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Jason · God Emperor · Moderator
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- Jason
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Re: Things you can control
(Quote) I understand that (and again, thats precisely the POV of causal determinism to a T). But what I didn't quite understand was the part about "condition depends on the unconditioned (the un… (View Post)
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Re: Things you can control
(Quote) That may be the case. But one must ask, is volition/will/intention (cetana) conditioned, or is it free from conditioning? If the former, then our idea of volition/will/intention may only seem… (View Post)1 -
Re: Uniqueness and becoming a buddha
(Quote) I think so, which is why the Buddha and his disciples gave so many kinds of different teachings to so many different kinds of people. Some were taught about kamma and rebirth, while others em… (View Post)
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Re: Things you can control
(Quote) The application is implicit in most of the teachings on emptiness and dependent co-arising in the Pali Canon. This/that conditionality includes all conditioned things. The idea is also contai… (View Post)1 -
Re: Things you can control
To add to what I said above, I've never said that Buddhism is limited solely to one's self and one's experience of suffering. The four brahmaviharas, for instance, are excellent for developing the op… (View Post)2