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- Philosopher, Christian, Buddhist; Zen (Mahayana), Thai Forest (Theravada), Middle Way (Nagarjuna)
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Re: Do you believe humans are inherently good/bad/neutral and why?
Good and evil are not real attributes, they're relative opinions that differ in meaning from individual to individual, religion to religion, society to society. So "not applicable" is appli… (View Post)
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Re: Nirvana and Moksha?
@Songhill, We'll have to agree to disagree. Nihilism in Buddhism does not seem to match your view of it, so I believe I was correct (that you misunderstand). The Buddha was often mistaken for a nihil… (View Post)
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Don't you know who you are?
I'm reading this free book on my Kindle called "THE SEARCH FOR MEANING From the Surface of a Small Planet" by Don Pendleton and came across a section that I couldn't have said better myself… (View Post)
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Re: But life isnt suffering!
Even if we're happy now it's not going to last. Life is a constant struggle to find and maintain happiness. This is really the unsatisfactory part. We could be either happy or unhappy in any given mo… (View Post)
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Re: Feelings
Buddhism's not about giving up feelings, it's about recognizing the ways that we cause ourselves suffering by not seeing reality clearly. The reason we experience such pain at someone's death (someon… (View Post)
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