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Re: The self and thoughts
This is a legit. complaint, but the real culprit is the self. The real culprit is taking your thoughts, feelings, perceptions and that sense of knowing to be yours or you. One assumes that one is thi… (View Post)
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Re: Do you meditate every day?
(Quote) The Buddha taught for the purpose of ending suffering here and now and not for gaining the so called "enlightenment" in some future place. Isn't lightening the suffering the purpose… (View Post)
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Re: Going beyond dualities
It appears that the Buddha wanted us to overcome not only pain but also pleasure, and in fact all feelings and sensations. Pleasure is actually suffering in disguise. Think of all the hard work and e… (View Post)1 -
Re: Living in the present (and restlessness)
Boredom arises because we like to indulge in experiences: sights, sounds, smells, taste, touch, thoughts etc. Even staring at a stone wall, we can see interesting things. It is not even be here and s… (View Post)1 -
Re: "On Denying Defilements" by Ven. Thanissaro
In a way Hui Neng's (6th Chan Patriarch) contemporary was correct when he said: Our body is the Bodhi-tree, And our mind a mirror bright. Carefully we wipe them hour by hour, And let no dust alight. … (View Post)
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