Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
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Mawkish1983
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Re: Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
I'm sorry you feel that way Nathan.
Re: Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
genkaku wrote:
Just one thing ... maybe it's Buddhism, maybe it's Hershey bars. The label, whether used or unused, doesn't make much difference: It's the getting to the bottom of things that matters.
A Buddhist doesn't worry too much about calling him/herself a "Buddhist." True, you might not want to wave it in anyone's face (at a Christian revival meeting for example) but simultaneously, pretending to scorn labels is just a means of finding another label.
Just my two cents.
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Mawkish1983
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Re: Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
I didn't intend for this threat to turn so volatile. Is there any way I can ask the Moderators to close this thread now?
Re: Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
If that sorriness is an apology Mawkish1983, I accept it. I think you should carefully examine where attachments to, aversions to and identifications with labels inevitably leads us all and reconsider your intentions in keeping with that. I think we all should.
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
Re: Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
Because.Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
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Re: Why are there so many 'secret' Buddhists?
Thread closed at original poster's request.
Metta,
Retro.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."