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BELLEVILLE — The majority of the 60 people who attended Belleville Township's annual meeting Tuesday night voted to keep the board's meeting time at 3 p.m. instead of changing to a nighttime meeting.
About 45 voted for the 3 p.m. slot and about 15 voted to have the meetings at 7 p.m.
During an annual township meeting, any registered voter in Belleville is allowed to participate in the meeting by voting on agenda items, not just elected board members, according to the state Township Code.
Residents who lobbied for a time change said the later meeting time is more convenient for those who work, including elected officials, and allow for more participation from the public.
Others supported an earlier meeting time, arguing that a night meeting is not actually convenient for the groups of people the township serves: older and disabled adults. And, it will cost the township more in overtime to staff the meetings after business hours.
Belleville resident Donna McKelvey said Tuesday's meeting was the first township meeting she could attend because it was scheduled for 6 p.m., after her work day.
Melinda Hult, a Belleville alderwoman, said Tuesday's crowd proves that a nighttime meeting is more convenient for the public.
"It's extremely clear people have voted on this issue with their feet," Hult said.
Only about a handful of people, excluding board members and employees, typically attend the regular township meetings at 3 p.m.
Larry Wimpe, a former Belleville Township trustee of 11 years, disagreed.
Changing the meeting time will not make a difference in attendance of monthly meetings, Wimpe said, and Tuesday's meeting was only well attended because of politicians rallying their bases.
"Both sides asked people to be here," Wimpe said of the Belleville Good Government Party and political independents. "That's the only reason they're here. Let's be honest with ourselves."
Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert applauded the great turnout at the meeting, but said the regular township meetings are sparsely attended and does not warrant paying staff overtime.
Eckert said after the meeting: "Does it mean the meeting time should never change? I'm not saying that. But today it's just a handful of people forcing a change. When you think of who the township serves -- the elderly, the handicapped, the broken -- they don't like to be out at night."
Attendees on Tuesday first nominated Ken Kinsella, a Belleville alderman, instead of resident Michael Hagberg, to moderate the meeting.
Then the majority of the group voted on setting a regular meeting time for the year.
Immediately after the vote, Township Clerk Dallas Cook said, "Ladies and gentlemen, politics at its worst."
Cook, an independent, elaborated on his comment after the meeting. He said he was upset the Good Government Party brought a majority of attendees to the meeting just to oppose an issue backed by their political opponents.
For the next year, the board will continue to meet at 3 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Township Hall at 111 W. A St.
In September, about 300 residents attended a township meeting in this special format, that allows residents a verbal vote, leading to the election of Trustee Joe Hubbard to replace the late Paul Klingler.
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The family of a 5-year-old boy injured by a falling tree last month says the youngster is starting to communicate with them.Tristen Wilson has been at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston since the accident on August 9. The 5-year-old and his 3-year-old sister, Anslee, were playing outside a friend's house in Walton County when an old 40-foot tall tree fell on top of them.Tristen suffered a broken back, punctured lung and swelling on his brain. The injuries that night were considered life-threatening.Now, nearly a month later, Tristen's father, Ron Saint, said that the boy can open his eyes, breathe on his own and is beginning to respond to family members by nodding."He loves for people to hold his hand," Saint said. "He can actually give you a thumbs up if you ask for it."On Tuesday, surgeons at Egleston will try to reconstruct Tristen's skull. "I'm not as frightened by this one, because it's not actual brain surgery, it's putting a bone back together," Saint said. "And I would love to see his head look like little Tristen's again instead of like it does now." The surgery will go a long way in determining when Tristen can leave the hospital and begin rehab. His father knows he has a long way to go and doctors are not offering any long-term prognosis, but Saint believes the same thing that saved his son three weeks ago will continue to guide him going forward."Just prayers - -they're great. We read them all night long when we can't sleep. They're wonderful. They keep smiles and they really keep our spirits up, so I don't want the prayers to stop. Come on with them," Saint said.The family has set up a website for donations for medical expenses. Click here for more info: teammightyt.wix.com/tristenThousands of people are following Tristen's story on their Facebook page. Click here to visit it.
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PASCO, Wash. -One of the most recognizable buildings in the Tri-Cities came crashing down Monday.
A bulldozer moved in on the Chevrolet Dome at the Pasco Autoplex.
The dome was built in 1977, and Bill McCurley purchased the dealership in 1981. McCurley sat behind the wheel of the bulldozer and took the first hits at the structure. He then stood by and watched the dome reduced to a pile of dust and debris.
"This is a piece of the dome," McCurley said, holding up a foot-long chunk of the skylight. "We're taking home souvenirs, take some pictures, something to remember it by."
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In Peoria City Council, seats are up for grabs.
In District 1, incumbent Clyde Gulley is running for township supervisor, leaving his seat open. Those seeking the seat are Denise Moore, Randall Emert Senior and at-large councilman Gary Sandberg.
In district 2, former at-large city councilman Chuck Grayeb will run against incumbent Barbara Van Auken.
Chad Grimm will run against 3rd district incumbent Tim Riggenbach.
John Kunski and Jim Montelongl will run for the 4th district to replace Bill Spears.
In the 5th district, Dan Adler, Casey Johnson and Patti Smith will face incumbent Dan Irving.
In the city of Bloomington, Mayor Steve Stockton has announced he will step down. Those seeking to fill his shoes are Tari Renner, Lex Green, and John Hanson.
For council, in ward 1, Kevin Lower will face incumbent Bernie Anderson.
In ward 3, Lane Hansen will face incumbent Mboka Mwilambwe.
In ward 5, Matthew Koetters will run against incumbent Jennifer McDade.
Running for the ward 7 seat is Scott Black, Ryan Fiala, and Bernie Uszcienski.
In Normal, the Mayor's seat and three council trustee seats are up for re-election. Incumbent Mayor Chris Koos will face challengers Victor Connor and JeVaughn Martin.
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Date of News Release: 11/15/2007
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) - The Thanksgiving holiday always means increased traffic on roads and highways throughout the Commonwealth. As a result, the Kentucky State Police will be boosting its road patrols and operating safety checkpoints statewide beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21 and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25. Troopers will coordinate enforcement activities with local police and sheriff's offices and use radar and laser equipment as well as passive alcohol sensors to assist their efforts.
As part of its increased activities, KSP will also be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort). This nationwide program works to reduce crashes on interstate highways and parkways by concentrating on the three key causes of traffic fatalities: speeding, impaired driving and failure to use occupant restraints.
"The Thanksgiving holiday period is one of the busiest highway travel times," says Kentucky State Police Commissioner Jack Adams. "Many Kentuckians will be traveling within the state and many more out-of-state visitors will be travelling to or through the Commonwealth. This increased activity has the potential to produce added risks."
During the four-day 2006 Thanksgiving holiday period, 15 people died in motor vehicle crashes on Kentucky roadways. Of the 15 fatalities, 13 of the victims were not using seat belts.
"Through Nov. 14, Kentucky has recorded 751 highway fatalities in 2007," notes Adams. "These needless deaths are tragic and I urge all motorists to protect themselves and their fellow travelers by following these safe driving tips."
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2011: Finished the Mook 4 Invitational in 20:42 (9/17) ... Finished the Northwestern State Invitational in 29:58 (10/3).
