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Either bliss or suffering, depends entirely on vision.
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Re: Engaging with Freedom
(Quote) it's a private teaching. but I think to put shortly the teachings of dharma in a way don't really align with well normal, conventional drives. It's something else entirely. I mean certainly w… (View Post)
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Re: Letting thoughts come and go
Generally you're taught to anchor the mind to the breath. So you count and pay attention to the breathe and what you notice that you get distracted by thoughts. often we are absorbed into a thought s… (View Post)3 -
Re: Zazen & Metacognition: Beginner's thoughts
From Dreamers and their Shadows: "Don't move, Just die. Over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now, because you have only this moment. Not even enlightenment will help you now, be… (View Post)2 -
Re: Engaging with Freedom
OP, I've heard recently a teaching on two freedoms and how they are not the freedom offered by Dharma. There is freedom from and freedom to. Freedom from x, y, z. In a way a lot of what we do is try … (View Post)6 -
Re: Are Precepts commandments
It depends on how desperate the individual in question is. For instance, If I am an alcoholic and I am working the 12 step. I am somewhat taking a vow not to drink. That to an alcoholic is life and d… (View Post)4