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Re: spider season
I'm pretty sure no killing means no killing sentient (conscious) life whatsoever. So it applies even to ants and spiders. It doesn't apply to non-sentient life though, so plants aren't part of the pr… (View Post)
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Re: Patience
Anything can be taken to extremes or used improperly. If patience is taken to the one extreme it becomes idleness, non-action in regards to getting things done. Taken to the other it becomes impetuou… (View Post)
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Re: What's the deal with emptiness?
@Songhill, You seem no to have the knack for understanding metaphorical language. :) "Like" an illusion does not mean an actual illusion. Emptiness is Mind. The mind that has realized empti… (View Post)
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Re: But life isnt suffering!
@music, That's the entire point of "practice", of the Noble Eightfold Path (which includes meditation), to acquaint us with how things really are and lessen our craving/attachment in regard… (View Post)
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Re: What do you dislike about Buddhism?
That history made it confusing to be able to tell what the Buddha himself actually taught, since some later teachings were attributed to him to give them authority (or something). (View Post)
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