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(Quote) This. "Meaninglessness" simply represents yet another kind of "meaning," even of the most bitter, nihilistic sort. For some, I suspect they claim "sour grapes." … (View Post)
(Quote) I wouldn't look for a one-size-fits-all rule, but if you feel it impinges on your practice, then I would look into it. Don't worry about the Buddha's approval, but your OWN approval based on … (View Post)
I keep mine under a stairwell. I recall reading-- gosh, some 18 years ago-- I think I read it in Octavio Paz' book on poetics, The Bow and the Lyre-- when he lived in India as an ambassador for Mexic… (View Post)
(Quote) What we experience cannot fit neatly into the categories of being and nonbeing. We speak and think in binary, but we actually cannot quantify our experience. When we do, we falsify it because… (View Post)
(Quote) Just my own take: Existence almost always gets confused with existents-- existence simply makes existents possible. Existence does not exist, neither does it not exist. Unfortunately, we tend… (View Post)