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Toraldris · -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- · Veteran
Good night sweetheart, well it's time to go!
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Re: What would Buddha think of the state of Buddhism today?
@SpinyNorman Sure. I wasn't raised anywhere else. I know there are cultural biases and assumptions and what-not, which I try to overcome simply by seeing things as they are instead of worrying about … (View Post)
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Re: What would Buddha think of the state of Buddhism today?
I think what matters is meditation and contemplation of the nature of phenomena (impermanent, selfless, etc.), along with a set of ethics... basically following the Noble Eightfold Path. Anything els… (View Post)
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Re: What would Buddha think of the state of Buddhism today?
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)
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Re: Anyone know about Treeleaf? [Online Soto Zen Sangha]
They also mention how sitting is putting the "small self" out of a job, which I found an extraordinarily insightful way to think about meditation! Especially to explain it to noobs. :vimp: (View Post)1 -
Re: Anyone know about Treeleaf? [Online Soto Zen Sangha]
(Quote) Nowhere that it can't arise, but plenty of places and times that it's sadly prevented from arising. :-/ (View Post)1