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Re: I would like to float this pass you... "Levitation.... True or False ?"
Why are we interested in levitation? Why are we not impressed that we speak to disembodied voices(aka phone), see disembodied faces (aka Skype), fly through the air (on planes), glide on water (skiin… (View Post)
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Re: Happy or right
This is an account of a young woman who faced death in a German concentration camp during WW2 recounted by Viktor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor. Instead of reacting in fear and horror, she re… (View Post)1 -
Re: Do one's “thoughts” hold one's Buddha~Nature to ransom ?
(Quote) Actually he did. The Buddha was not tangled up in "emptiness". He saw with absolute clarity the nature of the world/samsara. But the training is gradual. Right effort = raise and ma… (View Post)
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Re: Shikantaza: easier said than done
Exactly. The Buddha taught meditation but the later teachers started calling them samatha, vipassana, zazen etc. You need to go back to the suttas to see what the Buddha actually taught. (View Post)
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Re: Shikantaza: easier said than done
(Quote) "Then, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: In reference to the seen, there will be only the seen. In reference to the heard, only the heard. In reference to the sensed, only the sens… (View Post)
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