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Re: What are we supposed to do?
(Quote) The difference with materialists is this. The materialist thinks there is a self that was born, ages and then dies. The eternalist believes this self carries on after the body dies. Dependent… (View Post)
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Re: Cessation of suffering
(Quote) No. It is more like: What is this about the ups and downs of life? Life just is and labelling things as good or bad can only lead to dukkha. (Quote) (View Post)
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Re: Nibbana is flame going out?
Nibbana (with residue) is not the ending of consciousness but the ending of flames of greed, hatred and delusion. It is also described as the realisation of the reality of non grasping where the 5 ag… (View Post)
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Re: Mindfulness in losing awareness
"Becoming as the mountain whereon the tiger roams or as the ocean wherein the dragon swims." Or becoming a Buddha facing assault from Mara aka the sense objects. (Image) Note that His right… (View Post)4 -
Re: Was The Buddha A Doormat ?
For a person who has realised non self, the term doormat doesn't apply. The Buddha would have no reason to stand up for "himself". An apt story would be the zen master who was wrongly accus… (View Post)
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