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I don't think they correlate. Not in the context of Buddhism anyway. :) They might correlate if you are talking of native shamanism or something like that, but that's not really Buddhism. :) (View Post)
Zen teacher Brad Warner has an interesting take on the subject. "It is unambiguously clear that drugs and meditation cannot take you to the same place simply by the very nature of the experience… (View Post)
I have heard that the right hand is below in zen because right side of the body is associated with left side of the brain, and the left side of the brain is responsible for conceptual thinking and in… (View Post)
Metta cultivation makes you immune to negative energy because it transforms their negative ego energy into compassion. But of course the strength of your metta must equal or exceed the strength of th… (View Post)
"Tathagata has sympathy for living beings." This is stated repeatedly throughout all of the canon. If the "indifference" does not involve the above or if your indifference does no… (View Post)