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High School:Graduated from Lancaster High School in 2010 ... Lettered in track and field ... Won a pair of state titles in the 4x200m relay her junior and senior seasons ... Finished second at state in the 400m ... Coached by Beverly Humphrey ... Also ran track on the Dallas Gold track club team where she was coached by Michael Hart.
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Not everyone can say they like going to work, but many of the people who work for the companies and organizations mentioned in this section do. Presenting the Lehigh Valley's Top Workplaces, listing the companies that scored the highest on confidential surveys of their employees.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - An elderly man was trapped in his car for over an hour and a half Monday evening after his vehicle slid down an embankment west of Spokane.
Rescue crews first got the call of a car half over an embankment just after 6:30 Monday evening from a jogger who just happened to be in the area.
It happened near Assembly and Thorpe in a fairly remote area that is usually used by hikers.
Spokane County Sheriffs deputies were first on scene and quickly pulled the man out of the car that had become high centered.
Crews from Fire District 10 arrived a short time later to treat the man who is in his 70's.
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Recorded live at Passion 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, this highly-anticipated Passion album features sixsteps artists Chris Tomlin, Crowder, Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill and special guest performances. Focused on the collegiate age group - yet spilling over to people of all ages - Passion exists to unite students for spiritual awakening in this generation.
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A teen critically injured in a fall at Stone Mountain two weeks ago talked to FOX 5 about the scary ordeal.Jason Landress, 18, fell down a steep culvert while hiking at Stone Mountain. His friend, Sean Garber, also fell after trying to grab Jason."It was really wet or something right there and then I slipped. And I just kept going and going and going and I couldn't stop," said Landress. "I was scared. I was trying to stop, but couldn't."
Firefighters used ropes to pull the boys to safety.Landress' suffered a broken jaw,several shattered teeth, and numerous cuts that required stitches. His jaw has been wired shut.Garber suffered a broken ankle in the fall.Landress and the youth pastor who was leading the hike both say there were no warning signs that day."Or any signs telling us not to go over there or any fences -- there was nothing. There was already a trail, we just walked through it," Landress said.Landress expects to get the wires from his jaw removed in the next five weeks. A dentist has offered to fix his four shattered teeth at no cost after seeing the story on FOX 5.
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Julien Viet leads product development of eXo Platform's flagship eXo Portal product on which the entire eXo product line is based. In June 2009, eXo Portal was merged with JBoss Portal to create GateIn, which Julien now co-leads. In this role, he is deeply involved in GateIn's technical vision and plays a key role in product development and advanced R&D architecture prototyping.
Prior to eXo, Julien was an engineer at JBoss, where he founded the JBoss Portal project in 2004. In four years, Julien built an enterprise-class portal server with a team of only five developers. He started contributing to the JBoss project (application server) in 2002 and joined JBoss, Inc. two years later.
Julien is passionate about open source and active in standards groups. Julien is also an expert group member for several Java specifications, including Portlet 2.0 (JSR-286), Content Repository for Java Technology API 2.0 (JSR-283) and Portlet Bridge for JavaServer Faces (JSR-301). Julien holds an engineering degree from Institut National des Télécommunications, one of France's top schools for engineering.
Open Source Involvement
I like Open Source Software and am/was a contributor of several projects
- CRaSH: The shell for the Java Platform.
- GateIn: Technical lead working mainly on the portal, portlet container.
- Reflext: A framework abstracting the various Java reflection API.
- Wikbook: A set of tools for producing Docbook documentation from wiki files and Java source code.
- JBoss Portal: Project founder and leader until August 2008.
- JBoss Application Server: Contributions to the project around 2002, mainly JMX and JNDI.
- Cargo: Minor patches (shared classpath feature).
- Spaz: Minor contributions to Spaz a nice Twitter client (URL rewriting feature, marked-as-read feature, dock icon badging).
Java Involvement
One of the JUG leader of the Mars JUG
I spoke at the following conferences
- Devoxx France 2013 : CRaSH tools in action
- Devoxx World 2012 : CRaSH tools in action
- Devoxx France 2012 : quickie on CRaSH
- Advanced JCR Persistence in the GateIn Portal Framework at JUDCon in October 2010
- What's new and cool in Portlet 2.0 at JavaZone in September 2008
- What's new and cool in Portlet 2.0 at WebExpo Bern in March 2008
- Portlet Best Practices at Javaone in 2006
- JBoss Portal talk Javapolis in 2005
- JBoss World: I have been several times speaker at JBoss World
Much respect and admiration to
- Laurent Garnier
- Dierk "Chaos" Ohlerich
- Anis Cheurfa
- Marc Fleury
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I purchased what was tagged as a "Cherry Tree". I was pleasantly surprised to find I had a Red Dog Wood growing!
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NORTH WEBSTER — Police in northern Indiana say one man was killed and another wounded in a shooting during a domestic dispute.
The shooting happened Wednesday night at a home near the Kosciusko County town of North Webster.
Sheriff's Sgt. Chad Hill tells WANE-TV and WNDU-TV that arriving officers found a woman outside the home. She wasn't hurt and was taken into custody.
The county coroner says the man who died suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The wounded man was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Investigators didn't immediately release details of the circumstances of the shooting about midway between South Bend and Fort Wayne.
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Protein Supplement is a good boost to a day at Diablo. Start up 5.7 slab with 1 or 2 gear pieces (or solo); you can also clip the 1st bolt of Sunbaked which won't entirely protect you all the way to the next bolt. Then straight up a near-vertical crux to the left end of a big ledge. Continue up another steeper section to the anchor. Some people like to put in another piece of gear after the big ledge. Most confident 5.10 climbers will be happy with only quickdraws on this climb (i.e., bringing no trad gear), but leaders near their limit may want a light rack.
On the far right side of Winter Wall, the columns are oriented such that they diagonal downward to the right. This is the left of the two climbs in this area.
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This thread is a show lol.
You know what y'all are right. I'll admit it. From now on I will be sure and not to offend any of you. Can you make the same promise? Ha ha see ya this weekend as we are playing GSU on Sunday. Enjoy the rest of your week
After sifting through this smushsmortion of a thread one thing has come to light. Thank God that Doc Nix and the Green Machine represent our school. I am very proud that they are a Mason band and portray to the world a positive image that reflects well on us.
I find it comforting that Doc Nix would never bother joining a message board in the first place, let alone busy himself with long manifestos on other schools boards about how "awesome he and his band is". I take comfort in the fact knowing that he is far too busy traveling the world and writing music, and carrying on his studies in his field and in doing so representing Mason in a positive light. I find it comforting that he enjoys letting the world and public make their own good opinion toward us because of the way he carries himself and the way he leads the band. He doesnt need to write these things out on a message board for attention. He doesnt need to issue apologies for dumb things he did or take his shirt off or throw things or be an attention whore as a grown man because he understands its about the band and not him. He doesnt need to talk trash about a basketball game, because at the end of the day it is just that...a game. Life will go on.
I also find it comforting that this issue of the band leading a student section in a profanity laced song wouldnt happen here, well because it would have never made it to their music stands. It doesnt take much of a brain to figure out what would happen next. I appreciate all the members of the GM and all the effort that they put in to make the band what it is.
To each his own, but I am glad to have who we have leading the way.
I salute you Doc Nix and you the Green Machine. I love you and keep rocking out the way only you guys do.
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I think this thread is ready for the lock at this point.
For note I was at the game FMrick was kicked. The guy hit him right in the arm which was in a sling. The guy continued to try to start something(could have very well had too much to drink) so Fmrick called for security. Security kicked him out for basically bugging them. So much for security doing its job huh lol?


