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Re: No hope in Buddhism?
Traditionally, the Buddha after his enlightenment was disinclined to show the world what he discovered as he had little hope that anyone else would understand what he found. It was only on second tho… (View Post)
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Re: Hindrances
* Desire * Ill will can be observed. It is felt as a pull towards an experience or pushing away. * Restlessness * Doubt appears as inability to stay with the meditation object eg. breath. The mind pr… (View Post)1 -
Re: My path so far, different views from stages.
(Quote) So it was said of him at the time. But what, then, was the fundamental ground of that teaching? Of the many ways that such a question might be answered, perhaps the simplest and best is this:… (View Post)2 -
Re: My path so far, different views from stages.
(Image) The Prajna-paramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutras taught that all entities, including dharmas, are only conceptual existents or constructs. Though we perceive a world of concrete and discrete… (View Post)1 -
Re: My path so far, different views from stages.
(Quote) The same "who" that sees, hears, smells, think and feels. What or who hears? That's emptiness or sunyata. Things are actually no things. (Image) "It's good, monks, that you und… (View Post)
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