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Jason · God Emperor · Moderator
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- Jason
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- Arrakis
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Re: The Twilight Zone called “Anatta”
The topic of self and not-self can seem awfully complex or paradoxical from the Buddhist POV, but I think it’s helpful to see it this way: The word self, atta, is defined as that which is constant, c… (View Post)
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Re: The AI tsunami
It’s very on track, because it’s all about who owns what, who’s benefiting from these social relations and in what ways, who’s being harmed by these relations, and who’s interested in keeping things … (View Post)
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Re: The AI tsunami
This conversion reminds me of a few things. The first is the news of layoffs of human labour happening due to AI investment and utilization (e.g., Microsoft). The second is a report from the IMF that… (View Post)3 -
Re: What we are doing right?
(Quote) I think it all depends on what the opinions are as opposed to how strong one holds to them. I know the general attitude of Buddhism is to relinquish views, but some views are skillful and use… (View Post)
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Re: Does all karmic debt need to be paid for a person to reach nirvana?
(Quote) As far as past actions, there are teachings that present skillful actions can help mitigate the results of previous unskillful actions but cannot fully eliminate them (SN 42.8). In other word… (View Post)
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