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Re: Self Esteem
(Quote) That's only true for the end of the path. For instance, the Mahanama sutta is explicitly about fostering a positive sense of self. As Ajaan Brahm says in the talk linked above, you have to le… (View Post)
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Re: Does Buddhism work? How do we know?
Arguing about Buddhism on the internet definitely doesn't work. :-) (View Post)
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Re: what are the difference between mahayana and theravada?
I've done both Zen (Rinzai and Soto) and Kagyu. They all give concentration and the methods for fostering it relatively short shrift. The difference for me has been that discernment is treated more a… (View Post)
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Re: Bad Karma
Angulimala is the exemplar of how to deal with painful events, whether they're karmic consequences or not.Then Ven. Angulimala, early in the morning, having put on his robes and carrying his outer ro… (View Post)
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Re: I'm really stuck on the truth of impermanence ....
Impermanence, suffering, non-self are tools for dismantling attachment to defiled states of mind. From this perspective, they are perceptions to adopt with respect to the objects of greed, aversion a… (View Post)
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