#differnces

I rember watching happily every after: fair tales for every child and they had an Asian little mermaid:

For the truth every fairy tale they told was very diverse!

-robin hood was a Hispanic woman named robinita hood

-goldielocks was Jamaican

-little red Riding Hood was Asian

-king midas from the story 'king midas and the Gildan touch' was African

The list could go on and on. Fairy tales have been told differently from person to person from all around the world, with differnt or similar out comes.

Like Disney's princess and the frog takes around 1920s America with tiana being black and her turning into a frog.

In many other versions of the princess and the frog, the princess could've been white or Asian and when she kissed the frog prince he couldve turned into a human, or he could turn into another animal, etc.,etc

I've also seen people saying what if we turn Mulan or Pocahontas into a white character.

Yes Disney made them in there movies, and yes much of the two movies are innacurate, but they did use them in there respectful place of orgin, since they are both real and historical figures in our society.

In all the little mermaid is just a fictional character! I'm not a big fan of Disney's live action movies, but I'm happy they are making there movies more diverse!

 It’s not your wife or girlfriend selling LuLu Lemon leggings. It’s not yourself going to the flea market and finding things to sell on Ebay. Those are all examples of small commerce, free trade, not capitalism.

Capitalism is things like stocks, and someone having no idea what they’re invested in, so you have CalPers, the retirement agency taking care of the retirements of thousands of janitors and real-life Mrs. Grundy’s and Mr. Weatherbee’s, and investing it is all kinds of unethical shit. It’s your grandmother keeping her money in Bank Of America because it must be good, it has “America” in the name, and B of A investing in snuff films. Capitalism is someone pushing a button and they make money, and people on the other side of the world die.

alex in San Jose AKA Digital Detroit

A good distinction for people who don’t rly get the difference:

Bisexuality is being attracted to the two sexes for DIFFERENT reasons

Pansexuaity is being attracted to the two sexes for the SAME reasons

Theravada: The world is made up of dukkha; there is nothing but dukkha. Frustrating impermance-creating dissatisfaction. Three aspects of (dukkha) this world are no perment you (annatta) and impermance (anicca). Human nature is the product of eons of karmic attachments.  

In this view Enlightenment means the overcoming of all attachments and a subsequent escape from lifes & deaths (the world of dukkha). Love as much as hate, keeps one attached to the world. Only the person who can view all with equanimity (not indifference as some Mahayanas claim) to both can one get to a point where he might attain enlightenment if he applies his will to truly seeing suffering clearly (or no-permanent you, or by perceiving impermance).

Enlightenment is reached by a chain of insights; called ñanas. Each new insight is based on what you have already discovered. There is 16 links or ñanas, even if you reach the 16th insight you might not be fully awakened depending on the depth or penetration you achieved into each insight. You might be at this point, be a simple stream winner or a fully enlightened Arahant. Though there are cases where one reaches these insights by just really listening to the Buddha.

This total commitment is nearly impossible for the layman/woman, but in the Pali sutras there are many cases of enlightenment at home. But after enlightenment they realize the best place for them is as a monk or nun, as enlightened people are not so suitable for lay life.

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Mahayana: This world is not only made up of dukkha but also contains nirvana. Dukkha is due to deluded belief in a separate independent self. So enlightenment in this case means a letting go of the unrealistic self-concept by awakening to the fact that it is a delusion.

In this view there are three methods of reaching this goal Gradual Enlightenment and Sudden Enlightenment or both. The main problem with Gradual Enlightenment is said that one’s sense of “I” may instead become stronger. To become a part of the non-dual reality is the goal. Since non-dual reality cannot be grasped little by little it is said it must be realized all at once (Suddenly) as a whole or not at all.

Enlightenment may start with brief insights, in Japanese the minimal Enlightenment experience is called Satori or Kensho, this experience must be improved on so Gradual Enlightenment is the practice to improve on your initial experience.

This view makes Buddhism more accessible to the lay communities, and it fit with Taoism.