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Toraldris · -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- · Veteran
Good night sweetheart, well it's time to go!
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Re: What are we supposed to do until IT 'happens'
(Quote) Looking at things the right way is what enlightenment is (the cessation of craving and suffering follow from insight/wisdom). You're putting too much expectation on it, as if it's something o… (View Post)
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Re: The irony of 'common sense' - Why don't people generally think very much these days?
I think we should start differentiating "common sense" from "good sense". What's common is often ignorance. (View Post)
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Re: Is Buddhism pessimistic and negative? Is Buddhism selfish? Criticisms of Buddhism...
Buddhism is only pessimistic about suffering, which is being caught up in worldly affairs and self(ego)-maintenance. It's optimistic about enlightenment and compassionate action toward all sentient b… (View Post)1 -
Re: Is there someone you would die for?
People sure. Family, friends, likely even strangers if the situation was just-so. More than "someone" though, "something". Causes. Movements. If the best thing we can do is make t… (View Post)
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Re: Karma, as part of the Niyamas: Why 'bad' things happen to 'good' people and visa versa??
(Quote) It's all well and good until people start actually thinking that way. Some people do, moreso in the East than the West, and would blame poor and starving children for their own circumstances.… (View Post)
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