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Re: Explosive temper and karma
What is the point in trying to figure out the karma of previous lives? That isn't going to help the person meditate or anything else, it's just something that can't be answered that will lead to frus… (View Post)
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Re: Do you think this words of BUddha is too pessimistic?
This isn't saying not to have money or children, it's just saying don't "have" them. Ownership is an illusion (or a delusion). You don't "have" anything, and when you view things … (View Post)
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Re: Nirvana and Moksha?
Also of importance, the purpose of meditation is firstly to absolve us of self-view, to realize emptiness in all things. If we have a meditation experience that we think is of a self or of Nirvana an… (View Post)1 -
Re: Thanatos and Buddhism
Buddhism doesn't have an affinity for death, where are you getting this stuff? Cessation (nirodha) in Buddhism is of "craving" (tanha) and "suffering" (dukkha)... it doesn't mean … (View Post)
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Re: But life isnt suffering!
@person, Agreed. I think people look at the First Noble Truth and take that as a blanket statement that always applies, but don't link in the rest of the 4NT to see that it only applies when craving … (View Post)
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