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Hi everybody. :buck: Here's some more of the chapter, "Managing Stress and Anger in Conflict," I condensed and adapted from Tjosvold & Johnson's book Productive Conflict Management.
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"Spells were being cast by Buddhists long before the tantras appeared. Indeed, the recitation of verses against disease or evil spirits goes right back to the beginnings of Buddhism. Mantras a…
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If it's unproven and unprovable, then there's no reason to ponder it. It is, indeed, imponderable.
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The soul is real and it is made of energy. This is the same energy many cultures around the world refer to as "chi" (or other words). Sometimes when people have traumatic deaths a large amo…
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Here's my two cents. There are three main reasons why I think the question of God is basically a non-issue in Buddhism, especially the Judeo-Christian conception of God:
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Absolutely Thao yes anger too. Anger is believed to be a distortion of the buddha nature. The undistorted nature of anger is a clear 'no'. The anger is taken into awareness rather than applying an…
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As I have mentioned a couple of times in other threads, I seek wisdom where I find it, and I find it primarily in the Dhamma, but also in the New Testament. Today, as I do once or twice a month, I w…
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...Back to the Q about why grammar isn't taught, at least, not systematically, if at all. Vin, you say that it's taught on sort of a needs basis, a situational basis. And that they used to teach pun…
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A rock has the potential for dukkha if a human interacts with it. But if nobody interacts with the rock it's just a rock.
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In Thao's post...well, frankly, not many people are wading through the LONG LONG LONG LONG rants. In my views she (at least on early on) gave the impression that tantric sex is a Buddhist ritual. I…
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