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Toraldris · -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- · Veteran
Good night sweetheart, well it's time to go!
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Re: Is the absence of suffering the same as the presence of happiness?
@zenguitar The absence of suffering (also craving) is Nirvana. It's not happiness as we usually take it, which has the opposite of unhappiness. Happiness and unhappiness are the two extremes of suffe… (View Post)
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Re: Self?
One scenario is taking "self" to mean ego (more or less), but who would argue that ego doesn't exist? The real problems begin when people create an idea of self that is permanent and indepe… (View Post)
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Re: Self?
(Quote) It could be done, but if you already know it then you wouldn't go hitting your hand with a hammer like a jackass. :D (View Post)
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Re: Drugs
I would agree mostly with what everyone has said, but I also think it's possible to jog the mind out of its patterns and possibly open it to new ways of thinking and seeing. I've known a few people w… (View Post)
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Re: Jesus and Buddha
(Quote) Dunno about that. Have you seen any attempt at this yet? I think it's more likely that "Western" Buddhism will end up being the Secular Buddhism that is already "a thing" … (View Post)
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