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Fosdick · in its eye are mirrored far off mountains · Veteran
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- Fosdick
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Re: Rebirth as an animal
Seems to me the greater the capacity for abstract thought, the more different ways there are to suffer. With humans, the problem has grown to be so extreme that they have had to invent religion to he… (View Post)
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Re: About control: to pursue it or not?
In art, in painting, without control you just make a mess. If you exercise too much control, you make a different kind of mess. Life seems much the same. You must discern how and when to exercise con… (View Post)
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Re: Should a Buddhist own a gun ?
Heh heh. Be comforted in this - if you kill one fly, squash one cockroach, none of the others will mourn or suffer because of it. (View Post)
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Re: Should a Buddhist own a gun ?
It is not true that guns have no purpose other than killing. Nonetheless, that's certainly why they were invented, and arguably remains their primary use. To not own weapons would seem to be a logica… (View Post)4 -
Re: Should a Buddhist own a gun ?
I own 3 guns, passively acquired by gift or inheritance. Wouldn't care to generalize about whether I, or anyone else, should have them or not. (View Post)
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