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Chaz · The Remarkable Chaz · Veteran
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Re: Is it really worth doing a bit of meditation?
(Quote) Good thing, too, because what you describe - sitting with eyes closed and blocking out all else Isn't really meditation - at least not what I was taught. Is that what you were taught? I was t… (View Post)
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Re: Is it really worth doing a bit of meditation?
(Quote) It depends on what sort of "progress" you're talking about and how much "progress" the practitioners wants or expects. Someone meditating for ten minutes may not progress … (View Post)
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Re: Eastern Symbolism
(Quote) I know exactly what you mean. When I first started practicing, I thought Tibetan Buddhism was a bit too cluttered with artefact, such as the art you mention. On the other hand I also had some… (View Post)
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Re: Secular Buddhism? Religious Buddhism? Why not both? Or neither?
(Quote) Not at all. Religious thought has been a part of the human psyche for hundreds of thousands of years. Maybe longer. To eschew religious thinking simply because it's religious is to deny somet… (View Post)
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Was Chogyam Trungpa a Bodhisattva?
With all the talk about so-and-so being a Bodhisattva, I got to thinking, but not before I paid a rare visit to DharmaWheel this morning. I was reading a long thread about Chogyam Trungpa and decided… (View Post)1