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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: Inquiry
During my first nine years of formal Zen practice, it was rare -- I mean really rare -- that anyone mentioned either "enlightenment" or "the precepts." At first, I was miffed that… (View Post)
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Re: Feeling (un)sure of myself
When I flunked out of a Zen monastery, it depressed the hell out of me. My sky-high aspirations were more full of poop than a Christmas turkey. I was a lousy student. Looking back now, I see the adve… (View Post)
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Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all who may be celebrating it today. An idle thought that passed through this dad's mind this morning: Men are capable of mouth, but it is women who've got the grit. True or not… (View Post)
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Re: An article on leaving Buddhism...
I think that anyone who consents to actually practice what Buddhism preaches will have to admit it: Buddhism is a pain, both literally and metaphorically, in the ass. Why? Because no one can out-thin… (View Post)
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Re: Generosity and not being stingy
Practice makes perfect ... including to remember that as surely as there is generosity in the universe, so there is greed and grasping ... you know, the ones who play the generous ones for suckers. (View Post)
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