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Re: Why does Buddhism waste so much time on esoteric philosophical speculation?
For someone new to Buddhism I wouldn't recommend sutras but rather (and how I started) I would recommend for them going to a bookstore and browsing the eastern philosophy or religion section of Buddh… (View Post)
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Re: A surprising study on Buddhist monastics and compassion.
The Buddha taught the skhandas* were not the self. But if you look at many Pali sources he uses the word self. I think some times in a different sense than the self as a skhanda. My teacher says it i… (View Post)
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Re: Why does Buddhism waste so much time on esoteric philosophical speculation?
It could be simply said that Buddha taught about the mind. And as we receive a teaching about the mind the method is to formulate questions to ask of whomever is giving us teachings. To clarify the u… (View Post)1 -
Re: Meditation and Anti-Depressant
I think there might be disaster mental health facilities, but the ones I have been to were good to excellent. And I think not getting treatment for a severe mental health problem is only slightly bet… (View Post)
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Re: What if Westerners had learned one Noble Truth that is made up of four parts?
I seem to have heard (where? exactly) that Buddha says he taught suffering and the end to suffering. But that isn't the same as to say that everything we perceive/experience is suffering. Recently li… (View Post)
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