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- genkaku
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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: Buddha, a myth?
(Quote) @zero -- I prefer the word "lie" ... it strikes me as both more offensive (attention-grabbing) and closer to any truth that will prove both intimate and useful. In support of your m… (View Post)
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Re: Reflections on rebirth
My own comfort zone is more or less practice-based and sounds like this: "Rebirth" is what happens in any given moment; "reincarnation" is what happens in Hollywood. I have nothin… (View Post)
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Re: Deluded Buddhism (?) in the light of the Sutras
(Quote) @shim -- Nicely put. At the risk of being repetitive, I once asked my Zen teacher what role hope and doubt played in Zen practice. "For the first four or five years of practice," he… (View Post)
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Re: beginning zen buddhism
My younger son, at an early age, was the only one of my children ever to ask to come and do zazen (seated meditation) with me. He was nine or ten at the time. We sat down and I gave him a very simple… (View Post)
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Re: Schools
@ajhayes --Just a small, personal note: "Schools" of Buddhism are a bit like having clean shirts hanging in the closet. Colors, design and so forth vary and invite your taste of the moment.… (View Post)
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