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seeker242 · Zen · Veteran
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Re: Dukkha....That's life !
(Quote) It is a kind of Buddhist doceticism. An inversed reification. (Quote) That is correct. But it does accord with Theravada teaching because a Buddha's physical form is not regarded as "me,… (View Post)
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Re: Dukkha....That's life !
(Quote) According to "anatta", yes! :) (Quote) MN 140 says this because when a person becomes a Buddha, they stop being a "being" that is subject to old age and death. (Quote) Whe… (View Post)
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Re: Is suffering always bad?
I don't think the Buddha ever said "suffering is bad". He just said it's unnecessary. Just because someone learned something via suffering, does not mean it could not have been learned some… (View Post)
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Re: Repression vs transformation
(Quote) I don't think so. The scriptures say that only enlightenment can actually remove these defilements so that they don't resurface. For example, only a "non-returner" is actually freed… (View Post)2 -
Re: The unattractiveness of the body?
(Quote) One doesn't need to become a celibate monk in order to recognize that controlling impulses that cause suffering, is a skillful endeavor. (Quote) I think that depends on how one defines "… (View Post)
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