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Two-and-a-half years ago, Shlomi Atar and Gilad Avidan traveled all the way from Israel to participate in TechStars Seattle and fix the problem of instant online publishing. Fast forward to today, and the Smore founders have made some impressive progress. Smore has raised a $1.7 million seed round led by Seattle-based Founder's Co-op, with participation from Greylock Israel and… Read More
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Funding opportunities
Creating stem cells for treatment of neurological disease: a novel microRNA-based method for safe, efficient induction of pluripotence in patient-specific cells
Funding Type:
New Cell Lines
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Funds requested:
$1 706 171
Funding Recommendations:
Not recommended
Grant approved:
Public Abstract:
Replacement of degenerated tissues by stem cells is a dream shared by victims of incurable disease, their families, and the scientists who devote their careers to advancing medical research. One of the greatest challenges for developing stem cell replacement therapies is to develop stem cell lines that won't be rejected by the patient's own immune system. The best solution for this problem would be to turn the patient's own cells- skin cells or bone marrow cells, for example- into a more useful cell type that can be used to repair other tissues such as brain, heart, or pancreas. There have been recent advances in several laboratories around the world that indicate that this will be possible. In several laboratories, skin cells have been "reprogrammed" so that they become more like the stem cells that can be turned into many different kinds of tissues. The successful strategy to convert skin cells to stem cells is based on a scientific technique called "phenocopying," in which the molecular composition (proteins, DNA, RNA) of one cell type is changed in specific ways that make it more similar to another cell type. The application of this approach so far has been through genetically engineering the skin cells so that they make a different set of "transcription factors", which are proteins that turn on the production of many other proteins. The transcription factors selected by the researchers come from a list of such proteins that are abundant in human embryonic stem cells. This list was generated in large part by work of our laboratory and our collaborators, and we have far more information about pluripotent cells than is currently available in the scientific literature. Analysis of our database of more than 500 samples of human embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, and non-stem cells (like skin cells) has given us insight into the inner workings of pluripotent cells. We have discovered that pluripotent cells are unique not only in their transcription factors, but also in other types of molecules that are termed "regulatory molecules" because they control the production of many other molecules. In our search for the ideal way to phenocopy pluripotent cells, we have decided that using a higher level regulatory molecule would be more powerful than using transcription factors. The molecules we decided to use are microRNAs, which are recently discovered small molecules within cells that are powerful regulators of other molecules, including transcription factors. Based on our discovery of a unique set of microRNAs that are characteristic of human ES cells, we propose to reprogram skin cells (and other non-pluripotent cells) by phenocopying the microRNA profile of pluripotent cells. Since these molecules are small, we do not necessarily need to use viruses to introduce them, and we will not require any cancer-causing genes. Thus our approach may make this method safer for patients receiving transplants.
Statement of Benefit to California:
California has a large and diverse population that poses challenges for the future of medical care. A major goal for California's supporters of stem cell research is development of stem cell-based products that have broad medical use. Stem cells have the potential to improve the health of all Californians, but they are especially important for research and development of treatments for diseases that have no cure. Neurological diseases are especially difficult to treat with classical medicines, and these diseases are increasing in prevalence. This proposed project is designed to convert an individual's skin or bone marrow cells into stem cells. It focuses on three neurological diseases that affect a wide range of people of all ages and ethnicities, and are increasing in the California population: autism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Autism is a severe developmental disorder that is becoming more prevalent in California, affecting 10-12 people in 10,000. There is very little known about the causes of autism, although there is evidence for genetic predisposition, and there is no effective treatment. Stem cells will help researchers understand the causes of autism, and guide development of treatments. ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease is a progressive degenerative disease of nerve cells that control muscles. For most of the cases there is no known cause, but the some cases appear to be inherited. There is no treatment available for ALS, and life expectancy after onset can be as little as 2- 5 years. Stem cells can be used to screen promising drugs, and for cell therapy to reverse the degeneration. AD is another neurological disease that is increasing exponentially. AD is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting more than half a million Californians. The number of AD cases is expected to triple by 2050, and it is no longer just a disease of the aged. There is a growing number of cases of early-onset AD (occurring before the age of 65). AD, like autism and ALS, is untreatable with conventional drugs. Stem cells can be used to test potential AD drugs, and to deliver supportive molecules to the brain. Development of treatments for these incurable diseases will increase the quality of life for all Californians.
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Executive Summary This is a proposal to generate induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines using a novel derivation technique. The goal is to alter gene expression profiles and epigenetic states of human fibroblasts by manipulating the expression of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-specific microRNAs. The proposal has three specific aims. The first is to identify pluripotency-associated microRNAs. The second aim is to test microRNA-mediated induction of pluripotency. The third is to analyze the reprogrammed cells for characteristics of hESCs. It is hypothesized that manipulation of the microRNAs will result in changes at the transcriptional level in differentiated cells, possibly reprogramming the cells toward pluripotency. The research proposed in this application is as exciting and innovative as it is speculative. Understanding the role of microRNAs during reprogramming is important, and generating iPS cells from diseased differentiated cells using microRNAs could be significant. Since microRNAs are small, it might be possible to deliver them to cells without the use of viral vectors, which would be significant. However, the proposed microRNA approach has not been successfully accomplished even in normal fibroblasts. Important proof of concept studies are missing from the proposal, so reviewers questioned the feasibility of the work. Specific concerns raised by the reviewers included the fact that it is not known how many microRNAs (of the hundreds identified as upregulated in hESC) would be needed to achieve reprogramming, nor at what concentrations they are needed. The applicant claims to have identified a microRNA seed sequence that "dominates in the hESC-upregulated group" of microRNAs, but does not provide enough information for the reviewers to determine whether this will aid in accomplishing the goals of this proposal or narrow down the microRNAs that will be investigated. In addition, the applicant proposes to use lentiviruses to introduce the microRNAs, with all the known problems of a viral delivery system. Although s/he does discuss the possibility of using episomal, non-integrating delivery, there is no evidence that this would lead to sufficiently high expression levels. Also, microRNAs are not very specific and can affect multiple targets, so this approach could have complex effects. These issues of feasibility were not addressed by the preliminary data. Finally, the reprogramming of diseased cells is not even presented on the three year timeline, so it is unclear that disease-specific cell lines would be produced under this grant. The personnel and the principal investigator are highly qualified, and have significant experience with microRNA research. Although overall reviewers found this to be an exciting and innovative proposal, the issues of feasibility and thus potential failure to produce any new cell lines made the work unfundable under this RFA. Reviewer Synopsis This proposal is the fourth grant in my pile targeting induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. This application targets the molecular basis of reprogramming somatic cells into ES-like pluripotent cells. The authors' goal is to alter gene expression and epigenetic state by overexpression of "hESC-specific" microRNAs along with repression of "fibroblast-specific" microRNAs in human fibroblast cells, and thereby generating an iPS cell line with a novel derivation technique. It is hypothesized that such manipulation will result in changes at the transcriptional level in differentiated cells, possibly reprogramming the cell toward pluripotency. Reviewer One Comments Significance: The use of miRNAs to create iPSC from diseased differentiated cells would be very useful, however, this approach has not been successfully accomplished even in normal fibroblasts. While it would be useful to understand the role of miRNAs in hESCs, as a technique to create new cells lines there are currently no clear advantages over using the current transcription factor-based approach. Feasibility: The proposal to alter miRNA expression to reprogram cells has some advantages over the current transcription factor-based approach. For example, altering a single miRNA could potentially alter the expression of 100-1000s of genes. There are also a number of disadvantages to this approach. 