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The suttas can be somewhat intimidating at first. They are usually very repetitive, laden with awkward vocabulary (especially in more technical translations), and they have a definite monastic thrust… (View Post)
(Quote) Well, even the Buddha went through his own "buffet" phase in his quest for liberation. Of course, he studied with his two initial teachers (Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta) sequen… (View Post)
You did the right thing. That's all you can do:"If, bhikkhus, others speak in dispraise of me, or in dispraise of the Dhamma, or in dispraise of the Sangha, you should not give way to resentment… (View Post)
(Quote) I don't think caz was being disrespectful, but realistic. I am not sure where the OP is located, but there is a particular breed of Evangelical Christian peculiar to the U.S. who are pretty c… (View Post)