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Re: Shohaku Okumura is retiring!
@genkaku reminds me of something I read recently: The Big Joke of Zen Practice It seems that resistance to systems and distinctions is a big point for Zen. This entire text of mind training is for th… (View Post)
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Re: Greed and desire
The way I have heard it the objects don't fulfill the desire which is the problem. So deep in the desire there is something that is just the nature of mind as 'sensitivity'. So we have as our nature … (View Post)
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Re: Does karma ALWAYS happen
Perhaps unrelated to the topic of karma I wrote this quotation down I probably found on Facebook. I'm not sure if Suzuki Roshi really said it but it is interesting. (Quote) (View Post)
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Re: Does karma ALWAYS happen
Yeah I think that's a legitimate reasoning @paulyso. Surely the second arrow affects the amount of suffering in the world. And I have read about the second arrow some time previously so I know what y… (View Post)
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Re: Fasting
I used to fast and not even know it. I wouldn't eat breakfast or lunch and would eat dinner at 5 pm and then snacks until I fell asleep around midnight. But I decided to eat fruits and vegetables so … (View Post)1