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Invincible_summer · Heavy Metal Dhamma · Veteran
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- Invincible_summer
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- We(s)t coast, Canada
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Re: Buddhism and Christianity
The thing that I think everyone is glossing over is the fact that Christianity isn't just about how cool Jesus was. There are a number of other positions and beliefs that come along with it that - at… (View Post)
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Re: Desire - Again
Shunryu Suzuki said something about how compassion should be like "reaching for a pillow in the night." The Bhagavad-Gita's section on karmayoga discusses how the most pure action is one th… (View Post)
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Re: The root of my anger
(Quote) @poptart - Well, Tom's post that I quoted seemed to suggest that doing anything whatsoever is a seed for suffering, so we shouldn't do anything. That sounds pretty nihilistic to me. I know he… (View Post)
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Re: Metta practice difficulty & questions
@Jeffrey - I used to think the same way as you described, until I read somewhere that it's possible to not cultivate "strong enough" metta if one keeps jumping around. But I'm not sure if t… (View Post)
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Re: Life is in the breath
It's weird to hear most people talk about deep breathing while in deep meditation... in my experience, when my body becomes very calm, my breathing will actually become somewhat shallow. Breathing de… (View Post)
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