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Re: Present awareness
The actual word Buddha means Awakened. It’s a “wake-up” teaching. Somebody asked me one time, “Could you describe Buddhism in one sentence?” And I said, “I can do it in one word.” He said, “What’s th… (View Post)
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Re: Sayings
Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as … (View Post)
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Re: Karma? Buddhist ethics? Or just that life is unfair?
What if the outcome was not as one expected and life does seem "unfair"? We all know of such instances and for that reason the Buddha said -"There are these four unconjecturables that … (View Post)
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Re: Meaning?
"This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed, believe it or not, merely by waking to the reality that is not words, that lies beyond the… (View Post)
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Re: caught off guard
"If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun." - Ajahn Chah (View Post)2