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Toraldris· -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- ·Veteran
Sam Harris is coming out with a new book on spiritually and meditation and stuff called "Waking Up", and he's released the audiobook version (read by him) of Chapter One for free online: ht… (View Post)
If I was measuring or discerning such a thing as sentience, I'd probably go with anything that can experience pain and suffering. It doesn't need to be intelligent or self-aware or anything special. … (View Post)
If Siddhartha Gautama lived today, he'd be a different Siddhartha Gautama than the one that lived 2500 years ago. The world is different, conditions are different, and he'd have been raised different… (View Post)
@Earthninja I may be explaining poorly what I mean, but I'm not enlightened so I can't claim that I don't experience suffering. It's not the concept that leads to suffering, it's experiential ignoran… (View Post)