1. Unlike the current approach that uses 4, or fewer, transcription factors to reprogram cells it is unknown how many miRNAs would be needed to obtain reprogramming. The PI states that they have identified 250 miRNAs that are "tightly regulated" in hESCs. There is no discussion on how they will choose which of these they will work with. It is currently not possible to alter expression of all 250 in a single cell (nor would you want to). 2. The applicant claims to have identified a miRNA seed sequence that "dominates in the hESC upregulated group" of miRNAs, but does not describe the sequence or how it was identified. There is also no information regarding whether this seed sequence belongs to a single miRNA or a large family. Lacking this information it is impossible to determine if the identification of a putative seed sequence will aid in accomplishing the goals of this proposal or narrow down the miRNAs that will be investigated. 3. The delivery systems that will be used are very similar to the ones currently used for creating iPSC using transcription factors. It is clear that there are huge disadvantages to using viral/integration-based approaches. The PI has also proposed to use transient overexpression but as pointed out in the proposal there are some major drawbacks using this approach. This proposal suffers from a lack of focus. The general idea, to alter expression of miRNAs to aid in the reprogramming of cells, is potentially interesting from the standpoint of miRNA biology but not as a mechanism to create new cells lines. Using miRNAs to reprogram cells has all the drawbacks of the transcription factor approach with additional disadvantages (see above). For the development of new iPS and hES cell lines it is currently not clear why miRNAs should be pursued. Responsiveness to RFA: The successful completion of the aims of this project will yield iPS lines from fibroblast and foreskin. These cell lines are not really "new", only the way that they will be derived is novel. The PI also would like to create iPS cell lines from patients with autism, ALS and Alzheimer's disease. However, it is very unclear if this will be feasible since the approach that is proposed has not been successfully demonstrated in normal fibroblasts (the reprogramming of diseased cells is not even on their three year outline). Reviewer Two Comments Significance: Significance and Innovation: Research conducted by this group and others has identified a unique set of micro RNA sequences that are selectively expressed in pluripotent stem cells, and additional micro RNA sequences that are specifically expressed in differentiated cells. The author suggests that they can use the micro RNAs to reprogram somatic cells in a manner similar to that described for iPS lines. The advantage of the micro RNA approach is that the micro RNAs might regulate the expression of a large number of genes including the transcription factors that are normally over-expressed to induce iPS lines. Another advantage could be that since they are small (19-25 nt) it might be possible to deliver them to cells without the use of viral vectors. Additionally if they could be expressed for sufficiently long periods, they might be able to reprogram cells without integrating genetic sequences. The authors propose to identify those micro RNAs enriched in pluripotent cell lines, reintroduce them into somatic cells using a variety of techniques, some integrating for testing purposes and others designed to be more transient, and then score for iPS generation by morphology, gene expression profiling and biological assays. The project is highly innovative. Feasibility: Design and Feasibility of the Research Plan: The PI has significant experience with micro RNA research. The team has apparently identified approximately 250 micro RNA (out of 800 total) that seem to be over-expressed in pluripotent cell lines. Because of the small size they should be relatively easy to introduce into somatic cells. Important proof of concept studies are still missing. The authors need to demonstrate that they can reprogram cells by this technology even if it is with integrating vectors. Even data with one iPS line would encourage considerable support for the application. The authors plan for screening for pluripotency is presented and is probably adequate. It is mentioned, but there is little in the application concerning the generation of specific cell lines from diseased individuals or how these would be used and nothing about moving the technology to a cGMP level. All of these decrease enthusiasm for the project. PI and Personnel: The Pi is Jeanne Loring, Professor and director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine, Scripps Inst. She got her Ph.D. in 1979 from the Univ Oregon, Eugene in developmental biology. She was in different High level scientific positions with biotechnology companies including Gen Pharm, Molecular Dynamics, Incyte. She was Chief Scientific officer and founder for ARG genomics, now Novovell. She was Co-director of the stem cell center Burnham Inst, La Jolla, CA prior to her present position. She is highly qualified. Additional personnel are also highly qualified. Overall Evaluation: The research proposed in this application is as exciting and innovative as it is speculative. Positive results on iPS generation by the techniques they propose would significantly improve the application. Responsiveness to RFA: Adequate Reviewer Three Comments Significance: This proposal is highly innovative, but raises some significant concerns, as detailed below. Feasibility: This proposal has three specific aims. The first is to identify pluripotence-associated microRNAs. The second aim is to test microRNA mediated induction of pluripotence. The third is to analyze the reprogrammed cells for characteristics of human ES cells. Dr. Loring has a good track record of productivity. It is not altogether clear that these aims are feasible, particularly given that it has not been accomplished in normal fibroblasts, much less diseased fibroblasts. This approach also lacks the simplicity of the transcription factor approach, requiring the manipulation of as yet unknown numbers of microRNAs. Dr. Loring is an expert in microRNA research, and her track record of publications is good. The facilities at Scripps Research Institute are an excellent setting for the studies proposed in this grant application. This proposal includes a collaboration, with Dr. Philip Schwartz (Children's Hospital of Orange Country), who will provide a neural precursor cell line derived from the postmortem brain of a severely autistic child as well as fibroblasts and/or mesenchymal stem cells from other autism patients. Responsiveness to RFA: Given that the proposed iPS lines have not been characterized, it is impossible to ascertain whether they will have the ability to differentiate into all three germ layers. Plans for sharing cell lines and training the recipients is adequate.


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Violence between Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists in western Burma has resulted in 62 deaths so far, a government official says. Mobs from both groups have attacked, beaten, and killed others, and set homes on fire.
My impression is that desperately poor Rohingya Muslims, who are considered to be illegal refugees from Bangladesh (even if they were born in Burma) have gotten the worst of it. There is no question many Burmese genuinely despise the Rohingyas.
I condemn this violence and am disappointed that this has happened in Burma. Burma has been such an inspiration in the past. But this brings us back to a larger discussion of the relationship between Buddhism and violence.
At Wildmind, Bodhipaksa offers some valuable comments on what it is to "be" a Buddhist who commits violence. As he says, there is no justification for violence in Buddhist scriptures or teaching. He continues,
There is no Buddhist doctrine of "just war" or even of "righteous anger." The Buddha condemned all forms of violence, and famously said that even if bandits were sawing you limb from limb, you should have compassion for your torturers.
However, that hasn't stopped others from claiming that the violence in Burma proves that Buddhism teaches violence. Bodhipaksa describes a comment thread in which people blamed Buddhism for the violence:
The original thread I was commenting on was started by an atheist, and she had a number of atheist followers who chimed in, citing the violence as evidence that Buddhism is a bad thing ("full of shit") was one phrase used. I had a feeling that there was a generalized disdain of religion which was being uncritically extended to Buddhism.
We've run into this before from logic-challenged critics of Buddhism such as Michael Jerryson. There is a knee-jerk assumption that if an individual or group self-identified as Buddhist commits an act of violence, Buddhism must be the cause. This is unvarnished bigotry, of course. Since Buddhism unequivocally condemns hatred and violence, blaming Buddhism for violence makes no more sense than blaming any other attribute one could assign to the perpetrators, such as race or ethnicity.
