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taiyaki Veteran
Either bliss or suffering, depends entirely on vision.
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Re: Are We Already Enlightened?
Well I don't think most people are enlightened. For myself enlightenment means realizing the four noble truths as one's life. So its not just intellectual but an experiential realization into the wor… (View Post)
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Re: Disenchantment from feelings?
"A monk asked Tozan, “When cold and heat come, how can we avoid them?” Tozan said, “Why don’t you go to the place where there is no cold or heat?” The monk said, “What is the place where there i… (View Post)
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Re: Disenchantment from feelings?
Its through insight, direct experiential insight that we come to dispassion, which isn't indifference or pushing away, its beyond acceptance and rejection. Its through directly seeing the three marks… (View Post)2 -
Re: I feel trapped by desire,pleasure and expectations
I wrote this today while contemplating the very same thing you're expressing and I hope it may lead to inquiry and contemplation: "I have a habit of say biting my nails. When that habit is not o… (View Post)
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Re: What is important?
Lately kindness. Just plain old kindness. Meeting people as they are. Meeting yourself as you are. (View Post)
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