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Re: Will you pass the Dharma Test?
@lobster @pegembara @Patr @seeker242 @aMatt Thanks for all the various explanations above which really helped to clarify the meaning of that passage to me. The link to Hsin Hsin Ming's writings also … (View Post)
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Re: Have I Realized Anatta?
(Quote) The Pali commentaries to the Majjima Nikaya say that "abandon it" in this Sutta merely means that our attachment to the aggregrates be abandoned. Basically, that means the view that… (View Post)1 -
Re: Pope offers indulgences for following him on Twitter
(Quote) My understanding is that according to Mahayana sutras, the essence of eliminating bad karma lies in the act of repentance as well as (in some cases) performing good deeds. I think practices s… (View Post)
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Re: Have I Realized Anatta?
The characteristic of not-self which manifests and can be observed is its uncontrollable nature. That is why the Buddha said in the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta that since form/feeling/perception/mental for… (View Post)
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Will you pass the Dharma Test?
I recently came across a passage from the Sutra in Forty-two Sections which I think may serve as a useful guideline to see whether our intellectual understanding of the practice is in line with the B… (View Post)
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