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Re: Indifference is the right way
Music, in all the time I have studied Buddhism I have never heard anyone say that indifference is the goal of enlightenment. What you are thinking of is equanimity, an acceptance of all things with c… (View Post)
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Re: Am I the only one
In my younger days I used to find vacations a huge disappointment. Looking back I was going on vacation because I felt deeply dissatisfied with myself and knew something had to change, but being in a… (View Post)
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Re: The Purpose of Iconoclasm?
The trouble with icons, and dogma of any kind, is people come to rely on them as a way of avoiding thinking for themselves. If iconoclasm achieves nothing else but making people reevaluate their beli… (View Post)4 -
Re: Screen name info...share
Yes, but how does one best control a mod? I'm known around the internet as The Mod Whisperer, using positive reinforcement and treats to teach good behaviour. Sometimes mods do become vicious and the… (View Post)
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Re: Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
(Quote) I should say this isn't a uniquely American experience. As a Brit I have discovered some pretty unsavoury things my own government has covertly got up to. And the media are adept at keeping t… (View Post)
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