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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: The Illusion of Meditation
Not sure whether it is relevant or not, but I wrote this a year or so ago: Here are the ten incontrovertible qualifications for really being a real Buddhist really: 1. Adopt a wise and wizened demean… (View Post)
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Re: Nicki Minaj’s disgraceful photoshoot in front of a Buddha statue."
What can I say?! Utter outrage! My faith is shaken! My devotion is besmirched! My years of practice have been upended! Let's put her in jail as the Russians did to members of "Pussy Riot." … (View Post)
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Re: Making the decision to be a lay follower or monk?
@PerplexedOne -- Every moment in life is a step off a cliff: No one knows what the next moment will bring. Imagining that you do know -- as for example that one exercise or another will necessarily b… (View Post)
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Re: The Lama
If anyone feels inclined towards an ecstatic lifestyle, I would politely request that they take it off my front lawn. (View Post)
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Re: why do you have a job
There is the idealism of wanting to be enlightened. There is the idealism of imagining you are not. Which is the more cumbersome weight -- money or idealism? My money is on idealism. (View Post)
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