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Re: The Three Aspects of Equanimity
Work on anger and compassion at the same time. That means striving to become not only a more compassionate person, but also a less angry person. When you have less anger, your capacity for compassion… (View Post)
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Re: My Guru Was A Drunk.
(Quote) I had a look at the Avatamsaka Sutra. It's very long so I will focus on what is perhaps the core of the Sutra which is the ten great vows of the great bodhisattva Samantabhadra. I think it sh… (View Post)
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Re: My Guru Was A Drunk.
Addictions are present due to the defilements. An enlightened being is free of defilements and thus post-enlightenment, he will necessarily be free of addictions. Anyways, for things like addiction t… (View Post)
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Re: With a simple YES or NO! Do you believe buddhism is the ONLY path to the Cessation Of Suffering??
(Quote) I have little doubt that people like Gandhi and Mother Theresa were a lot more closer to liberation than a lot of other Buddhists who were following a "non-samsaric" path. Saying th… (View Post)
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Re: What is the best 'descriptive' story of buddhas Enlightenment? What made him enlightened?
(Quote) In short, it could be said that ultimately he was seeking for a way to help other beings become enlightened so that they may escape the suffering of samsara. In the Theravada tradition, we ar… (View Post)2