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Yep, I'm planning to release the discussion as an html export afterwards. I'll post it in this thread, so keep a look out if you're unable to join in!

wow the exact concepts from Leo's morality video! really need to get a hold of suzuki's writings...

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lol love this thread

Yeah I also wouldn't go so far as to say that lies are never acceptable under any situation or anything like that, this is another moralization , but one should be very mindful about exactly why they're doing so. As @Piotr also mentioned, you don't need to share every one of your opinions in every situation. There's a difference between directly lying and just not sharing everything going on inside your head. In general I'd say you should be concerned about just bettering the situation for everyone involved, with the underlying motive being one of compassion and not neurotic self-interest. Most of the time this means just being honest, though .

I very much doubt this. I'm pretty sure I can confidently state that almost every single white lie that I have ever told has been out of personal convenience. This doesn't mean they are these terrible, malicious things, but saying you lie for the sake of others just seems a bit strange to me.

Yeah pretty sure it's all included in the price. You can always send off an email to clarify.

Yep, here's the calendar: http://www.zenstudies.org/calendar.html

Ohh you meant the retreat upstate, not the local center in nyc. I'm aiming for the 9/24 – 10/1 session.

I'll be there at least twice a week, probably on Wednesdays/Fridays/Saturdays. Just send a heads up if you plan on coming one of those days!

I'm planning on doing the Shikoku Pilgrimage next year.

No need for an app, you can access it from your standard computer internet browser: [removed by moderator]

Link is working again!

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"detoxing" your body is a myth. Just change your diet and start eating healthier. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-myth-health-diet-science-ignorance

I've had this issue a bit as well. I've also read that limbs going numb for an hour or two should be fine in general, but I don't like the feeling and try to avoid it. I have noticed my circulation improving since starting regular meditation so I am just working on improving this step by step and hopefully sometime later this year I'll be able to do strong determination for some hours without losing circulation at all.

for some reason people have grown to usually vastly overestimate the importance of protein in our diets. protein is part of almost every plant-based food in existence, and on a balanced, plant-based diet, it's almost impossible not to get enough daily protein regardless of exactly what you eat.

so much ignorance LOL what utter nonsense. yeah because you care about their lives soo much, to selflessly save their species you will subject their entire population to a continuous cycle of abject suffering. It sure is difficult, but you'll force that cheeseburger down each morning, for them. *sigh* human cruelty through unconscious self-justification knows almost no bounds

post is complete nonsense.

They are streamed over vimeo.com

Why not both? I currently do freelance coding to fund and support my other more creative and artistic hobbies

Send me the channel, I will hack the youtubes and remove the videos.

There are tons of gluten free vegans out there. https://www.reddit.com/r/glutenfreevegan

Nobody is saying psychedelics are an end or that they are a stepping stone towards or comparable to enlightenment. Doesn't mean they can't be discussed as a forum topic.