I will admit that I sometimes don't partake in threads because I'm not sure I understand what's trying to be said. Is it to be taken literally...or is the person making a metaphor? Is it a koan? ha…

We take a lot of things for granted when it comes to what we see and hear or emotionally bond or respond to, such that our interpretation of what we thought we have seen or heard or have reacted to c…

when you look into a mirror, who do you see? one's focus need not be on a human nor a body.

from The NY Times, a couple days ago.....

Real men play Dark Souls.

Sometimes, when people start a thread, comment, or refer to a buddhist scripture or a teachers comments in a thread, I often think that a problem or question is being aired with only the intention of…

Here is another basic question. I have read varying wordings of the First Precept. Some say "refrain from killing." Others say "refrain from harming any living thing." I am hoping…

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How can doing the right & good thing for myself & others, have a definite negative impact on something or someone else..You can state that with no proof, but i can't say it's the end of bad k…