[lal54]

The following post is by Dosakkhayo:

Since the last post on “Approach to Dhamma,” I have tried to devise how to make the format of delivering Dhamma more compact. In the process, I met some internal issues about the Pure Dhamma website. I’m not criticizing anyone but pointing out the structural weakness.

The main issues.
1. It is difficult for beginners to intuitively grasp what is important by looking at this site.
Therefore, They get lost in countless posts.
It can cause tired reading and hard to remember the contents.
Too many uses of Pali words are also making them harder too.

2. The Internet site discussion board influences the selection of the Pure Dhamma post’s topic.
It can lead to Pure Dhamma becoming controversial and wasting time dealing with essential topics in over-local and complicated matters.

Why do these things happen?
The website is in the process of continuing to develop.
The website’s design makes it difficult to grasp the importance of the post at a glance.
Lal has few sources to gain a good question.
Also, we should consider the nature of internet posts too.

How can we solve this?
First, we need to ask a question more actively. It gives lal a good question that is appropriate for writing quality posts that we need to read.
Second, to activate the question step, we need to change the direction of posts. Current posts are giving us an explanation of Pali verses. But I think there is a better format for delivering Dhamma. I will cover it in detail below.

[lal54]

The following post is by Dosakkhayo:

Let me show you this youtube video.

“The essence of calculus“

Although this video is about calculus, I’m not showing you this to study calculus. Instead, I would like to show you how to teach advanced knowledge.
At 0:53, it said: “My goal is for you to come away feeling like they could have invented calculus yourself.”
I believe we should teach Dhamma just that way. Extract the core idea of a given concept, show them how the core ideas connect, and only give them detailed information once it gets needed.
We might find a solution to too many Pali word problems here, “extracting the core idea of a given concept”.
For example, I can teach the importance of removing ditthasava.
Imagine you are in a maze and blindfolded.
You can move but can’t see. In this state, you can walk but will be bumped against a wall.
Now the blindfold is removed. It’s easier than before, but the wall is still too high to seek a way to go out.
What if you have a bird’s-eye view of the maze?

“Maze solving with dead-end filling algorithm“

Then the only way left is to exit. Like this video.
But if you don’t get a bird’s-eye view of the maze, you must meet a dead-end alley.
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I have explained so far without Pali, but we got the point about the inside logic of the importance of vipassana meditation and the meaning of getting Buddha’s worldview.

[Lal]

Dosakkhayo wrote: 

“2. The Internet site discussion board influences the selection of the Pure Dhamma post’s topic.
It can lead to Pure Dhamma becoming controversial and wasting time dealing with essential topics in over-local and complicated matters.”

Are you referring to the forum on puredhamma.net or some other forum?

• I don’t decide to write posts based solely on discussions at forums. But sometimes, I do when I see the need to clarify an issue.

Dosakkhayo’s second post with the two videos:

I am not sure what you are suggesting. Should I be making YouTube videos?

• May be you should make an example post/video of the type you suggest.

[dosakkhayo]

Lal wrote:

Dosakkhayo wrote: 

“2. The Internet site discussion board influences the selection of the Pure Dhamma post’s topic.
It can lead to Pure Dhamma becoming controversial and wasting time dealing with essential topics in over-local and complicated matters.”

Are you referring to the forum on puredhamma.net or some other forum?

• I don’t decide to write posts based solely on discussions at forums. But sometimes, I do when I see the need to clarify an issue.

Dosakkhayo’s second post with the two videos:

I am not sure what you are suggesting. Should I be making YouTube videos?

• May be you should make an example post/video of the type you suggest.

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^{I couldn’t get my message across because I stopped due to a site issue while posting. But I will organize it and reply to you tomorrow.}

[lal54]

OK. Please see “Formatting a Post“

[dosakkhayo]

I’m sorry that it took me a while to get back to you. Sometimes, I’m so absorbed in something that I miss something important. I had a lot of thoughts about how to deliver Dhamma to others. For the last two months, I’ve arranged the teaching of Pure Dhamma in compact order. This work is almost finished, so only the small things remain. I’m making a seven-minute video that introduces this. In fact, when I started this thread, I was going to write it in writing, not video. But the moment you told me ‘if I should make a video,’ I thought I should. I didn’t mean to treat Ariya carelessly, but I wanted to do it more perfectly. Please excuse my tardiness. I will send you a link to the video as soon as I can.

[Lal]

No problem. Please take the time to make sure it is to your satisfaction.

Thank you for your efforts and much merit to you and your family!

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