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Re: Are metta, mudita, and karuna felt in the body?
The aggregates aren't set to be gotten rid of. They are just passing feelings etc, but we don't have to get rid of them. The immeasurable (metta, koruna, mudita) include equanimity which helps to avo… (View Post)
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Re: Why does 1st Noble Truth only list Dukkha?
Seems a great question. Our response to the pain of Dukkha is to somehow struggle to end that feeling. And thus arises the thirst "Tanha" for sense pleasures and I suppose aversion to whate… (View Post)
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Re: Is being empathic a good thing?
I think it's good to be empathetic to help avoid doing that stuff to others but it does hurt when someone else is harsh, false, etc to be that empathic person hearing them. (View Post)
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Re: No Buddhist Quotes
If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion! ~Papaji (View Post)1 -
Re: Are Precepts commandments
I think the difference is that following the precepts does not please a deity rather it is supposed to help the other areas of Buddhist practice. Wisdom, mindfulness, tranquility, meditation, equanim… (View Post)
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