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From: evelyn.ruut@gmail.com
"absentia obscuria" wrote in message
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> "Catawumpus" wrote in message
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>> Jigme Dorje :
>>
>>> Such an entity cannot listen to others or carry on meaningful
>>> communication with them. It can only feed its false sense of identity
>>> by creating a sense of specialness, separation and superiority in
>>> comparison to others. For such an entity to exist, others must be
>>> "wrong" and "stupid" or otherwise inferior. It exists in a reactive
>>> state, completely dependent on the world of form.
>>
>> If Jigme is describing himself then he's doing pretty well.
>> His reading difficulties stem from an inability to listen
>> without hearing his own voice, he likes to think he's specially
>> awakened, and our present discussion began with his need to
>> claim I was wrong about Buddhism. Unfortunately for him he was
>> unable to address what I said, still less show that it was
>> false, so my point stands: teachings like the Four Noble
>> Truths offer a highly critical perspective on worldly existence
>> no matter how much of a shock that is to worldlings like
>> Jigme who believe that "Buddhism does not comment negatively on
>> life here."
>>
>> -- Catawumpus
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> so happy that you could respond.
> could you maybe say something
> real for a change? just wondering.
He's not capable of it.
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Best Regards,
Evelyn
In the stony fastness of the mountains there is a strange market, where one
may barter the vortex of life for boundless bliss. - Milarepa
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