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Re: Sutra Club: Buddha Ordains a SERIAL KILLER! Killer Gets Enlightened After Getting STONED!
(Quote) Stopping as Buddhadasa describes is pointing to nirodha(cessation) or ending of things. It goes deeper than just refraining from harming which is the superficial meaning. It means stopping of… (View Post)
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Re: Sutra Club: Buddha Ordains a SERIAL KILLER! Killer Gets Enlightened After Getting STONED!
In the Anguttara Nikaya, the Buddha states that when the mind is empty of greed, aversion and delusion, empty of 'I' and 'mine' then kamma ends by itself. This means that kamma, vipaka (its result) a… (View Post)
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Re: No problems?
But the purpose of studying Buddhism is to study ourselves and to forget ourselves. When we forget ourselves, we actually are the true activity of the big existence, or reality itself. When we realiz… (View Post)1 -
Re: Buddhism and Morality
Suppose you were a police officer or even just an ordinary citizen that carries a firearm. If you saw someone wearing an explosive vest walking into a crowd holding a button and he was say 40 ft away… (View Post)1 -
Re: No problems?
But the purpose of studying Buddhism is to study ourselves and to forget ourselves. When we forget ourselves, we actually are the true activity of the big existence, or reality itself. When we realiz… (View Post)
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