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Re: Patronage of Buddhism in the west
When asked about financial charges, one good teacher in my Zen neighborhood laughed: "Oh yes!" he said, "Charge them a lot. That way they will think the Dharma is worth something!"… (View Post)
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Re: Feelings on Lying.
I have come around to the view that precepts are not descriptors of what anyone could or would actually do. Rather they are descriptors of good advice everyone will ignore or act contrary to from tim… (View Post)
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solving any problem
A BBC essay suggests that there are only three questions worth asking when approaching life"s problems: 1 Are you really willing to change what you’ve been doing? 2. Can you think of a better st… (View Post)1 -
Re: Who am I?
The need to believe that "everything happens for a reason" is pretty peculiar when you take a closer look. Would things be better or worse if everything didn't happen for a reason? (View Post)
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Re: Who am I?
@Will_Baker -- I don't think of the imponderables as a threat -- some God's-gonna-hit=you-with-a-rolled-up-newspaper-if -you-pee-on-the-livingroom-carpet. Rather I think of them as an avuncular warni… (View Post)2