Endless hours talking about nothing.

Exploring Theravāda's connections to other paths - what can we learn from other traditions, religions and philosophies?
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Endless hours talking about nothing.

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For the Mahayanists here and those interested in it:
A scholar on Buddha'L wrote:If you have some hours to waste listening to Buddhist scholars say much
about nothing, almost literally, then enjoy.
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>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Thanks for this! :smile:
Even if my body should be burnt to death
In the fires of hell,
I would endure it for myriad lifetimes
As your companion in practice
- Gandavyuha Sutra
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thanks, its great so far. just from the 2 opening remarks of Huntington and Garfield we are presented with 2 meaningful ways of analyzing reason/conceptuality and nonconceptuality

someone should have spent 5 minutes ripping mp3s as well though
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From reading the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about Tilt's summation of the hardcore dharma thread....

:tongue:
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Ñāṇa wrote:From reading the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about Tilt's summation of the hardcore dharma thread....

:tongue:
Same here. Great minds think alike, eh.

They're also sometimes fooled. But, hey, no foul, no harm.
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Thanks Tilt.

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Great title, Tilt!
I'm with Nana and Ian here--that thread wore me out.
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Stuck in Samsara, mired in Dukkha, pointlessly arguing about something that can never be known.
But I suppose scholars have to do something with their time.
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