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Hey Tom. I'm poking around, and realized there is this private activity thing here that I missed. If you're still interested in trying to self publish something, I can answer a few questions. How ya doing, anyway? It's hot, hot summertime here and global warming has people over 100 degrees now with bad storms.
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Re: Westerners and Buddhism - a question.
From best research, lineage didn't become a real obsession until Buddhism hit China with its extreme ancestor worship and "apprentice-master" structure. When you set up shop in China, the q… (View Post)
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Re: Lamas Loving Wealth, Rolexes and iPads
It seems that as always, a middle ground is best. Don't expect the Teacher to be perfect, but don't accept the excuse "He's enlightened so rules don't apply to him." From the Zen teachings,… (View Post)
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Re: Lamas Loving Wealth, Rolexes and iPads
Trungpa rather openly lived a hedonistic life. The people who were around him wrote about how he'd try to get the pretty women to sleep with him, stayed drunk half the time, and enjoyed the lavish gi… (View Post)
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Re: Alcohol
@Mingle you know the answer to your question, of why alcohol is considered one of the things the Precepts warn you against. You know the role alcohol plays in violence and destroyed lives. There are … (View Post)
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Re: Several physicists have suggested that our Universe is not real and is instead a giant simulation.
I'm sorry, but the "intelligent design" structure of the argument leaves me unimpressed. Most of those arguments revolve around a humancentic point of view and their fallacy has been pointe… (View Post)
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