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Re: Who did my laundry
What is laundry? A composite of clothes and linens? What are clothes? A composite of threads? What are threads? A composite of fibers? What are fibers? Asking who did the laundry is odd... perhaps th… (View Post)
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Re: if you could levitate
(Quote) Perhaps reading some of his work would be helpful! His bone of contention was being a stranger in a strange land in my opinion. However, much of his efforts were to help people stop running f… (View Post)
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Re: if you could levitate
(Quote) This is not what happens, however, according to what I remember of Buddha's instructions. He said that "powers" produce self-grasping in the observers. "Look at HIM who is FLYI… (View Post)1 -
Re: if you could levitate
Well said @citta :) How could one levitate with the self's desire for levitating weighing one down? Give it up, then we levitate in the dharma, which is the only type Buddha said was not shameful (ie… (View Post)2 -
Re: "Is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?"
@sillyputty, One of my teachers approached a similar question like this: if we are experiencing our own agitation when observing others' suffering, then we are not in a position to offer them authent… (View Post)
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