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Re: Zen Buddhism and Rebirth?
Rebirth is definitely in the classical Zen texts. In my school there is some reading during every retreat and the stuff is regularly mentioned. However, we take it more as a metaphora for what our mi… (View Post)
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Re: Western Buddhism and "the Left"
@Dakini : just to be clear, the alarmism I was talking about was shared by the minority of members, even though that minority was vocal and has senior members. Some folks in my Sangha seemed to also … (View Post)
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Re: Trump
Looking at Europe now turning away from Right-wing ideology, I am tempted to say that we, Americans, are taking one for the West. A part of me thinks it's all for the better in the long term. Now the… (View Post)1 -
Re: Dealing with negative stuff from others...
While this will sound like magic, I really believe it, based on personal experience: At times there is someone in my life that I perceive as being negative to me in some way. At first my reaction is:… (View Post)
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Re: Trump
I used to go insane over American politics. Paralyzed, unable to go through life. Then I realized that there is a medicine against Trump anxiety-- and that medicine is doing something personally to s… (View Post)
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