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WHY I ONLY FOLLOW THE BUDDHA’S ADVICE

Why I Only Follow The Buddha’s Advice Why I follow the Buddha’s advice and don’t believe it: he said, “Test the truth for yourself”. How else will we know? This is in contrast to being told by Buddhist teachers, “Don’t … Continue reading

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BOOK LEARNING – NEWS LEARNING

Book Learning – News Learning Book learning: knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience. The result of reading too many books and commentaries is confusion and doubt. Been there, done that. We are reading … Continue reading

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USING THE DHARMA AS A WEAPON

Using The Dharma As A Weapon This happens when we intellectualise the words, and have no experience or understanding of the effect of Mara=demons=ego. Clinging to the words is ego activity. When we lie in ambush with our book learning, … Continue reading

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