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Re: Tranquility/Insight Meditation
Tranquility(serenity) is not uniquely Buddhist. Walk into a church or mosque and you experience serenity. Serenity doesn't necessarily lead to insight. It is also temporary - just walk out of a churc… (View Post)
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Re: Clinging and non-clinging aggregates
Why do we need to understand the five aggregates? This is because the five aggregates are the Noble Truth of Suffering (Dukkha Ariya Sacca). The entire teaching of the Buddha is based on the Four Nob… (View Post)
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Re: Non-duality
(Quote) "One night I was sitting in meditation outside in the open air — my back straight as an arrow — firmly determined to make the mind quiet, but even after a long time it wouldn't settle do… (View Post)
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Re: Illusion of control
Saying there is no free will can be unskillful(confession time) for one in the early stage of learning Buddhism. It can be wrongly taken to mean no need to put in effort to follow the N8FP. What it r… (View Post)
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Re: Illusion of control
You are free to choose but can never be free from the consequences of your choice. That's what kamma is about. But there's also kamma that leads to the ending of kamma. That's the promised true freed… (View Post)
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