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Ha. You're not being difficult. You'll find that a lot of Buddhist ideas seem self-contradictory and sometimes a bit implausible as a consequence. They only seem contradictory though. Craving would n… (View Post)
(Quote) I'm not sure you're exactly right here Sova. The old Buddhist joke about how many Buddhist it takes to change a ligh bulb gives the number as five, the four you mention and one more. We see t… (View Post)
Overcoming craving without any meditative practice or the realisation of any 'new age' self-knowledge? I don't believe it can be done or even what the point of trying would be, but good luck. Overcom… (View Post)
Maybe the world could not evolve if sentient beings did not tend to forget who they are and cling to their 'selves' like a drowning man clinging to a log. Theistically-speaking, perhaps 'saw that the… (View Post)