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Re: How can one attain enlightenment if we all disagree on what enlightenment is?
@zenmyste - knowing you have a love for the Dao De Jing (as I do also), here's something interesting: You know the Dao De Jing starts off immediately with a sort of epistemological disclaimer for the… (View Post)
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Re: Feel helpless? You're not.
Sad to say, even though I work in hospital, I confess I am absolutely TERRIFIED of needles! It may be my only real phobia... I have no problem with blood per se-- I have seen some truly gory things i… (View Post)1 -
Re: How can one attain enlightenment if we all disagree on what enlightenment is?
I just happened to read this interesting passage today from the Lankavatara Sutra (translated here by Red Pine): "The Bhagavan then told Mahamati: 'The teaching of emptiness, non-arising, non-du… (View Post)
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Re: Meat Eating and Mahayana
(Quote) I worked up to it gradually too. It wasn't really even my intention to go vegetarian-- I eventually noticed I was eating less meat and so it didn't take much effort to go from "part-time… (View Post)
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Re: Meat Eating and Mahayana
I'm vegetarian (almost-but-not-quite vegan, because pizza!), something I began only about four months ago. But this is a decision I made without anyone trying converting me. The time seemed right to … (View Post)
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