Very true. True hermits in buddhism are very few and far between and more often than not their hermitages are only "retreats" of a few weeks, months, ...
I see what you mean with trying on ideas; but I think you're a step away from answering just why ascetic buddhists can be so unpleasant to be around. ...
Try reading them in bulk, like a dozen or more in a day, not hyper analyzing any one or treating it like an academic project and remember this person ...
I agree there does seem to be a psychology to how we tend to pay more attention if some one sounds confident or presents something as indisputable, as...
Well to be frank, it sounds like you haven't read many of the sutras or at least like you haven't read a lot on your own. There are plenty available h...
I don't mind if they're a jumble so long as I'm communicating individual ideas clearly. Buddhism is deep and profound and I've always held way for the...
As was my now-edited-out tirade-against-the-man a false positive. Some posts vanish and I mistakenly assumed I knew why...again, the problem with bein...
Well, in essence, I think he was a true master of the mind, enlightened, and the works, but just surmising that there were of necessity some side effe...
Well, I still see it as kind of having won the religion race, just for having made perhaps the least number of outlandish claims compared to the other...
My impression for the longest time was that it was the latter - in my encounters and studies with buddhist teachers in the past, they tended to steer ...
I suppose I understand where you're coming from in that presentations with too many qualifiers are distracting, if that's what you mean. I'm not sure ...
I'm unsure of the exact meaning of "ignorance" in buddhism and I'm not claiming any deep knowledge of its subtler, more profound usages in the practic...
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