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Re: Suffering & Illness
(Quote) So if you have abdominal pain and the doctor says it is cancer. Some time later you are told there was a mistake and it was just appendicitis. Which diagnosis causes more suffering and why? P… (View Post)
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Re: Suffering & Illness
For physical pain you have medical treatment; for mental pain the Dhamma gives the possibility of complete freedom. You can be in physical pain and not "suffer". The converse is also true. … (View Post)
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Re: Emptiness
One way to explain emptiness or sunyata (a better term) is that it is not no-thing. Taking an example of a chariot. A chariot does not inherently exist. An intelligent mind decided to put wheels, axl… (View Post)
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Re: Take a sip.
"I tell you, friend, that it is not possible by traveling to know or see or reach a far end of the cosmos where one does not take birth, age, die, pass away, or reappear. But at the same time, I… (View Post)
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Re: Are we hypocrites?
(Quote) "Religion" is attaching to rites, rituals and beliefs. Religion is just a reaction to material conditions. "Spirituality" is something else. A spiritual person does not ha… (View Post)1