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   From: kimmerian@fastmail.fm   
      
   Jigme Dorje :   
      
   > The problem, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars but in ourselves.   
      
        "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us   
   for their sport."   
      
   > A Buddha is not born of resisting what is, but of radical acceptance.   
      
        False regarding the Four Noble Truths and related   
   teachings, where the Buddha calls what-is dukkha and recommends   
   against coming back:  a radical rejection of things as they   
   are and a slap in the face to your claim the presently-existing   
   is perfection.   
      
   > There is no critical eye in the sense of judgmentalism, but the observing   
      
        There's definitely a critical perspective in Buddhism, e.g.   
   in the Four Noble Truths, where the Buddha judges firmly   
   against worldly life by describing it as suffering and teaching   
   against rebirth.   
      
   -- Catawumpus   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)