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Re: How Important is Commitment?
(Quote) I actually operate a lot in the same way. Sometimes other religious traditions or philosophies can shed light on Buddhist practice simply by looking at an issue from a totally different persp… (View Post)
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Re: Karma? Buddhist ethics? Or just that life is unfair?
(Quote) The Buddha didn't say karma explained everything that happens. This abuses the meaning of "karma" and undermines the role karma plays in Buddhist practice: Some uninformed Buddhist … (View Post)
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Re: Pain and detachment
(Quote) [emphasis mine] I think the key lies in practice long beforehand. Meditation has its place, but not at the last minute. --which doesn't mean meditation may not have its uses in the context of… (View Post)
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Re: Doing Good By Doing Harm?
Misanthropy and anthropocentrism both represent two sides of the same coin. [existentialism] Like it or not, the human beings represent only one participating species in a much larger and diverse eco… (View Post)
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Re: How to gain Faith in Rebirth?
(Quote) But a lot of people don't believe in karma and rebirth (or hell or some other metaphysical "punishment"), and they don't do these things. Fear of consequences makes a very poor excu… (View Post)
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