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Re: Can prayers or chanting give you protection in any way?
The Buddha was recorded as giving instruction in protective recitations. One example is the Ratana Sutta (Jewel Discourse): "Thereupon the Buddha delivered this Jewel Discourse (Ratana sutta) to… (View Post)
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Re: Are we simply waiting it out?
The way I understand it, it's not simply ever-increasing good karma that causes enlightenment. An increase in good karma (ripening) can create favorable conditions for practice, and that practice can… (View Post)
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Re: "Fake" Buddhists?
(Quote) I think they just have the general impression that the Buddha is friendly, likable, and positive. I could be wrong, but I doubt anyone establishing a "Buddha bar" is aware of the wo… (View Post)
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The Four Immeasurables - from Sadhana of the Medicine Buddha
Just received H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche's Sadhana of the Medicine Buddha; in the commentary, there's a really nice version of the Four Immeasurables: May all beings have happiness and the cause of happine… (View Post)
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Re: Special powers in Buddhism
(Quote) Nononceptual vs. conceptual awareness - it can take in, in an instant, what would take pages and pages of conceptual thought and words to describe. I find this topic fascinating. Better stop … (View Post)
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