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Jeroen · Not all those who wander are lost · Veteran
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- Jeroen
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- Netherlands
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Re: Eight Simple Zenish Habits
Interesting topic. In the way of this video, which lifts eight good things about Japanese culture into view, you could probably also find a number of good things about Dutch culture. Similarly, a giv… (View Post)
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Re: What books are you reading?
(Quote) My adult response to any mention of Hell is that it is not realistic for such a place to exist, anywhere. I tend to view it as a manipulative way to compel adherence to a religion, and it ten… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhist Sadhana — what is it?
(Quote) I agree it is ritualistic, but I don’t think I agree with the modern scientific interpretation that ritual is somehow hollow and purely physical. There is this belief in science that things t… (View Post)
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Re: About Thangka
Thanks @FoibleFull that is pretty much as I understood it but had kind of forgotten. The images at the centre of the thangka stand for a Buddha, arhat, deity or lama from history or story, and his or… (View Post)1 -
Re: What books are you reading?
I was reading Only Fear Dies by Barry Long. It was an interesting book, the early chapters were about how personality is formed by mimicking the responses of parents in childhood and how emotional pa… (View Post)1