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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: Great Monasteries Theravada/Mahayana
Without being too negative about it, did it ever occur to anyone that the greatness of anything relies as much on what is unknown about a place or person as on what is known? Caveat emptor. Whether g… (View Post)
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Re: How long have you tacitly supported terrorism? Hypocrite?
I kind of like the quote from the movie, "Fury" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fury_(2014_film)] that goes, "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent." A living koan: What will a (… (View Post)
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Re: To All The Young Members ( and lurkers)
My teacher's teacher was hell on "waste." There were endless tales of his visiting the kitchen in the monastery and retrieving bits of greens the cooks had thrown away rather than adding to… (View Post)
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Re: Zen koan's understanding
(Quote) The past is ungraspable. The future is ungraspable. And when you get down to it, the present is ungraspable as well. Enjoy the kangaroos. :) (View Post)
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Re: Zen koan's understanding
A little bit of personal experience. As a Zen student, I was once given Joshu's "mu" as a koan to munch on. [A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have Buddha Nature or not?" Joshu repl… (View Post)5