Thank you.
Gassho,
Edward
Gassho,
Edward
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"Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?" -
I like this musing! Buddhism, to me, has always been a more experiential thing, especially Zen. Perhaps a non practicing Buddhist is one who just know of the technical side of Buddhism but doesn't meditate.
A scholarly Buddhist.
Gassho,
AlexLook upon the world as a bubble,
regard it as a mirage;
who thus perceives the world,
him Mara, the king of death, does not see.
—Dhammapada
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To me the central point of his argument is:
There are folks that identify to a label, but yet don't "practice".To me this makes no more sense than it would be to describe oneself as a non-practicing athlete. “I have never competed in any athletics, I do not have an athlete’s build and I have no interest in or knowledge of athletes, so I’m a non-practicing athlete.” An athlete is legitimately and properly called such by his or her doing of athletics. And equally it makes no sense to describe oneself as a non-practicing Buddhist.Comment
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Interesting links in this groovy thread. [emoji111]
Gassho
Jakuden
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