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- genkaku
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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: Tolerance of crime in the Sangha: idiot compassion?
(Quote) @Dakini -- Please receive a lingering grateful smooch from this part of the world. (Image) (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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Re: guidance advice?
@newlotus -- You are quite right to be anxious about visiting a Buddhist center. Anyone knows that Buddhists are inveterate cannibals.... More seriously, try imagining how you might feel if some newc… (View Post)
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Re: living-in-the-moment
Anyone trying to live somewhere else knows how well that works. I mean, I tried it once -- greeting a colleague with, "Good morning. Today I am living in Australia and I am a kangaroo." Lat… (View Post)
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Re: Tolerance of crime in the Sangha: idiot compassion?
@ESZ123 -- Just a little footnote: When considering the downside of what has so long been elevated to the good side, there may be a tendency (I know there was for me) to try to see the whole shebang … (View Post)
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