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   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   small tortoiseshell wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 13, 1:59 pm, Julian  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Elsewhere the Buddha rejected the supernatural and condemned all forms   
   >> of divination, soothsaying, and forecasting as low arts. He did however   
   >> think that the human mind was capable of what we now call 'paranormal'   
   >> powers but condemned those who tried to use them to work miracles.   
   >   
   > Thank you.  It fits with my own observances...   
      
      
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