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Buddhist attitude(s) towards failures in life
“Monks, there are these five kinds of loss. Which five? Loss of relatives, loss of wealth, loss through disease, loss in terms of virtue, loss in terms of views. It’s not by reason of loss of ...
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Buddhist attitude(s) towards failures in life
I've competed in various activities in my life, and for a layperson like me I believe the Middle Way is informative for these situations.
If I were to, for example, enter a chess tournament I would ...
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Buddhist attitude(s) towards failures in life
Good question. I've acquired all three philosophies. However, I think if you are mindful in your living - but who does this? - the gravity of those philosophies weakens. Then you might ask yourself,...
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Buddhist attitude(s) towards failures in life
Birth , Ageing and Death is suffering. Separation from the loved ones or beloved ideology is suffering. Combination with the hateful ones or hateful ideology is suffering.
This is true for all realms ...
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Denial and ego-defence
Denial is explained (perhaps defined) as a "defence mechanism", of which I think "ego defence" is a synonym.
This confuses the matter. Denial in colloquial english just means "the action of ...
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