Bodhicitta

From the Preface of the four volume Dharma Publishing edition, translated as The Fortunate Aeon:

From 1:5

The bodhisattvas surrounding Buddha in the assembly - from 1:5:

Yes, sagebrush there is a Ribhu Gita - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivarahasya_Purana

The translation by Yardi of Sri Jnanadeva's great commentary is also a good one: http://www.bvbpune.org/dnyaneshawri.html

David Pratt's compilation of theosophical quotes about sex: http://davidpratt.info/sexquo.htm

Franz Hartmann, in 1890, shared these principles of the Rosicrucians:

ralis, Respond to a part of Max's testimony by quoting a passage and I will pay attention. What you think about my points or motives or judgements is off topic and wrong anyway. Transgenderism is a big story in the news and I am interested in the notion and the speed with which acceptance of it has spread.

The personal trials of a young girl, 'Max', who transitioned and finally regretted it: https://4thwavenow.com/2016/04/

For Vesak 2016: Avatamsaka Sutra, ch. 12

This sutra is part of the buddhadharma offered at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. It is the root center of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa. http://www.kopanmonastery.com

A blog of those questioning the trans choice: https://4thwavenow.com Or as the sub-title says:

How about a link to this 'sutra'?

Duality of our inner Divine and personality is a psychological fact, even if we intellectually know 'all is God'. Only on the rare occasions when we experience the One does duality disappear. The other exception, I would guess, would be an advanced Sage or Bodhisattva who can, at will, know Unity.

Four more of the 16 secret signs of a real Rosicrucian:

Hartmann lists rules for Rosicrucians:

Many good books on Pure Land, here is one: http://www.amitabha-gallery.org/pdf/GeneralCollection/pureland.pdf

Your interest (the majority here) or support of my posts is of no concern. Nor will I shut up (great argument there). I will mention though that school violence is pervasive. Far more damage, physical and psychic, is done to teachers, latinos, blacks, religious kids etc. than the very few trans. In all cases this could be solved with local police, school boards and principals. The nanny state is not needed and the more reliance progressives put on the feds, the less will locals care. Because 1) they will be sued or threatened no matter what and 2) why bother when the Dept. of Education will take over (sooner or later) every aspect of poor old 'local control' of education.

Here is the Depts. of Justice & Education's 'guidance'; not surprisingly, far more than pooping in peace is involved: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-departments-justice-and-education-release-joint-guidance-help-schools-ensure-civil-rights

I will not link to todays news, many sites have the story. Obama is, by fiat, as often the case, telling school districts all over the USA to make each of their bathrooms open to any and all genders.

Luke, Karl touched on part of it. Maybe the common notion that Americans are always for the underdog, that plus my contrary nature and fondness for individual freedom and aversion to state or group control of the former, is also my motivation. Most importantly, Buddha taught that the one taste of his teachings is Freedom. LIberation from totalitarian thought, speech & action control would be a cause I think Buddha would support. So when I run across a brave person who goes against the PC tide, I applaud him and promote his views. In most cases these turn out to be conservative or religious types, but Harris is a gay liberal and going against his crowd - huzzah for him!

One snip from Harris' article:

A gay chap on Transgenderism: http://review.antiochcollege.org/sacred-androgen-transgender-debate-daniel-harris Far more info than I wanted, but Harris is very brave lefty.