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Sara • 31 cards
There is an old saying in the Zen Buddhist tradition: “Before Zen study, mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers; during Zen study, mountains are no longer mountains and rivers are no longer rivers; after Zen study, mountains are mountains again and rivers are rivers.” Of course, this all sounds very linear: before, during, and after, with
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Buddhism
Lupe • 1 card
Without discussing these sections in detail, it may simply be said that the first two are concerned with a proper understanding of the doctrine and of the human situation. In some ways the first section, “complete view,” contains all the others, since the method of Buddhism is above all the practice of clear awareness, of seeing the world
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