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Re: There is no escape from no duality
Buddhism talks about long lived blissful states of existence and argues that Nirvana is different than these sorts of states. They understand that enlightenment takes work and sacrifice, but argue that these efforts are the only truly reliable efforts towards a lasting relief from suffering.
I'm sure I don't really understand your views here but I'd say that duality is the nature of samsara, or conditioned existence. I tend to look to the philosophy of Taoism as a framework to understand existence and Buddhism as a way to transcend it.
Thanks for your thoughts, we used to have lots of interesting speculation like this around here.
person
Re: Running on Karma (2003) HK movie - a question on karma
My Rinzai friends say I'm Soto, while my Soto friends call me Rinzai, so Buddha knows where my lineage got misplaced today?
Keep up the good work. 
Have you considered using nitrogen dioxide, prancing about Bhagwan style and being extra charismatic? You get a Rolls-Royce for each day of the year. You might call yourself 'Howard OSHO the Zenith' or similar and... befuddle children and the weak-minded... 
Count me in! 
May all lobsters benefit.
https://thetattooedbuddha.com/2016/02/09/in-darshan-when-zen-becomes-cult/
lobster
Re: Running on Karma (2003) HK movie - a question on karma
@Lostie
The 5 laws of the universe from one Buddhist Mahayana perspective are...
(1) The laws of the physical world. The world is not answerable to one's personal will.
(2) The laws of the organic world - That all things flow. Anicca
(3) The laws of morality - That karma is inexorable.
(4) The laws of the Dharma- That ultimately, evil is vanquished and good prevails.
(5) The laws of the mind - Intuitive knowledge of Buddha Nature occurs to all.
One of the more helpful teachings offered by these 5 laws, is that Karma, while being inexorable, is not the entire arbiter for Buddhists as to why things happen. The 5 laws teaching can soften much of the judgementalism or extremism that can occur whenever students look towards karma for the entire explanation of everything.
Good call @person
but what Chan schools don't claim the 5th patriarch as one of their own?
Is a lineage one of those games where one person gives a message to another who then tell another and the comedy of it all is how different it becomes the more times the story is retold?
Yes, this is all heretical if you're in a devotional practice, and a simple joke when meditation itself is your teacher.
My Rinzai friends say I'm Soto, while my Soto friends call me Rinzai, so Buddha knows where my lineage got misplaced today?
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