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genkaku Veteran
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- genkaku
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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: Pleasant but boring
As a useless footnote, I used to envy the hell out of people who could get bored during a meditation sitting. Angry, sad, confused, longing, vindictive, horny, laughing, begging, loving, threatening,… (View Post)
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Re: Tolerance of crime in the Sangha: idiot compassion?
Periodically, I get extended emails from a fellow who lived through the same sangha upsets I did nearly forty years ago. The writer is still outraged, still picking the scab, still wishing the world … (View Post)
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Re: Tolerance of crime in the Sangha: idiot compassion?
(Quote) My mother, who was not a religious person, often said that if she had to choose between sins of omission and sins of commission, she would probably choose sins of commission. To be wrong is j… (View Post)
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Re: Has PC culture gone too far with micro aggression
Am I wrong or is everyone insulted in one way or another every day? Some of the insults are so old they simply roll off the back. Some are new and the defenses/calluses have not yet developed. As for… (View Post)
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Re: Tolerance of crime in the Sangha: idiot compassion?
I lived through three versions of what I half-facetiously dubbed The Fuck Follies at a Zen center I once belonged to. The highest profile part of the problem was the teacher's taking sexual advantage… (View Post)
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