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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: Why does Buddhism appeal to you?
Honestly, I am no longer sure. (View Post)
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Re: Bodhisattva balancing botheration
Perhaps the Bodhisattva ideal is better interpreted as taking responsibility for what you DO do as distinct from dithering about what a plaster saint MIGHT do. (View Post)
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Re: Tearing up the sutras.
No one who reads a book about playing the piano or playing football imagines that s/he can therefore lay claim to knowing how to play the piano or play football. But the need or desire to create a di… (View Post)
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Re: Meditation Needed to become Buddhist?
When anyone has a problem -- as, let's say, suffering or uncertainty or unsatisfactoriness -- what is the first thing they do? Buddhists and non-Buddhists do precisely the same thing: When you have a… (View Post)
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Re: Trying too little? Trying too hard?
(Quote) @nakazcid -- Does the one who knows you have made no progress fail to progress? My guess is that s/he is pretty sure of him-/herself and has progressed nicely. Patience, courage and doubt are… (View Post)
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