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Sheesh, so many solid views! If we consider externally caused changes of mental states a hindrance to Buddhism, then we must include caffeine, psychiatric medications, nicotine, breathing too quickly… (View Post)
The unknowable is known as unknowable. Either non conceptual or unmanifest potential. Future? Where in the world would we put it with so much in the present? (View Post)
Perhaps like a raft. We create reverence, cultivate faith, and absorb their teachings. Buddha said he was the embodiment of awake qualities beyond self grasping. Wow! Then said we are all just like h… (View Post)
From what I have seen, it is like borrowing from the river of another's cultivation. Its not that a guru is any more or any less, but it appeals to their momentum as well. Said differently, the trust… (View Post)
Heyimacrab, It seems like you feel there are two crabs inside... a present crab and an echo crab, but this is not the case. There are thoughts... and it seems you're struggling with stuffing them dow… (View Post)