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Invincible_summer · Heavy Metal Dhamma · Veteran
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Re: How does Buddhism explain the source of suffering?
I don't know about any sutta/sutra passages that may explain it, but to me, it's always come down to ego-centeredness that humans have always had since the beginning of time. We can use the story of … (View Post)
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Living Two Traditions: An interview with Gil Fronsdal
Link here. For those of you who may not know, Gil Fronsdal is a teacher at the Insight Meditation Centre in Redwood City, California. He is also an ordained in the Soto Zen tradition. I think this in… (View Post)
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Re: Its not somewhere else.
(Quote) Pure Land Buddhism's primary belief is to chant the nembutsu (in Shin Buddhism) or niànfó (in Chinese Pure Land) so one can be (either figuratively or literally, depending on the school) rebo… (View Post)
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Re: Giving Money... what should I feel?
I'm not well-read enough on the suttas to know what the Buddha himself or his disciples said about this. But I know that Dogen stated that compassion should be "like reaching for a pillow in the… (View Post)
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Re: North Korea, hypothetical situation and Buddhist response
Supposedly both sides want re-unification. The caveat is that each side only wants to be re-unified on their own, very different terms. I wonder what the current president of S. Korea's stance is on … (View Post)
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