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Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally 6
#28177161 - 02/08/23 06:34 AM (11 months, 13 days ago) |
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Three statisticians went out hunting and came across a large deer. The first statistician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left. The second statistician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right. The third statistician didn’t fire, but shouted in triumph, “On average, we got it!”
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle] 2
#28177262 - 02/08/23 08:00 AM (11 months, 13 days ago) |
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: ModernShitake]
#28178090 - 02/08/23 06:09 PM (11 months, 12 days ago) |
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I think the middle way is the "straight" heterosexual path..
Keeping things aligned..
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: BrendanFlock]
#28178840 - 02/09/23 06:11 AM (11 months, 12 days ago) |
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Speaking for yourself or for all?
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle] 1
#28178856 - 02/09/23 06:22 AM (11 months, 12 days ago) |
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he has no idea, but is entitled to it.
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle] 1
#28178904 - 02/09/23 07:04 AM (11 months, 12 days ago) |
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You weren't wrong when you said bots suck at jokes
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle]
#28179765 - 02/09/23 04:29 PM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said: "The flag is moving."
The other said: "The wind is moving."
The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He told them: "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving."
Mumon's comment: The sixth patriarch said: "The wind is not moving, the flag is not moving. Mind is moving." What did he mean? If you understand this intimately, you will see the two monks there trying to buy iron and gaining gold. The sixth patriarch could not bear to see those two dull heads, so he made such a bargain.
Wind, flag, mind moves, The same understanding. When the mouth opens All are wrong.
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: spinvis]
#28179805 - 02/09/23 04:49 PM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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he's just trying to get the monks to think in terms of mental events. the mind moves are sensation perception:
- descriptive perception
- utterances
- self awareness of having spoken
- appreciation of the wind in other ways
- appreciation of flags...
- thoughts about the mind
- breathing the wind
- awareness of breath
- of being there
- of eachother
- of being corrected by the master...
each arizing in its own 1/10 of a second more or less lots of movement there.
then there is also the chance he caught a Yoda virus
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle]
#28180310 - 02/10/23 12:37 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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Kickle said: Three statisticians went out hunting and came across a large deer. The first statistician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left. The second statistician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right. The third statistician didn’t fire, but shouted in triumph, “On average, we got it!”
That sounds like an analogy for describing a neutrality bias.
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: redgreenvines]
#28180356 - 02/10/23 02:41 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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It is not mind, it is not Buddha, it is not things.
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: sudly]
#28180427 - 02/10/23 05:52 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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sudly said:
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Kickle said: Three statisticians went out hunting and came across a large deer. The first statistician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left. The second statistician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right. The third statistician didn’t fire, but shouted in triumph, “On average, we got it!”
That sounds like an analogy for describing a neutrality bias.
Yeah I think so too. And maybe a bit of fun about how we can make believe falsities using math and logic if we lose our grounding with reality.
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle]
#28180430 - 02/10/23 05:59 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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100% bullshit baffles brains
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: spinvis]
#28180437 - 02/10/23 06:04 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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spinvis said:
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It is not mind, it is not Buddha, it is not things.
This post is not it
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: redgreenvines]
#28180446 - 02/10/23 06:12 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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redgreenvines said: 100% bullshit baffles brains
Benevolent brains baffle bullshitters beautifully
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle]
#28180567 - 02/10/23 07:53 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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baffling buffets boffing
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: redgreenvines]
#28180570 - 02/10/23 07:57 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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konfusion krept in, keeping focus kompletely kaptivated by a bewildered kurrent state. Fortunately kindness and care can continue and culminate in kno(wa)ble compassion.
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Kickle] 2
#28180725 - 02/10/23 10:15 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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Advice: all alliteration aggrandising assholes assault average animals auras- acting as antagonists. Actually... Artful application admittedly averts any artificial apprehension, allowing an accurate assessment.
 ^Artists rendering of me spewing out this bullshit post
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Lithop] 2
#28180815 - 02/10/23 11:25 AM (11 months, 11 days ago) |
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call me baffled
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: Lithop] 1
#28185128 - 02/13/23 08:23 AM (11 months, 8 days ago) |
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Lithop said: Advice: all alliteration aggrandising assholes assault average animals auras- acting as antagonists. Actually... Artful application admittedly averts any artificial apprehension, allowing an accurate assessment.
 ^Artists rendering of me spewing out this bullshit post 
A+
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Re: Taking the 'Middle Way' too literally [Re: BrendanFlock]
#28186448 - 02/13/23 11:38 PM (11 months, 7 days ago) |
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BrendanFlock said: I think the middle way is the "straight" heterosexual path..
Keeping things aligned..
I sometimes don't think there's a "straight" path, I think it's natural to experiment.
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