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Re: Must it be breathing?
There is no "must," but one of the reasons I put in a plug for breath -- and possibly breath-counting -- is that breathing is real: Without it, not only is there no practice, there is also … (View Post)
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Re: Must it be breathing?
I'm a fan of counting exhalations -- one to ten and begin again. When something like a Big Mac interferes, just go back to one. The counting offers focus, even if it too can be a pain in the patoot. … (View Post)
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Re: Absurdism and meaning
I'll admit that I might have preferred sitting on the Left Bank of the Seine pondering existentialism (and perhaps being surrounded by lovely brainy women), but the question that interests might rema… (View Post)
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Re: Zen is the original Buddhism?
Zen is sometimes referred to as "the teaching outside the scriptures." It's a snazzy line, but when you look things over, I think every teaching represents "the teaching outside the sc… (View Post)
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Re: A question on learning methods and commitment
@kerome -- I imagine that everyone who's serious about their Buddhism eventually hits the wall that reads "put up or shut up." My training was largely in Zen (though I do count Trungpa Rinp… (View Post)
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