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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: A conflict of fools-suffer them or ditch them?
(Quote) @karasti -- With respect, it is hard not to notice that sometimes Buddhists lean over backwards so far that they are bound to fall on their ass. "Best teachers?" Well, maybe what su… (View Post)
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Re: Is it possible that Buddha was
With age and without disparagement, I have come to the conclusion that all spiritual formats are manipulative, finagling, fairy tales. No matter how pure the presentation or motivation, still formats… (View Post)3 -
Re: The Paris Terror Attacks
(Quote) (Image) Here's my confused blog take. (View Post)2 -
Re: What would you give up?
I suspect giving up giving-up is one of the hardest bits of surrender, not least because, once accomplished, you find yourself exactly where you were when you decided that giving stuff up was a nouri… (View Post)
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Re: Your opinions
My teacher once said of the Zen we both practiced, "For the first four or five years [of practice], hope and belief are necessary.... [After four or five years] they are not so necessary." … (View Post)
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