Sometimes people self-identified as Buddhist do violent things. When this happens, does it mean these individuals would never have been violent if they hadn't been exposed to Buddhism? Or does it mean Buddhist teachings just didn't sink in?
In southern Thailand Buddhist laypeople and monks are sometimes attacked and slaughtered by Muslim extremists. Some Buddhist laypeople have formed anti-Muslim militias, and even monks arm themselves sometimes for self-protection. Does this mean that if none of these people were Buddhist, it would never in a million years occur to them to form militias or carry arms in response to very real threats? That makes no sense, but some people (ahem) seem to think that's the case.
You can extend this same reasoning to religion in general. Certainly, there are religions that condone violence in some circumstances. And very often influential religious institutions are headed by people who co-opt religion for their own purposes, and use violence and oppression as a means to consolidate power. History also provides examples of sociopathic leaders who used religion to manipulate their followers. Is this the fault of religion, or sociopathy? And if religion is removed, would not nationalism or racism or any fervently held ideology serve the same purpose, just as well?
The infamous Spanish Inquisition was, arguably, more about maintaining the power of the Spanish monarchy than purifying the Spanish church. And we've probably all met people for whom a religion is more of their tribal identity than anything they practice or believe.
The point is that "religion" does not exist in a vacuum, but is something woven into and conditioned by culture and psychology. Sometimes it's a cause; sometimes it's an excuse; sometimes it is a supporting factor; sometimes it's no more related to a situation than the size of the perpetrators' shoes.
Logically, the only time one can clearly know that X religion caused Y violence is if you can demonstrate that Y would never have happened if you remove X. If Y would have happened anyway, because of racial or national prejudice or because people are in fear for their lives, then you can't say X caused Y. You can only say X failed to prevent Y. And there could be ten thousand different reasons why X failed.
In the case of Buddhism, I would look first to see if Buddhist institutions in western Burma are doing a proper job of teaching. That I do not know.
Bodhipaksa continues,
But in what way does it make sense to criticize Buddhism itself because of the behavior of people who call themselves Buddhists? If Buddhism (i.e. the Buddha's teachings) said "violence is wrong unless..." then, sure, I'd accept the premise that Buddhism is full of shit. But it doesn't. The Buddha was completely uncompromising on the question of violence. When people are violent they're not following the Buddha's teachings.
Why is that so hard to understand?
- June 21, 2012 at 3:40 pm(1) CL says:
I think as a point of discussion, we might want to look at the Nirvana Sutra (the late one) on this subject:
"Although all kings, ministers, rich lay men [grhapati] and upasakas may possess the sword and staff for protecting Dharma, I call this upholding the precepts. You may possess the sword and staff, but do not take life. If things are thus, we call this first-hand upholding of the precepts."
"first-hand upholding of the precepts"- I guess this is basically defending the front lines for the dharma, or defending the sangha from the inevitably violent future. So as an almost immeasurable number of "Maras" would descend upon the upholder of the dharma, so too would they come to attack the very lands where the dharma spreads.
- June 21, 2012 at 4:51 pm(2) CL says:
However, I don't think it justifies "violence" where 'violence' means uncontrolled rage or untamed mind or abuse of power…etc…
- June 21, 2012 at 8:23 pm(3) David says:
There just is no getting away from the fact that Buddhists are homo sapiens, not gods. They mess up at times. There is also no getting away from the fact that religious labels are used loosely in this world, and are often more about ethnic/cultural identity issues than religious ones. Anyone can say they are Buddhist because their family history is Buddhist, then pick up a gun. It all bears no reflection on Buddhism itself. It's just the messiness of life in this world.
- June 21, 2012 at 8:28 pm(4) Manu Cher'no Salahudin says:
First let me say that it is human to err and it is said divine to forgive.
I don't have a religion but I have been strongly influenced by religions.
It is also said That the first law of nature is self preservation.
I know that most religions do make war even while they teach about peace. Buddhism in my studies was not a religion but a philosophy of science. A person can choose any religion or choose to be a Buddhist. That doe not stop them from being human beings first and foremost.
You cut your finger or stub your toe it hurts. That is human unless you belong to a mystic cult of sme kind,and I don't know to much about that,people who can walk on hot coals and don't feel the heat.
What I am saying is that a human or animal all can feel pain.Just because you choose a religion does not make a person immune to pain
or sickness or hurt.That is what I think. I don't think a person can get their are caught in a machine and not feel pain,but on the other hand it has been said some Buddhist can set their body on fire and not cry out a whimper.. I think that Buddhist don't want violence because of the mind fullness of the teaching but being human Buddhist or not something sooner or later will give. I will say this I don't want violence but push come to shove I will shove back at some place of my breaking point. I do not believe that this man they called Jesus did it either.. It is a pill I can't swallow. There is reality and actuality. I don't know,but that is what I say.. Thank you. Morabeza to you.
- June 21, 2012 at 9:43 pm(5) Mark Rogow says:
"Describing the karmic retribution that such people must receive, the Great Collection Sutra states: [The Buddha asked], If there should be a person who draws blood from the bodies of a thousand, ten thousand, or a million Buddhas, in your thinking, how is it? Will he have committed a grave offense or not? The great king Brahma replied: If a person causes the body of even a single Buddha to bleed, he will have committed an offense so serious that he will fall into the hell of incessant suffering. His offense will be unfathomably grave, and he will have to remain in the great Avichi hell for so many kalpas that their number cannot be calculated even by means of counting sticks. Graver still is the offense a person would commit by causing the bodies of ten thousand or a million Buddhas to bleed. No one could possibly explain in full either that persons offense or its karmic retributionno one, that is, except the Thus Come One himself. The Buddha said, Great King Brahma, suppose there should be a person who, for my sake, takes the tonsure and wears a surplice. Even though he has not at any time
received the precepts and therefore observes none, if someone harasses him, abuses him, or strikes him with a staff, then that persecutors offense will be even graver than that [of injuring ten thousand or a million Buddhas]. — Nichiren Daishonin
Nichiren might conclude, in light of the teachings on rebirth found in the Lotus Sutra and other Sutras, that Muslims are receiving karmic retribution for killing ten million peaceful Buddhists in a past existence, for example, during the Middle Ages. He might also conclude that provisional Buddhism has no power to emancipate the people.
- June 22, 2012 at 7:09 am(6) Barbara O'Brien says:
Mark — I object strongly to what you have written here. First, the Buddha clearly taught that karma is not fate, and that past karma is mitigated by current actions.There is no punishment that one "must" receive because of karma. He was also clear that karma is not a cosmic criminal justice system that doles out retribution. Further, the Buddha warned us not to speculate about the karmic seeds causing current events, because it's not something we can know, and the causes of current effects going back through time are infinitely complex. The correct response to the slaughter of Muslims is not "well, they must have deserved it" but boundless compassion. Anything else is akusala, unskillful.
I also have no idea what you (or Nichiren) might have meant by "provisional" Buddhism, but please be advised that people of many Buddhist traditions comment here, and I insist that no one play "my tradition is better than yours" games. If you can't respect other traditions as being equally valid to your own, please go away.
- June 21, 2012 at 11:14 pm(7) CL says:
"Might" is a mighty strong word, Mark, but the Buddha said none of those things.
