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Re: Can something be understood?
As words are all we have to describe something or not, we can never fully understand what we are trying to describe when we focus on the words and concepts they seek to describe. That is why you need… (View Post)
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Re: On topic/off topic & what defines them as such.
As the person who probably got the Jukai thread moderated by my comment, I should say why I made my comment, that was also moderated out - I believed the devotion and sincerity behind the OP was bein… (View Post)
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Re: Mindfulness of breathing
Samatha means calm. So when you do samatha meditation you are attempting to calm the mind, and in doing so the mental formations, by bringing about a state of intense concentration known as samadhi (… (View Post)1 -
Re: What do you define as your ego?
(Quote) That is a purely Western mechanistic perspective, perhaps you meant the brain is a storage device, in which case you may be correct, that is not the mind. As previously stated, there is no se… (View Post)2 -
Re: What do you define as your ego?
I don't want to derail my own thread, but, focussing on and trying to define the ego, in my view, detracts from the fact that you are merely your thoughts and feelings as they arise. (View Post)1