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Re: meditation practice FOR?????
@how, you're probably right that @genkaku does shikantaza practice, but to say "no one practices meditation FOR something else" covers a lot more ground than that. I did a shikantaza-style … (View Post)
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Re: meditation practice FOR?????
(Quote) There's plenty of room for hope and aspiration in formal meditation. Reminding yourself that you're doing it for the sake of ending your own suffering can really help to establish good concen… (View Post)1 -
Re: My Guru Was A Drunk.
Is the enlightened man subject to the law of causation [i.e., karma]?' `The enlightened man is one with the law of causation.' Those who are ignorant of karma dwell in an animal realm. Those who unde… (View Post)
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Re: My Guru Was A Drunk.
@Citta, the question this raises for me is what is the value of the Vajrayana criteria for 'awake'? Was he awake to the delusion, aversion and greed underlying his alcoholism? Heedful to the demands … (View Post)
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Re: meditation practice FOR?????
I certainly practice it for something else: the end of suffering. That's what it says it does on the tin. Yes, the desire to end suffering is suffering in itself. The nice thing about the path is tha… (View Post)
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