What makes a film rewatchable? Usually, not the plot (Memento, which requires rewatching in order to follow the plot, would be an exception). When we watch a film repeatedly, it's often because we admire the way the director created certain scenes.

I haven't seen Riki-Oh, apart from the trailer ...

Documentary about Taiwanese B-movies from the late 70s to the early 80s.
Members of the forum who are into Japanese and HK B-movies of the era may find it interesting.

The only aspect of my faith I am at odds with is that I appreciate mind altering substances to the point of operating a clandestine brewery and distillery, while also running a private medicinal garden.


I don't see mind-altering substances as being at odds with Buddhism. Recently, I had the ...

And finally, when I considered that the very same thoughts (presentations) which we experience when awake may also be experienced when we are asleep, while there is at that time not one of them true, I supposed that all the objects (presentations) that had ever entered into my mind when awake ...

As I understand, you are saying that since we cannot use reflection to reach a condition prior to Dasein (because to do so is to simply operate within the capacities of Desein), we need to observe other developing beings.

But why assume that the present sense of 'I am a being situated in a world ...

I have no duty to maximize this person's pleasant sensations. They consented to either outcome. Giving them some pleasure rather than more pleasure does not wrong them.

Recently, I had a recurring dream.

I was aware at the time that the situation was something that I often dreamt about, so I wondered, "Am I dreaming now?''.

I concluded, "No, I am not dreaming. This feels totally real. This time, my recurring dream has actually come true in real life."

Then I ...

It is true that there is a narrative in Buddhism that says that those who have been born into a heavenly existence lack the motivation to seek liberation from samsara. But what should that be? If such a person recognizes their mortality and has the karma to see phenomena's emptiness of intrinsic ...

Meditation for me used to be all about developing single pointed concentration. I would use simple objects such as a visualized moon-disk or the breath going in and out.
Once I could do this for 10 minutes or so, I turned to analytical meditation.
This involves exercises such as bringing to mind a ...