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Are we here to preach and make converts?
If you look at other SE sites like Programming, Travel, Parenting, Cooking, English Language, Gaming, Photography etc. - most of them are based on the idea of requesting, sharing and receiving expert ...
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May I share my research, by posting questions on this site and self-answering them?
I vote yes, because what the big difference between posting a sincere question and finding the answer your self ten days later and posting a sincere question and the answer immediately.
In the linked ...
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May I share my research, by posting questions on this site and self-answering them?
My vote would be "no": that this site is to ask questions and to get answers from other people.
Other SE sites allow people to answer their own questions -- but my personal vote/preference/...
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What are the aspects of Buddhism and it's scriptures that a Buddhist might not like to comment on?
What are the aspects of Buddhism and it's scriptures that a Buddhist might not like to comment on?
You're asking this question on meta so I'll interpret it as,
"What aspects of Buddhism should I ...
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Proposal: Pali should be on-topic
Yes
Questions about Pali or Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit should be on-topic and welcome.
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For what reason is this question on hold: "Was the Buddha a rationalist?"
For what reason is this question on hold?
As I said at the time, I decided you were arguing rather than asking a question.
You also previously posted this comment:
@yuttadhammo -- Guilty as ...
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Types of Questions and answers which are allowed
This is a site for asking questions about almost anything related to Buddhism: mostly doctrine probably, also practice and ethics, and some questions about culture.
It has elementary questions (from ...
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Best way to ask a question that may founded on incorrect assumptions
I fear that my questions may be founded on such incorrect assumptions about Buddhism in the first place.
Simply state your assumptions with the question so someone can validate them. Also if you get ...
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May I share my research, by posting questions on this site and self-answering them?
Unless the site's grammar police changed it, this site allows you to answer your own question but leave it open to other scientists with answers.
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For what reason is this question on hold: "Was the Buddha a rationalist?"
I think Krishnaraj Rao should be temporarily banned off the site. Some of his questions may be alright, but their tone and his overall behavior in the comments create too much turbulence and harm the ...
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For what reason is this question on hold: "Was the Buddha a rationalist?"
I think the question was off-topic, because rationalism was implied to be correct, and was used as a yardstick to judge Buddhism and the Buddha.
Rationalism is just one philosophical theory, just as ...
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Are we here to preach and make converts?
No. I am hear to talk, discuss, and inform, those curious about Buddhism.
The culture and beliefs are of interest to me.
I have studied them for some time.
At one time I considered myself to be a ...
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Are we here to preach and make converts?
I think that the correct answer is that we are not here to make converts or preach. The overarching goal of stackexchange is to give high quality, well sourced answers in a brief and convenient format....
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Should moderators refrain from closing any questions?
I think in an ideal world moderators would only rarely close questions. There would be enough members of the community to cast the 5 close votes required and close down the question. However as we are ...
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Can we ask questions which could be meant to teach one a lesson?
I'm not sure I understand; the question might be clearer with some examples.
However I think there are at least three kinds of question which the community isn't eager to answer (nor, even, very ...
ChrisWMod
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Are "Where can I buy X" questions allowed?
"Shopping" questions are discouraged on Stack Exchange, partly because they attract spam, and partly because answers may become obsolete after some years.
On this site we have allowed questions about ...
ChrisWMod
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Best way to ask a question that may founded on incorrect assumptions
It's like a visit to the doctor, where you know you have a complaint but don't know what the cure is.
Similarly you have a question but you don't know what the answer is.
The question is inevitably ...
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Should there be an explicit policy against "Magical thinking" questions?
Yes, I think we should have such an option to close a question because it presupposes magical thinking not related to Buddhism. Whether moderators choose to actually close is another question, but ...
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Is Buddhism.SE meant for theoretical/scriptural purpose only, and not for real-life practice?
Buddhism.SE is meant for real-life practical questions and not only for theoretical/scriptural questions.
Or as the Tour says ...
Buddhism Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for people ...
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Can you make BuddhismSE more welcoming to it's users and solve moderation problems?
The title is about "welcoming" but most of the text is about "reputation" (including "sympathy upvotes").
It seems to me that the site's Moderation policies for Questions ...
ChrisWMod
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Are "Where can I buy X" questions allowed?
Questions like "what is the name of this Buddha or Bodhisattva or Dharma Protector?" referring to statues or pictures is OK. The intention is to identify the statue or picture.
But asking &...
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"Is Buddhism for me?"
The question is literally "iam at a crossroads in life and iam not certain in which direction I should take".
IMO the self-description in the question is, at least superficially, not very ...
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Can I ask a question about personal opinion?
As currently phrased that seems to me like a "polling question", of a sort that's against the site's policy -- see "polling questions" in the Moderation policies for Questions -- theoretically the ...
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'Comparative religion' questions
Let us examine a case you cite in order to have "food for thoughts" so as to be able to answer your questions.
[The] Lotus Sutra [] is a Mahayana Sutra written by a number of Indian
philosophers ...
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Can I copy-and-paste questions from other internet sites?
In general it's never OK to copy-and-paste anything (question or answer) from another site, except with attribution.
For example, if you wanted to ask ...
Other religions derive their ideas of right ...
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Should moderators refrain from closing any questions?
I think it's unnecessary and potentially harmful (though it would be a new direction or experiment) to introduce as a new policy.
To start, few questions are closed.
120 new questions were asked in ...
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