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   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > oxtail :   
   >   
   >> Looking at this world, I would love to believe that there is the next   
   >> world.   
   >   
   >      Why?  The hellworlds are worse than this one.  The heavens   
   > lack perfection and their occupants are liable to find themselves here   
   > again.  The object of the game is to escape the game, not to reach the   
   > next level.   
   >   
   >> But I don't find it skillful to believe in such a thing. I find it   
   >> skillful to practice the dharma in this world.   
   >   
   >      O.k., fine.  No need to twist the scriptures into agreeing   
   > with you where they read differently.  Do what you feel is best and let   
   > them say what they will without forcing them to go along with you.   
      
      
   Sounds good.   
   Do you ever listen to your own advice?   
      
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