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Re: Buddhism and Music #2
I would ask what is the message of music. Does it follow "right speech" (etc.). If it does, then I would say enjoy it, just don't become obsessed with it (don't become, for example, a Belie… (View Post)
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Re: Ice cream !!
How dare you bring up ice cream on National Donut Day! (View Post)1 -
Re: Which of the 5 precepts do you have the hardest time with keeping?
(Quote) I agree, @ourself. Maybe we need to be reminded of what semantics really is: "the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. There are a number of branches and subbranches o… (View Post)
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Re: The First Noble Truth
the problem is that some Buddhists want to actually cling to the suffering because they misunderstand the teaching (as @ourself points out)...they wallow in it. It doesn't say that ALL life is suffer… (View Post)
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Re: The First Noble Truth
To me, @Genie, you overstate it. As said on Buddhanet: "The First Noble Truth is not a dismal metaphysical statement saying that everything is suffering. Notice that there is a difference betwee… (View Post)
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