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Re: Unfortunately today's shooter was Theravadan Buddhist
A Buddhist is one who takes refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha - not one who takes refuge in guns and bullets. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/3_refuges_in_Buddhism Buddham saranam gacchāmi I go for r… (View Post)
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Re: Is meditation compulsory?
Actually a more important word is bhavana or mental development. Without cultivating the mind, how can one hope to attain liberation from the mental defilements. Bhávaná means development or cultivat… (View Post)
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Re: Remind me how is there no anything in the heart sutra?
“A wide gap exists between the sensory experience of the worldling and that experience the arahant gets through the eye of wisdom. It is the same gap that obtains between the two terms papanca and … (View Post)
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Re: My mind keeps on chattering in meditation
As to the 2nd question, all I can say is that suffering is a great teacher. In the Dhamma, if you don't see suffering you are not learning.Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth.… (View Post)
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Re: My mind keeps on chattering in meditation
One way is to keep observing impermanence ie. arising and passing of phenomenon. The feeling of "I am" is not easily eradicated because it lies at the very end of the path. So in Buddhadham… (View Post)1