalonso on Nov 18, 2015 18:14:38 GMT
After watching this video I felt it all made a lot of sense within reason. We don't come into this world with anger or hate- instead we learn these characteristics, same goes for society when you believe eating animals is good in the sense your getting the needed nutrients for your body; yet we don't make how we treat these animals an issue. We sometimes block out the bad and make up for it by saying it was necessary. With the two minute warning it may make us think more logically for the decision were are going to make. Would we think twice about the places we buy necessities from if we know there's corruption within the company? Maybe it would give us time to actually feel the effects of our decision, the two minute warning may guide us better by being a moral compass. It could benefit you in all by giving you the chance to calm yourself and gain clarity on the situation, we could possibly gain more self control by using the two minute warning because you are literally stopping yourself from your primary action that could be a bad one. The two minute warning has many benefits and I believe I will try the practice myself. -Tatianna Alonso *Tuesdays 3:30-6:40 Class (11/18/2015) 10:14 am |
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