- June 22, 2012 at 4:56 am(8) Tissa/ Sri Lanka says:
There is an organised global plan to eliminate Muslims by using various means. Today they are being killed like flies all over the world. These killers syndicate is fanatical and very rich.Recently they bought over some Sri Lankans to create problems for Muslims but it did not go far. In Sri Lanka too there are some Mulim groups trying to create problems for Muslims by preaching some extreme forms of Islam. Buddhists in Burma and Thailand are being made use of by some elements to get Muslims killed and Buddhism disgraced.
- June 22, 2012 at 7:50 am(9) Michael says:
Religious affiliation is used in many places to define ethnic or tribal groups. In N. Ireland for example, the recent conflict was often described as between Catholics and Protestants. Actually few of the people doing the actual fighting ever crossed the door of any church. The fight was between one tribe of native Irish descent ("Catholics") and another of Scottish descent ("Protestants") – religion has very little to do with it in reality. What is happening in Burma is an ethnic conflict that also has little to do with religion either. Both religions are supposed to be religions of peace.
- June 22, 2012 at 10:06 am(10) Mila says:
ok so heres the Tibetan perspective, as I understand it:
The root cause of all violence is the conceptual/perceptual violence of tearing apart subject from object, self from other. It is this that then allows us to perceive others as the source of our problems; and imagine that changing the behavior of or eliminating others is the best way to relieve our suffering and create the happiness that we (legitimately) yearn for.
Healing this primordial wound (the subject/object split) happens only via the direct realization of emptiness/dependent-origination, which — for most people — is possible only through meditation practice of some sort. Once this split has been healed, our actions will naturally, spontaneously be skillful — whether they are perceived/experienced as peaceful or as wrathful.
- June 22, 2012 at 10:54 am(11) Dan says:
I'm not sure the criticisms are very clearly thought through but on the whole they fall somewhere between the it-caused-it and the it-failed-to-stop-it but because, at least in the West, Buddhism paints itself as a particularly pacific religion, when Buddhists get involved in murderously racist violence (and that's what this is), it's fair enough to point this out. The pointing out is not always done in the nicest of ways but if you're going to make claims about a practice, you can't be upset when those claims fall down.
And let's not forget that this is hardly an isolated incident; the Thai government – despite wearing its Buddhist colours as proudly as it can – regularly commits massive human rights abuses not only against its own people but also against the Rohingya. There are well documented cases of large numbers of Rohingyan refugees being badly beaten by the Thai army before being put in boats which were towed out to the middle of the ocean and set adrift. Without food or water.
So while people say 'The Buddha was completely uncompromising on the question of violence' (which possibly stretches the truth to breaking point), it ought to be accepted that violence, including murder, is in no short supply in Buddhist countries – really, it's not. I live in one and I've seen it – from the state and from individuals – for over a decade. Of course, to someone sitting his or her zafu in San Francisco, the teeming millions of Asians with their strange ways may not look like Buddhists but I'd hesitate before making that judgement.
Frankly, there's always a really absurd amount of preciousness around these blogs when this kind of thing happens. Buddhists do bad shit. That's no surprise because people do shit. This doesn't mean that Buddhism is shit but rather than scrabble around for excuses and defenses, it's best to admit the obvious and leave it at that.
- June 22, 2012 at 10:57 am(12) Dan says:
"Logically, the only time one can clearly know that X religion caused Y violence is if you can demonstrate that Y would never have happened if you remove X."
Events can have more than one cause and in fact they almost always do in the social sciences but that doesn't prevent us talking about causes. And a problem with these types of statements is that they only ever run in one direction – when someone says, "Buddhism (or Christianity or Diet Pepsi or a new boyfriend) changed my life", do you say "Nonsense. That can only be true if you conclusively demonstrate that your life-changing experience would never have happened had you not found Buddhism/Christianity/Diet Pepsi/a new boyfriend"? And while it's natural to exhibit a bias for an in-group (I could be wrong but that's what this looks like), you should remember that that's exactly what critics of religion complain of.
"In southern Thailand Buddhist laypeople and monks are sometimes attacked and slaughtered by Muslim extremists. "
As an aside, I hope you're aware that in the deep south, Muslims are killed in much greater numbers than are Buddhists. Just so you know.
- June 22, 2012 at 12:09 pm(13) Mumon says:
Good post Barbara; I elaborated on one point over at my place: that the teachings against violence aren't really be absolutist.
One other point I'd like to bring out though, which I'd hinted at, but didn't explicitly state earlier in a post on Myanmar: I really wish Aung San Suu Kyi would take a substantially more inclusive and compassionate stand regarding the Rohingya; words I'd read from her on the subject sound a bit like Mitt Romney talking about illegal immigration – such words seem especially out of place when there is such hatred being expressed towards a people.
- June 23, 2012 at 12:24 am(14) Paul UK says:
@ Tissa …"There is an organised global plan to eliminate Muslims by using various means."
What the … what fantasy gaga land do you live in !!! You should check out the islamic concepts & associated connotations of "peace", taqqiya", & "jizyah", then islams historical relation to other world religions, & the fact that it totally destroys all indigenous cultures …. and so forth…..History is not a matter of "politically correct" opinion !!!!
- June 23, 2012 at 12:41 am(15) Paul UK says:
@ Mark, you should have used something like "the fruits of" instead of "retribution" people are sometimes very fussy about such things.
@ Barbara, sorry but Buddha did say what Mark says in the Great Collection Sutra, unless one contests the scriptures authenticity & Sutra authenticity is a real can of worms.
- June 23, 2012 at 1:00 am(16) Paul UK says:
Sorry if some of my posts seem impolite to some, that is not my intention.
It is just that I think opinion should be informed by the truth & not truth by opinion that seems the rage these days, plus a lot of us Buddhists need a serious reality check & open integrity that seems sadly missing.
As the Romans used to say "Dont tell people the Truth, they dont want to know."
- June 23, 2012 at 3:41 am(17) Tanukisan says:
Barbara; interesting post, as always. I find it is most often those who follow the Abrahamic faiths, or those raised in societies influenced by them, that make assumptions about Buddhism based on the actions of individual or groups of Buddhists. The Abrahamic faiths are, after all, steeped in the blood of their adversaries, even those of their own faith. It is difficult to break the association of religious belief and violence that has been evident throughout those religions' histories when one has been raised with those stories, even at one step removed, as I was.
Mark; I find it difficult to believe that the Buddha was advocating or implying that violence towards those who are violent to Buddhists is acceptable. My take on this passage is akin to the Christian adage of Mathew 25:40; Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. To me, the passage teaches that violence towards anyone, no matter what their rank or state in society (a Buddha or the most humble lay-person), is not acceptable.
Mark and Paul; if these words are what the Buddha said and he was advocating the acceptance of violence and or karmic judgement against others, then the Buddha was wrong.
- June 23, 2012 at 3:55 am(18) Paul UK says:
@ Tanukisan. No I`m not saying Buddha advocated violence, but the quote that Mark makes is accurate, I was really refering to Sutra authenticity, i.e could the Buddha really have said all the sutra attributed to him as well the Tantras … a can of worms no one really wishes to address as it would probably invalidate many Traditions … us Buddhists sometimes need a reality check, pun intended.
