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matthewmartin · Amateur Bodhisattva · Veteran
Testing 123. My blog is http://suburbandestiny.com
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Re: Western Sanghas need to be stronger and younger
The "young", ie. 20-40 have moved to groups like meetup.com (in person events/groups organized online), which is a lot more self organizing & adapting to the chaos of having a job or tw… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhist and gay?
What religious background are you coming from? If from Abrahamic (Christianity, etc), the first thing to note is all forms of Buddhism have a different sort of ethics, in particular, the rules are *n… (View Post)
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Re: How does one help sentient beings to attain enlightenment?
In my reading, I'm just watching the flashy colors go by, so this isn't a definitive answer. So far, I see two uses of this concept: intensely wishing everyone well now and working on becoming enligh… (View Post)
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Re: What can we gain from the sutras? Are they all corupt?
Um, do we have a specific sutra in mind? I look at the sutras like this: If you lived in 400 AD India, and you wanted to write a book, you had to fit it into the form the audience expected. Or no one… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhism is a lonely practice. Just a comment on my personal experience. Not a "truth"
Can you elaborate? I've read that in Zen, often people go to sit Zazen & even to retreats and after a long while they notice that they don't know the people that go there very well because people… (View Post)
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