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Re: Wealth and morality
(Quote) Those were the days. ;) Here are some earlier boxes ... http://newbuddhist.com/discussion/7127/buddhism-and-poverty As we clothe and enrich ourselves in the Buddha Box, we are choosing to emp… (View Post)
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Re: The benefits of learning?
(Quote) People, circumstance and experience are different. What is the minimum? https://wakeup-world.com/2013/12/09/9-ways-to-spot-a-fake-guru-or-spiritual-teacher/ The assumption is that we are genu… (View Post)
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Re: Wealth and morality
(Quote) Teaching takes many forms, not just sutra. The sangha IS a teaching. The giving of Dāna is very generously embodied in one of the three jewels ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dāna (View Post)1 -
Re: What teaching helped you the most?
I feel that is a complete teaching and practice you mention @Kerome For me it would be the Mahayana dictum Emptiness is form and form is emptiness. (View Post)
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Re: Wealth and morality
(Quote) Yes. However it is not easy. It is why in many traditions, simple even austere or ascetic living focuses the mind. For most of us wealth and luxury distract us. A highly detached individual i… (View Post)
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