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Re: Do you intend to die?
Excerpts from an article on the nine contemplations on death by Joan Halifax Roshi (she said it is based on the teachings of Atisha, an eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar) 1. All of Us Will Di… (View Post)
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Re: Psychedelics
I think Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the fifth precept in For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts gives good perspectives related to certain issues brought up in s… (View Post)
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Re: Psychedelics
Basically, even if psychedelics has caused some people to take an interest in Buddhism, drug use is not something that most Buddhists would advocate simply because there are a number of better ways t… (View Post)
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Re: How to gain Faith in Rebirth?
Hi TheEccentric, I suppose that the trouble you have with believing in rebirth is because you have no proof of it. But what I wonder then is whether you have any sort of belief about what happens aft… (View Post)
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Re: How Important is Commitment?
Here are some excerpts of a talk by Ajahn Sumedho which you may find useful. The full text is available here: http://www.amaravati.org/documents/cittavivaka/data/15attac.html...... Our refuges are de… (View Post)1