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I could be shopping in a few years in the kids section of a store for my next tee shirt

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I  recall weighing around 66 kilos (10 stone 6 pounds, 146 pounds) in my early 20s and standing  about 182 centimetres (six feet tall). I wore a large size tee-shirt, large size boxer shorts, large size pullover and so forth. I lost a few kilos (too much fasting) in my years as a Buddhist monk in Thailand before returning to the UK in my early 30’s but regained weight after I disrobed. …

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10 POSITIVE AND 10 NEGATIVE FACTORS OF BUDDHISM

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Buddhism has its positive and negative factors. Here is a list though there are genuine exceptions in both lists.

Alphabetical Order

10 Positive Factors about Buddhism …

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What the Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest printed book, has to say on views….

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I read this week that restoration work takes place at the British Library in London on  the world’s oldest printed book –  a much love Buddhist text called the Diamond Sutra dating back to 868 AD. (Sutra is the Sanskrit for discourse).

Many Westerners believe the Gutenberg’s Bible from around 1450 AD as the world’s oldest printed book. A copy of the Diamond Sutra printed 600 years earlier remained hidden in Buddhist monk’s cave in Dun Huang , Gansu Province, China for many centuries. …

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You may have to go through hell to enter heaven

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A crisis leaves the heart-mind enduring painful impressions that can still get touched upon when having to deal with a very negative situation years later. This indicates there is still some inner vulnerability when having to face another negative in its various expressions. …

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