- June 23, 2012 at 8:10 am(19) Barbara O'Brien says:
Paul — there is all kinds of stuff in all kinds of sutras, both Pali and Mahayana, that contradicts all kinds of stuff in other sutras. And this is a big, honking example. It's perilous to take anything out of one sutra and use it to prove anything. I actually don't recommend that people try to learn Buddhism by reading sutras for themselves, for this very reason. People find one bit of text that appeals to their predilections and won't let go of it, even if there are 20 other texts that say the opposite.
The Great Collection (Mahasamnipata) Sutra probably was written in the 5th century CE, about a thousand years after the historical Buddha died. It was said to be a translation from an earlier Sanskrit work, but scholars today generally think the Chinese translations of Mahayana sutras are not translations at all, and the first Chinese "translation" actually is the original. This doesn't necessarily mean the Great Collection is invalid; the Diamond Sutra may date from about the same time, and other sutras such as the Lotus, Heart, and Vimalakirti are only slightly older. However, such sutras have no more validity than the various traditions choose to give them.
If what Mark says is what the Great Collection Sutra says about karma, then the Great Collection is dead wrong, and is contrary to what the historical Buddha taught. For a brief review of what the Buddha taught about karma, this essay by Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a good start.
- June 23, 2012 at 4:20 pm(20) CL says:
All, while I do not doubt that th words of the quote from Nichiren that Marl posted is true to the sutra, how is it that it advocates "retribution' in the form of "counter" attacks or justification for the feeling that one geoup of "others" deserves some kind of retibution. That is a cloud of poison. The Lotus Sutra promises acceptance to Buddhahood for all down to the person who takes no faith in the Buddha's words and you would not admonish those who strike down those who do not take the Buddha's words as faith?
- June 23, 2012 at 5:41 pm(21) Hein says:
Have to confess that I have not read any sutras dealing with violence or non-violence. But insofar as my experience with Buddhism is concerned I have not seen any place where the concept of "turn the other cheek" was taught. So Buddhist – it seems to me – do not generally provoke people. I also understand that most of the Buddhist countries I know off has national defence forces and police forces. Some temples has fierce-looking dharma protectors. One of the temples near me (that suffered from various criminal attacks) has even security guards (as far as I could see they were all unarmed).
Now what i understand is that the Buddha hardly taught that one should become a "doormat" for all and sundry to "walk all over you". To prevent that from happening one should – i suppose – act skilfully according to Buddhist teachings. Perhaps it is a question of proportionality; the parry/ward off should not be more/bigger than the attack.
But as I stated earlier; I have not yet study in any depths any Buddhist sutras on non-violence.
- June 24, 2012 at 4:09 am(22) Paul UK says:
@ Barbara … I totally agree, the Sutra contradict each other all over the place.
You use the word "valid", aaahhh, do you mean "useful but not Buddhas teachings ?" I have difficulty with how most Buddhists use that word, valid does not mean true, just correct if conclusion follows initial assumtions ??
A big can of worms eh ?
@ Hein … I agree, turn the other cheek was never part of Buddhism though people do expect such from us. I believe in the Vinaya it`s said that Buddha allowed monks to defend themselves, even to punch another monk if attacked (my source bieng Achan Brahmavanso). I will look into this though.
On a personal note I`m non-violent. I hold Bodhisattva vows, but would I aggressively defend myself, family… from unprovoked attack, yes I would & I think most Buddhists would if answering honestly.
- June 24, 2012 at 8:48 am(23) Barbara O'Brien says:
Paul — "valid" and "true" are not necessarily the same thing. The word "true" is very problematic to me, since what we speak of is only relative truth; the absolute defies expression. So I would kick the word "true" out the window and speak only of why a particular thing might or might not have authority in our little relative arguments; e.g., be "valid."
It's an interesting thing that of all the Buddhist scriptures there is no single text, not so much as a sentence, that is accepted as valid (as in worthy of study or authoritative) in all schools of Buddhism. So quoting scriptures in a nonsectarian setting is a fool's game. A scripture that has validity for you may not be valid to me.
The Lotus Sutra, for example, is considered invalid in all parts of Theravada and big chunks of Mahayana, including (I have heard) Tibetan Buddhism. It is influential in Soto Zen — Dogen quotes it a lot — but most of us understand that the Lotus does not represent anything the historical Buddha said, but was written several centuries later. This is true of all of the Mahayana sutras. So while the Lotus may correctly present dharma, it does so in a way that goes beyond the historical Buddha's teaching. Same thing with the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra and a lot of other texts that are essential to the Zen school, and which I take very seriously.
So if the Mahayana sutras are considered "valid," it is in a relative sense. What are they valid of? The historical Buddha didn't say any of this stuff. Some other master came along later and wrote the text, and subsequent great masters through the centuries have taught them to their students. Whatever authority the texts have comes from that. However, nothing in those texts should be attributed to "the Buddha" without qualification. If we are talking about what the historical Buddha taught, we have to go to earlier texts, and most of the time that means the Pali Tipitika. And even that shows signs of a lot of editing and later additions. So even in the oldest texts there are arguments for discounting lots of stuff.
I assume the Great Collection is taken seriously in some schools, but Zen pretty much ignores it. And if what is said of it in this comment section is accurate, ignoring it is a sound policy. What the historical Buddha taught about karma — in as much as it can be gleaned from the Tipitika — is very, very different from what Mark said. So if Mark is claiming that "the Buddha" taught thus and so, and he's using the Great Collection as his authority, then he's wrong. The Buddha didn't teach that. Lots of stuff in Buddhism is debatable, but that's fairly cut and dried.
So it's not a can of worms to me. You just have to be clear where these texts come from and what they represent.
- June 24, 2012 at 10:29 am(24) Paul UK says:
@ Barbara.
Yes I KNOW valid does not mean true, thats what I said above, phew I wipe my brow.
I still find the use of the word valid, its a term from logic, and to say a sutra may be valid for one person but not for another really means no sense, e.g.
An argument is valid if and only if the truth of its premises entails the truth of its conclusion, thus
All cups are green.
Socrates is a cup.
Therefore, Socrates is green.
This is why I never really understand how Buddhsits use this term mostly. So the can of worms regarding authenticity of Mahayana & Vajrayana texts is a can of worms because it in-validates (LOL) most traditions stemming from them.
- June 24, 2012 at 1:35 pm(25) Barbara O'Brien says:
Paul — You aren't making sense. The dictionary definition of "valid" is "Actually supporting the intended point or claim; acceptable as cogent: 'a valid criticism.'" That's pretty much as I'm using it. And all claims of validity are contextual, not absolute. There is no inherent validity" to any text, and the validity of a citation varies depending on how it is used. So, the same text might be validly cited for one argument but not for another.
So, to say that "The Buddha said karma is X" and then site the Great Collection sutra for support is not a valid argument, because (1) the Great Collection can't be traced to the historical Buddha, and (2) the Great Collection contradicts texts that ARE believed to come from the historical Buddha. Therefore, even if one quotes the Great Collection correctly, in regard to karma it's bogus, because the Great Collection does not support the intended point that the Buddha taught X about karma. That doesn't seem to me to be a difficult thing to grasp, so I don't know what you're stumbling over. There may be some things the Great Collection is good for, but as I'm not familiar with it I can't say what those are.
I think you are trying to read my arguments as if I'm saying that some texts are always inherently valid under all circumstances and some are not, and that's not at all what I am saying. You have to consider the total context of the argument being made, and also consider the perspective of the person you are talking to. I would never, ever cite the Lotus Sutra if I'm discussing a doctrinal point with a Theravadin, because I know the Theravadins think the Lotus is bogus. However, if I'm talking to a Nichiren Buddhist that's a whole different context. Although the Nichiren Buddhist would probably know the Lotus better than I do.
