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Re: Nobody expects the Buddhist Inquisition!
The promotion of hell realms may be pretty scary in the hands of a Dante or those who followed in his wake and likewise in Buddhism. But what is pretty interesting in these ghost stories 'round the c… (View Post)
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Re: Must attain enlightenment?
(Quote) @SpinyNorman -- From one point of view, I think you're right ... Zen can be pretty insistent about the ordinary nature of what is extraordinary... "things are not what they seem, nor are… (View Post)
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Re: Losing myself in anatta
(Quote) @nakazcid -- This is a mistaken, if popular, assumption. What Buddhism actually suggests is that there is no ABIDING self. In one sense, it's a bit silly: How the hell could anyone get rid of… (View Post)
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Re: Must attain enlightenment?
I am uncomfortable suggesting that someone or something is somehow unenlightened. I am less uncomfortable saying there are things "to do" and things "not to do." Which is which an… (View Post)
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Re: American justice rant
Can we use as a premise in this conversation the fact that no one, no matter how sophisticated the machinery or philosophy or analysis, can see into the future? Things may be more or less likely base… (View Post)1