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Re: Literalism...Where Do We Draw The Line ?
And what of this from the Samyutta Nikaya 4 "Women with their two-fingered wisdom( i.e. limited ) cannot fully understand my teachings ". My point is to suggest that we cannot expect any hu… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhism & Bigotry ...Are some sects of Buddhism more tolerant than others ?
The most homophobic group is that around the City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas in California. It is a very large Sangha of tens of thousands of adherents. Curiously, they are also the most uncompromising … (View Post)
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Re: Literalism...Where Do We Draw The Line ?
Well what I said is that it is universally accepted by Buddhist teachers as well as scholars that certain passages and suttas are authentic..including most of the Patimokkha. Otherwise why not just i… (View Post)1 -
Re: Literalism...Where Do We Draw The Line ?
One of the things of which we need to be aware...or so it seems to me...is backwards projection. Of assuming that our norms and mores must have been shared by the Buddha. And sometimes that is not th… (View Post)
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Re: Non dual
Well I don't know you... It might be a non dual state. If so it is not it that arises. It is always already the case... It is you that arises.. (View Post)
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