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Over time (and perhaps the growth of laziness), I have come to see things this way: All of Buddhism -- and I do mean ALL of it -- is a pack of lies and self-serving fantasy. It is up to the student t… (View Post)
(Quote) @Dhammika -- No more need be said... But, if it's any consolation, 1. everyone has regrets and 2. to my way of thinking, the precepts are not something anyone might actually keep; rather, the… (View Post)
My own comfort zone is more or less practice-based and sounds like this: "Rebirth" is what happens in any given moment; "reincarnation" is what happens in Hollywood. I have nothin… (View Post)
Did you ever stop to review your steps in Buddhism -- just look back at one aspect or another and compare what you thought and felt then with what you think and feel now? Sometimes, what was once dee… (View Post)
(Quote) @shim -- Nicely put. At the risk of being repetitive, I once asked my Zen teacher what role hope and doubt played in Zen practice. "For the first four or five years of practice," he… (View Post)