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Buddhism 101: No-Self
There is suffering, but none who suffers Doing exists, although there is no doer Nirvana exists, but no one who attains it There is the path, but no one who walks it. Visuddhimagga 16 Start with the...
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Buddhism 101: A Brief History of the Buddha
Like any religion, Buddhism is a collection of beliefs about the world and a prescribed way of acting based on those beliefs. And, like any religion, its adherents would generally say there’s a lot...
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Buddhism 101: Four Noble Truths
We left off with Gautama becoming fully enlightened, becoming a Buddha. One of the first things he did was get together his little group of ascetic mates and deliver his first sermon, detailing what he...
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Buddhism 101: Noble Eightfold Path
The Noble Eightfold Path is often represented as an eight-spoked wheel. So the Fourth Noble Truth of the Buddha was the actual cure for suffering. In other words, the Fourth Noble Truth of the Buddha...
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Non Serviam
We’re trained to obey from birth. As a child, we are ordered around by our parents. If we disobey, we are bad, and we are punished. At school, we are ordered around by our teachers. If we disobey, we...
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Forgiveness as Understanding
He abused me, mistreated me, defeated me, robbed me – Harbouring such thoughts keeps hatred alive. He abused me, mistreated me, defeated me, robbed me – Releasing such thoughts banishes hatred for all...
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Link: A Market Without Capitalists
A Market Without Capitalists. An investigation of a region of Italy where the economy is powered by consumer-, farmer- and worker-driven cooperatives, by Frances Moore Lappé. A market economy and...
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The Importance of Occupying Wall Street
The Occupy Wall Street movement seems to me the single most important development in the American political landscape in decades. Now, as it spreads beyond US borders, across the Atlantic to Occupy the...
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Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill
From Mad in America, a psychologist talks about sanity, medication and conformity. Some activists lament how few anti-authoritarians there appear to be in the United States. One reason could be that...
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