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Invincible_summer · Heavy Metal Dhamma · Veteran
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Re: What Is The Buddhist Anti-dote for Jealousy
(Quote) Thanks, I try. :p You could just "let them go," a la mindfulness meditation, but not everyone practices that style of meditation. Plus, "letting go" is a fairly abstract c… (View Post)
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Re: Nicki Minaj’s disgraceful photoshoot in front of a Buddha statue."
(Quote) Yes, this is true, but who goes to these resorts? Mostly fairly-well-off Westerners to whom the Buddha is simply an "exotic" figure whose image can be used to "Easternize"… (View Post)1 -
Re: What Is The Buddhist Anti-dote for Jealousy
(Quote) This is a pretty shallow explanation, but basically: Recognizing jealousy as jealousy and then understanding it as impermanent and a cause of suffering is part of Right View. You could enact … (View Post)
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Re: Nicki Minaj’s disgraceful photoshoot in front of a Buddha statue."
Context is also important here: it appears that the Buddha statue is in a hotel/resort of some sort. People are going to be in swimsuits, drinking, swearing, doing all sorts of "un-Buddhist"… (View Post)
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Re: What Is The Buddhist Anti-dote for Jealousy
(Quote) I think this point that @vinlyn has brought up is pretty important. It's not always about stifling or ceasing certain feelings, but rather acknowledging that they exist and dealing with them … (View Post)2