{"id":926,"date":"2014-11-14T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2014-11-13T22:00:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T05:00:47","slug":"good-and-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Good and Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay. Some big questions this time around, none of which we\u2019re gonna answer but we have a good time talking around the issues. Does (Shin) Buddhism give us a way to act? Are there guidelines on how to be good and avoid evil? Is it right to even judge persons as good and evil or should we talk about good and evil behavior instead? Are these categories even native to (Shin) Buddhism or are we asking questions from a non-Buddhist context? Doesn\u2019t Shinran mention the foolish beings of good and evil? What the heck is evil anyway!? It\u2019s a good ride. Scott says some things he\u2019ll probably regret, Harry is as insightful as always, we run through good, evil, the Tannisho, the Golden Chain and <a title=\"Magic!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=792\">magic<\/a> and end up places we didn\u2019t think we\u2019d get to. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Singapore Dragon Silk, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/drriss\/9164935454\/\">Drriss &amp; Marrionn<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1019\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-926-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?powerpress_pinw=926-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode_81.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 29:34 &#8212; 34.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('926-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_926-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_926-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;div class=&quot;powerpress_player&quot; id=&quot;powerpress_player_1020&quot;&gt;&lt;audio class=&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot; id=&quot;audio-926-2&quot; preload=&quot;none&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; controls=&quot;controls&quot;&gt;&lt;source type=&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3?_=2&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3&quot;&gt;http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/audio&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-dharmarealm\/id276896060?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dharmarealm.com%2F%3Fp%3D926\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay. Some big questions this time around, none of which we\u2019re gonna answer but we have a good time talking around the issues. Does (Shin) Buddhism give us a way to act? Are there guidelines on how to be good and avoid evil? Is it right to even judge persons as good and evil or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=926\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good and Evil<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1023\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-926-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?powerpress_pinw=926-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/dharmarealm\/www.dharmarealm.com\/podcast\/episode_81.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode_81.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 29:34 &#8212; 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