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   Message 110,519 of 111,200   
   Tang Huyen to dagnabit   
   Re: No support (was Re: From on high)   
   07 Nov 16 16:07:14   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/7/2016 3:46 PM, dagnabit wrote:   
      
   > most don't recognize their true self so their   
   > language is one of fear, desire and survival   
   > addictions. the true self language doesn't   
   > concern itself with those things.   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   > they may indeed be linked but the body   
   > depends on the true self for support but   
   > the true self relies on nothing for support.   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   > asleep is indeed what most people are.   
      
   Changing from "true self" to "Buddha-nature" (or   
   some such), this is Buddhist orthodoxy in the   
   Great Vehicle. The Buddhist awakened "relies on   
   nothing for support", regardless of Vehicle.   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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