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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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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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Re: Buddhism bias
I wonder how many of the frictions and kerfuffles of this life would fall flat on their face if there weren't an on-going, seldom-spoken premise that agreement assures truth. How often do I feel reli… (View Post)
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Re: What have I left behind?
@cinorjer -- Sorry I haven't got something more consequential to add, but your words did make me think of an old saw: "Just because you are indispensable to the universe does not mean the univer… (View Post)
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Re: What's the big deal about non-duality?
For as long as so-called duality/separation/self acts as a burr under the saddle, for exactly that long will non-duality be the Holy Grail. (View Post)
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Re: Self-directed Meditation Retreat?
(Quote) I have a hunch it may seem very "doable" right up to the moment you do it. :) (View Post)1