- June 24, 2012 at 10:43 am(26) Paul UK says:
ERRATA: line 3, should read
I still find the use of the word valid by most Buddhists somewhat nebulous, its a term from logic, and to say a sutra may be valid for one person but not for another really means no sense, e.g.
- June 24, 2012 at 5:58 pm(27) Tanukisan says:
I think it creates problems when using terms like 'valid' as they are used in logical argument, rather than as they are understood in common speech. To do so is more likely to cloud the argument than to clear it. Having studied both philosophy and symbolic logic, I am well aware how 'catholic' the meanings of such words can become.
However …. to bump the conversation back on to its original track; I don't think that the non-violence the Buddha taught is synonymous with being a 'doormat'. The monks of the Shaolin Temple of Kung Fu fame are, after all, a Chan Buddhist sect.
In my own martial arts practice, I have found the centeredness developed through Zazen to be particularly effective. Interestingly, though I was assaulted several times in my youth (which is why I took up martial arts training), I have never had to use it. The same centeredness seems to work quite effectively to diffuse potentially violent situations.
- June 24, 2012 at 6:47 pm(28) Paul UK says:
@ Tanukisan.
Agreed, I never really understand hoe most Buddhists use the term, it seems its often used to imply something is true rather than being a logical argument. Maybe I`m a bit to fussy how people use technical terms, but said use just confuses things if not used correctly, IMHO that is.
I agree on the violence issue. intention behind any seeming violent act is important as is one state of mind in such. A point missed on some, maybe.
- June 24, 2012 at 7:05 pm(29) Paul UK says:
@ Barbara, once again, phew I wipe my brow.
The above def. on valid is correct as is the example given, which is why I think most Buddhists use the term incorrectly. Even in Buddhism the term valid is used in the "logical" sense & it often gets used out of context, its not a stumbling point for me if used correctly.
Assumptions may be erroneous or not & still give a valid argument, so whether the Great Collection & statements concerning violence attributed therein are valid is really mute, it just depends on ones belief & thats a personal choice.
Same with traditions stemming from Mahayana Sutras & Tantric texts.
So its still a can of worms. E.g. These tradition may be valid but not true. E.g. Surangama Sutra, did Buddha really hold up a lotus flower & thus start Chan as some assert. Did Buddha really manifest as Vajradhara & teach Vajrayana. Did Nagarjuna really live 800 years & retrieve the Prajnaparamita Sutras ….
Us Buddhists sometimes need a reality check !
- June 24, 2012 at 7:28 pm(30) Paul UK says:
A personal example of valid.
I`m mostly gelukpa & must of us gelukpas are rather conservative. Sometimes some of my practices are done in a non-standard way & thus am told my practise is not valid implying its not a true Buddhist practice, & this takes us to my tin of worms gripe, did the Old Boy really teach everything attributed to him … does this imply our practise is non-Buddhist even though it can lead to enlightenment blah blah blah ???
- June 24, 2012 at 8:49 pm(31) Machig says:
blah blah blah ???
yeah, exactly
- June 25, 2012 at 1:22 am(32) Hein says:
Interesting point about martial arts; is it in any manner Buddhist? If I understand the history/legend correctly came from Southern India and taught the Shaolin Monks a kind of Indian martial arts. It may be true or not, but in the Chinese context it appears that martial arts are more related to Taoism. Now here is the difficult part for me; is it the training of martial arts or the practice of Buddhist principles that keep one safe from attack?
In my own martial arts practice, I have found the centeredness developed through Zazen to be particularly effective The same centeredness seems to work quite effectively to diffuse potentially violent situations.
My Tai Chi teacher taught me the same. Like you I am also (mostly) able to diffuse potentially violent situations. But I am unable to discern whether my ability to do so should be credited to Buddhism or Taoism or a syncretion of the two. I suppose if it works it should be good enough?
- June 25, 2012 at 2:51 am(33) L grauls says:
I know a fanatic moslim lives above me. I don't occupy me with these persons. His wife is no better and finds(being française in fact and blond) the man is the man. So he looked up budhism and still does not know tara excists. If you put a picture of maria tara or other female pictures in your house/on your door, they can't come in. Take this sentence very big! They attack you if you are clean in your house etc. They obly want to possess. So they ennoy budhist munks. You must marry one of them. I say no so i have the problems too. Now i'm a rassist. Yesterday she a woman said: if she puts that picture there, i'll leave the house. Is that not a terrible thinking. That is why that woman budhist has been attacked. Statues may be destroyed he said one day. I close well my door. That is fanatic islam not the normal one.
- June 25, 2012 at 5:27 am(34) Paul UK says:
@ Hein.
I once some one say that sila, e.i. learning to live in this world, is the first & last training, if martial arts practise can increase ones sensitivity to potentially violent situations & enable one to better diffuse such encounters without resource to violence, then that surely is sila, yes ? Plus Tai Chi & such can be a fantastic vipassana practice so who cares what name we give it.
@ Machig.
@ L grauls.
Sorry, can`t decipher your English ?
- June 26, 2012 at 11:13 am(35) Mila says:
@ Tanukisan — I agree with others who have resonated with:
"The same centeredness seems to work quite effectively to diffuse potentially violent situations."
Brings it back to the importance of our "personal" practice, in resolving "collective" conflicts.
@ Paul UK — I never quite connected with the issue you brought up in relation to the word "valid." An important aspect of Tibetan Buddhist philosophical inquiry is the study of "valid cognition" i.e. what counts as valid knowledge/ways-of-perceiving, at relative and ultimate levels. In the context of these discussions/debates, the terms are defined precisely — so then simply become tools (not unlike a surgeon's scalpel) potentially very useful for gaining clarity.
Like any word, it can play a role in increasing confusion, if folks are using it in all kinds of different ways, i.e. if we don't agree (at least provisionally) upon a definition — so that our communication can, in a given context, be meaningful.
- June 29, 2012 at 6:00 pm(36) Paul UK says:
@ Mila.
I`m just never quite sure how people are using the world. Seems to be used a lot to mean be valid & true simultaneously, it`s just one of those words that seems so much to confuse issues due to incorrect usage.
Thas all really.
- July 12, 2012 at 2:28 pm(37) Billy says:
Why are Rohingya Muslims are being evicted, injured and killed?
What have they done wrong to deserve this kind of treatment?
I do not like people who harm the innocent.
- December 1, 2012 at 8:56 pm(38) peace says:
There is a bigger picture that is not being seen by anyone, the extinction of Buddhism that is going on in South Asia.
Muslims are overtaking Buddhist countries destroying anything that relates to Buddhism. Started with Afghanistan (yes Afghanistan used to be a Buddhist country) destroyed the historic bamiyan statues, then came to Bangladesh burned down temples. now the Buddhists in other South Asian countries are paranoid.
their excuse for violence is "to save our religion and culture"
which I do not agree with
although there should be limitations for Muslims as illegal immigrants in most countries.
I completely disagree with this article. compare the quran to Buddhist teachings you'll see which ones are more violent.
- December 4, 2012 at 8:39 am(39) Barbara O'Brien says:
Buddhism in Afghanistan was mostly wiped out by an invasion of Huns in the mid 5th century, before Mohammed was born.
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