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   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   Tang Huyen wrote:   
      
   > oxtail wrote:   
   >   
   >> small tortoiseshell wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Julian:   
   >>   
   >> >> 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...   
   >>   
   >> Can you be really skillful   
   >> without knowing the future?   
   >   
   > Like when the Buddha taught the contemplation of the unclean and a bunch   
   > of monks killed themselves?   
      
      
   Once skillful, always skillful?   
      
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