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Re: People wonder why I get offended at sexist comments (except @Chaz, he doesn't care)
(Quote) Are you aware, Chaz, that if African Americans had limited themselves to "changing themselves" (as if they needed changing! What had they done wrong, to come to be discriminated aga… (View Post)
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Re: Is Buddhism a form of mysticism?
@lobster That would be a good question to put to the Secular Buddhists. But I don't think they're against transcendent experiences, because they do very much favor meditation. What they're against is… (View Post)
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Re: Deep Thinking
(Quote) Well, you know, Buddhism is all about deep thinking and contemplation. And Mahayana Buddhism gets into extremely elaborate philosophical analyses of reality, emptiness, and all kinds of thing… (View Post)
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Re: Is Buddhism a form of mysticism?
(Quote) I think you may be equating "mystical" with "woo-woo". Whereas, as you say, and that's a good point, what others label as "mystical" becomes part of "normal… (View Post)2 -
Re: Is Buddhism a form of mysticism?
(Quote) Plenty of practitioners don't experience the mystical side of it, which is fine. I can relate to what you say, because what attracted me to Buddhism in the first place was the inherent logic … (View Post)1