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04-14-2002, 05:20 AM | #1 |
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How does one get unenlightened?
How's that for a ko-an?
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04-26-2002, 07:48 PM | #2 |
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You can't. (Barring a severe head injury of course)
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04-28-2002, 03:10 AM | #3 |
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Hmm...define enlightenment.
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04-28-2002, 10:41 AM | #4 |
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Spring dies when winter comes
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I would bet that watching World Wrestling Foundation and listening to country & western music exclusively for about six months would unenlighten the Buddha himself.
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04-28-2002, 06:22 PM | #7 |
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Oh, sorry. Indifference already used that same answer.
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04-28-2002, 06:32 PM | #8 |
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Ok...that's funny.
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05-08-2002, 10:32 AM | #9 |
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Some believe we are all born enlightend. It is the process of "learning" to adapt to society which draws us from the true path.
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05-12-2002, 09:53 PM | #10 |
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