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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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in the catbird seat
The great god Google offers this definition: (Quote) Who could be more "in the catbird seat" when it comes to your life than you yourself? And yet even the simplest personal questions seem … (View Post)
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Re: I need help. I think my practice sucks.
A small personal story repeated: Once upon a time, a Zen buddy and I used to get together once a week -- either at his place or mine -- sit for an hour or so and then go out to dinner at a Chinese or… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhism and the No Soul Doctrine
If by soul, someone means a 'self' of some sort, then I think it's relevant to point out that Gautama did not teach a doctrine of no-self. Roughly, he taught that there may indeed be something called… (View Post)
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Re: Hellfire and brimstone
When it comes to reconfiguring the Christian version of infantilization through coercian and fear (the Rev. Emmett Coyne's "Theology of Fear" is also pretty good) I liked the following vide… (View Post)
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Re: The Scriptures
It is a wonderful vision or vow or hope -- to speak from personal experience when alluding to scripture. But there is also the question that arises, "If this is personal experience, why bother a… (View Post)2