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Re: Sitting with uncertainty
I thought about making a new thread, but I think this fits well here. In an interview with a couple Theravadin monks one of them mentioned MN 95, the Canki sutta. In it the Buddha talks about how we … (View Post)
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Re: Bodhisattvas?
I see them as an ideal to work towards even if practically its out of reach for us. I think its also important to understand what a bodhisattva is. Its more than a very compassionate person, there is… (View Post)1 -
Sitting with uncertainty
Just a little reflection. The idea of sitting with uncertainty in Buddhism is a pretty central tenet. From the Buddha refusing to answer certain metaphysical questions on the ground that they're unpr… (View Post)1 -
Re: The AI tsunami
What stuck out to me was that some of these people seem like stable, well adjusted people. I can see in myself that it gets appealing talking to an AI. But the things that seem to pull me back is tha… (View Post)1 -
Re: Does reading about spirituality make any sense?
(Quote) Not sure if this framing makes sense to you or not, but this is the way I think of it. Its like watering a plant, you can keep pouring water in but it needs time to soak in to the soil and be… (View Post)2