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Re: What is meditation?
Funny thing is the suttas don't have a word for meditation. The word that comes closest is the word "bhavana" which is occasionally translated as meditation, but more literally means cultiv… (View Post)
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Re: How does the lack of free will tie in with the law of kamma?
The Libet experiment seems to indicate that even simple actions like pressing a button or moving a hand are not a free choice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ4nwTTmcgs (View Post)
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Re: How does the lack of free will tie in with the law of kamma?
(Quote) It certainly is fearful because you really lose a part of your identity you thought was essential for 'you' to exist. But we don't control defilements, we let go of defilements. Ideally at le… (View Post)
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Re: How does the lack of free will tie in with the law of kamma?
Then where is the border between the conditioned and the "free will"? If you look deeply you see there is no border and all will is conditioned. And it is this conditioned will that keeps u… (View Post)3 -
Re: How does the lack of free will tie in with the law of kamma?
Technically karma is action, but quite often karma and "the results of karma" (vipaka) are both put together under the label "karma" or "the law of karma". (View Post)
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