The Role of Desire in Ending Suffering | Dhammadipa | Sunday Sound of Dhamma

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I come to a Zendo because I really like the look and feel of the place!

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*Sound of one hand clapping:* you're so good at what you do I cannot give you both hands :))

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Regarding the fifth precept, these days *we need to get into the Spiritual.* Self-discipline is of help, but not enough!!

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"Archangel Tricky" inspired the Dharma. It is significant that in Buddhism we do not perform marriages. :)

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Virtue is hard to acquire, while vices have no lid, or cap on them.

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Question 2. In *Theravada* that is half-an-hour twice per day body scans followed by meditation. In *Mahayana* it is Dokusan.

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That is ABBA in the 70s. That's what Hegel meant by dialectic.

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Gassho!

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Question 1. *You will be enlightened* on what you are to investigate.

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Question 3. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

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*Koans:* I don't know of any language in which one can express "we have a problem over here, help us solve it" freely.

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Well. Due to Education, people are polite. They hide more when engaging in "these things." Due to the work of Steven Spielberg, there exists no public lynching these days.

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The statue behind you looks very small, very tiny, when you look at it from above.