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@Kerome we're going in circles. Dukkha doesn't mean we're wailing and screaming every day. Dukkha is subtle. It's there deep down inside. Whether or not we recognise it, it is always there. That's wh… (View Post)
(Quote) So for the first seventy years, we're not gonna experience loneliness, depression, anxiety attacks, accidents, tragedies, etc.? O.o (View Post)
I think we underestimate the karma we've accumulated over many lives. Karmas take time to ripen. We need to bear them patiently. We expect mindfulness or meditation to do the trick. But karma is powe… (View Post)
I think @herbie and @Jason represent two extremes. Herbie says do nothing until you're awakened. Wrong for obvious reasons. We can't ignore the suffering of the world because one wants to become awak… (View Post)
(Quote) Good point. I've often toyed with this. Among the 5 aggregates, I feel the most significant one is samkhara. (habitual tendencies, latent impressions). The other one being vedana or sensation… (View Post)