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Re: Is entertainment a 'bad thing'?
In general I think I learn quite a lot from watching movies. They also help me connect to my emotions. I heard a teacher classify things as being "on the path" or "off the path". … (View Post)
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Re: Downloading music
Maybe it's a nuance, but I would call downloading a form of free-riding, not stealing. I think stealing causes more suffering than free-riding, so for me they are different categories. (View Post)1 -
Re: "On Denying Defilements" by Ven. Thanissaro
What do you say to that? @Cinorjer, I have a more optimistic view, because I see battling the defilements as a process of refinement. First, you tackle the gross suffering by learning not to be purpo… (View Post)
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Re: Scatterbrained after sitting + how to interpret bliss?
I tried to put the "simile of the cup" by Ajahn Brahm into practice and I noticed that a lot of urges to improve my posture were actually forms of picking up the cup. I ended up having quit… (View Post)
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Re: Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
@GlowBaldy put, we done effed up. And we've effed up to such a horrendous magnitude that we will need to eat a good amount of crow when we DO address the prisoners who have been detained there. When … (View Post)
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