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Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that the body must be denied so that the spirit may be elevated. In Buddhism there is no notion that the body is made of inferior matter while the spirit flies free within.

Brad Warner

Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that the body must be denied so that the spirit may be elevated. In Buddhism there is no notion that the body is made of inferior matter while the spirit flies free within.
BRAD WARNER

Buddhism Ideas Sex
I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I’ll either repeat myself or say something completely different and baffle everybody.
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Different Remember Writing
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices.
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Enlightenment People Powerful
How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!
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Garden Light Tree
What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later.
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Firsts Genuine Teacher
Reality’s all you’ve got. But here’s the real secret, the real miracle: it’s enough.
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Miracle Real Secret
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That’s Buddhist morality.
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Buddhist Morality Wells
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.
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Expectations Head Knows Thoughts
I guess that all figures into my approach because once I start hearing the imagination land stuff (that’s my new phrase now I guess) I tend to tune out or start laughing at it like, “Haha, you guys really believe there is a heaven.”
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Believe Land Laughing
Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation.
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Action Morality Real
I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he’s gonna be because every time he pops out of the water for a look around somebody is firing a missile at him. Buddha would probably have to act as a mediator between the people and Godzilla.
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Mean People Water
Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don’t match how they really are.
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Ideas Ought Suffering
As for enlightenment, that’s just for people who can’t face reality.
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Enlightenment People Reality
The trick to not thinking is not adding energy to the equation in an effort to forcibly stop thinking from happening. It’s more a matter of subtracting energy from the equation in order not to barf the thoughts up and start chewing them over again.
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Effort Order Thinking
Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.
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Doers Real Rewards
Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective.
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Needs Perspective Unique

Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that the body must be denied so that the spirit may be elevated. In Buddhism there is no notion that the body is made of inferior matter while the spirit flies free within.

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Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the body and that the body must be denied so that the spirit may be elevated. In Buddhism there is no notion that the body is made of inferior matter while the spirit flies free within.

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