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matthewmartin · Amateur Bodhisattva · Veteran
Testing 123. My blog is http://suburbandestiny.com
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Re: Secular Buddhism? Religious Buddhism? Why not both? Or neither?
So science is religion? Because scientists believe things? Why does no one behave as if these words are synonyms? Words need to work along the lines of colloquial usage or one just isn't being a coop… (View Post)
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Re: Contemporary Bodhisattvas: Kurt Cobain
He was a dude in samsara, one of many Buddhist leaning celebrities. I think some non-Buddhists, or merely Buddhist leaning people can become enlightened by accident, I don't think this is a good exam… (View Post)
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Re: buddhist jobs?
This answer is informed by my degree in economics, which is entirely modern. The historical Buddha was some sort of utopian who hoped to create a civilization of simple monks and I suppose simple far… (View Post)
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Re: Bowing before buddha statues
It's very good exercise. A few dozen prostrations helps offset the motionlessness of sitting meditation. (View Post)
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Re: Are you absolutely sure that you are a vegan? I am not so sure any more.
I started out as a vegetarian, because that was easy for me at the time. Decades later-- having learned how to grind nuts to make milk, half a dozen way to replace eggs, how to cook 100s of different… (View Post)2