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seeker242 · Zen · Veteran
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Re: Gautama Buddha: deadbeat dad?
(Quote) Ok, I was mostly referring the Buddha himself and his particular situation. :) But I think what you described above is rarely case in real life. Even the Buddha himself required his monks to … (View Post)
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Re: Gautama Buddha: deadbeat dad?
(Quote) I didn't read it as "uppity". :) But I still have a question! Not necessarily for you but anyone. Why is it ok to leave home to go get money, but not ok to leave home to go get some… (View Post)
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Re: Meat Eating and Mahayana
This question of flesh verses plant products is often raised to confuse the eating of plants with the eating of flesh as if the karma of eating the two is the same. The Lankavatara addresses the issu… (View Post)1 -
Re: Please explain this Dhammapada verse?
The superiority/ inferiority isn't referring to wisdom IMO. It's referring to how the other people behave. If they behave like fools, it's better to not hang out with them. It seems that each verse o… (View Post)
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Re: Where is your compassion?
"Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding. Even then you … (View Post)
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