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Re: How do I begin being a better Buddhist?
Sorry if I was unclear. We always think we are right for a good reason (the table really is white). It takes a masochist or a complete loser to agree with the opposite of what he absolutely knows to … (View Post)
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Re: Refute this idea for me
(Quote) A Buddhist might say that he is trying not to be affected by these winds. The writer says that they are the things that give purpose to his life. A short answer on a casual discussion with fr… (View Post)
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Re: Two approaches to sense pleasures
Abstinence doesn’t set me free and indulgence doesn’t either. My attachments adjust to the level of sense-input. Monks don’t get excited over our “worldly” things, but maybe they get emotional over m… (View Post)
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Re: The proper way to face death?
(Quote) Without using Pali words and in my limited understanding, it is crucial to see the phenomenal world as process. Underneath and above the process is another process and this is infinite. There… (View Post)
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Re: Three Pounds of Flax
My experience in koan-practice is modest; I never was very good at it. The koan was mostly something like a cane in meditation. A word like “mu” for instance was there. You got used to it. The urgenc… (View Post)
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