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What you're describing sounds like what Tibetan Buddhists consider guru devotion. They generally think of it as the swiftest and easiest path. There are great stories like Tilopa and Naropa or Milare… (View Post)
(Quote) In my experience I find this to be true. I've had periods during the winter slow season where I haven't had work for a month or more. And how I'd shape my days made an important difference to… (View Post)
Listening to Sam Harris today talk with one of the original mindfulness and attention researchers. They talked about the 4 foundations of mindfulness in a way that unlocked probably a basic, but new … (View Post)
Another thought. There are different sorts of suffering, there's the actual event and then there is what we make of it in our mind, what sort of context the painful event exists in. For example, if w… (View Post)
If you're in the context of rebirth, karma is in the mix. In that sense the ratio of pleasure/pain is related to your karma. More than a metaphysical worldview Buddhism offers practices to swing that… (View Post)