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   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
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   >   
   >      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.   
      
   same note again.   
      
   Robert   
      
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