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(Quote) Completely ethical if you adopt it from a shelter. Purchasing it from a breeder, pet store, etc and supporting the pet trade, that treats animals like warehouse property...and often not very … (View Post)
(Quote) It means there is no "I am" involved in the above. There is mindfulness but no "I am" mindful. There is practice but no "I am" practicing. There is cultivation b… (View Post)
The Samanupassana Sutta has a good guideline to go by: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.047.than.htmlAt Savatthi. There the Blessed One said, "Monks, whatever contemplatives … (View Post)
Can't help but to think of this here.The early Suttas see annihilationism, which the Buddha equated with denial of a Self, as tied up with belief in a Self. It is seen as arising due to conceiving a … (View Post)
(Quote) Just by returning to the breathing. Just "returning to the breathing" and "letting go" are the same thing. So you are sitting there breathing. Something appears and takes … (View Post)