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seeker242 · Zen · Veteran
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Re: Celibacy
Seems to me that the Buddha's body contemplation on foulness is really just an "expedient means" to bring your mind back to a correct and balanced view of the body, which is that it's neith… (View Post)
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Re: Celibacy
The desire for sex is a perfectly normal human desire. The problem with perfectly normal human desires is that perusing them ultimately will only end in suffering. That is why humans are said to be s… (View Post)
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Re: Zoning out in zazen...
(Quote) Ideally, you are just sitting there and that's it, with no trying of anything one way or the other, not even the trying of just sitting there. Of course things appear and disappear and you no… (View Post)1 -
Re: Activism
(Quote) It's always within the Buddha dharma to give of yourself help others. As far as scriptural references go, anything concerning Dana I think would be appropriate. Hiding a jew in 1940s I think … (View Post)
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Re: so i have chosen a path.
(Quote) The best thing I ever did when first starting to practice zen was to attend a zen retreat and meet a good zen teacher. But, there weren't any zen centers around where I lived so I saved up my… (View Post)
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