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Re: Jhana and mental illness
(Quote) I can see where you're coming from, but I think you're being too categorical here. Mental illness is a term we use to refer to a variety of people, behaviors, and states. Whether you want to … (View Post)
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Re: Self Cherishing - is this the root of all our troubles?
(Quote) I've always liked this quote. Recently, I was listening to a dharma talk by Heather Sundberg (wonderful teacher), and she actually made the point that that quote is actually the first half of… (View Post)
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Re: Torn between Buddhism and Hinduism.
"We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use … (View Post)
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Re: Approaching the feelings instead of escaping them
This is sort of like asking "How do I use my eyes to see?" or "How do I use my ears to hear?" In Buddhism, the heart-mind -- citta in Pali -- is seen as a sense-organ, and emotion… (View Post)
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Creating a 'Climate' for Meditation: A Case for the Eight Precepts
As lay practitioners, we often struggle with the results of lives inconducive to touching samadhi in meditation. There is no Pali word for what we call meditation. Instead, the Buddha spoke of bhavan… (View Post)
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