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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: Life is absurd, stop trying to find a meaning
@betaboy - Reading a lot of Camus recently? While I generally sympathize with the sentiment (existentialism lead me to Buddhism), I don't think it's always a skillful thing to say to others. Has a ve… (View Post)
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Re: Secular Buddhism? Religious Buddhism? Why not both? Or neither?
@Nevermind and @Chaz - Shin Buddhism as it is practiced now has LOTS of parallels with (liberal) Protestant Christianity. They have Reverends that can marry and have families; being a Pure Land sect,… (View Post)
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Re: Eastern Symbolism
(Quote) @colingmcgee - Japanese Zen is pretty art/symbol-free. I mean there may be some brush art that's supposed to represent emptiness or something vaguely Daoist, but it's definitely secondary to … (View Post)
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Re: Eastern Symbolism
(Quote) @colinmcgee - Sorry for being blunt, but you do know that there are other branches of Buddhism that aren't Tibetan, right? I've only been practicing Buddhism for a few years now, but I've tot… (View Post)1 -
Re: We lack courage
(Quote) @betaboy - I think "fail" is a very strong word. I think one of the most important aspects about Buddhist meditative practice is the very act of sitting through our tangential thoug… (View Post)
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