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Re: Why is the Dalai Lama always male?
Tradition makes me sad sometimes. If people were able to hold, but not hold tightly, they'd be able to adapt where necessary and appropriate. The problem is no one knows how to hold without holding t… (View Post)
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Re: Having trouble cultivating metta for myself..
(Quote) The aggregates, in other words your mind and body, are a conventional self. This is what you're cultivating metta for as opposed to some metaphysical "self" or "soul". It'… (View Post)
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Re: Dr. Tony Page speaks of the Buddha-Self
I think "True Nature" speaks much more to the reality of Buddha-Nature than "True Self". A Buddha is functioning in accord with true nature and attaches to nothing as self or othe… (View Post)
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Re: Awareness of Anger
You equate anger with body tension? To me, meditation means watching and recognizing, but not acting. Whatever thoughts, feelings or sensations arise, just notice them and let them pass. If we attach… (View Post)
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Re: Are the precepts just training rules?
The precepts are descriptive of harmful actions that lead to harmful results. Whether we call them training rules or not, such actions will lead to such results. That is not to say they are moral abs… (View Post)
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