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Re: 'date' with a new friend.
Just ask questions. Each question can open up new paths to meander down. Not that each path needs to be walked down at that moment. Each question can become a new connection. :) (View Post)
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Re: Life without sorrow
(Quote) The desire to "eliminate" dukkha IS dukkha. The desire to "eliminate" dukkha is what perpetuates dukkha. It doesn't matter what anyone decides to turn to in order to elimi… (View Post)
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Re: Life without sorrow
(Quote) Dukkha isn't induced by a lack of material goods but by the desire to cling to satisfaction derived from them-- which is an exercise in futility. (View Post)
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Re: Is Materialism depressing?
I took a brief philosophical detour into materialism once-- but found it insufficient for purely ontological reasons. The problem with all dualistic ontological models is that they carve the world in… (View Post)
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Re: Is suffering the fire that purifies us?
Is suffering necessary? Yes. But then, so is compassion. Both are necessary. The problem is we dislike one, and like the other. But you can't have one without the other. Without suffering, there can … (View Post)
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