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sanatanadharma

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12. I have been listening to the explanation for more than 12 years, explaning is not easy

Thu Apr 13, 2023, 08:01 AM

Apr 2023

This is a condensed cliff-notes summary to a Zen koan.

How long or how much 'freedom' does one want?
Will freedom for a day satisfy? A week?, Year?, Decade?
How much or what is freedom?
Is it ok to be free to choose one's shoes but nothing else?
We want freedom always. We don''t want to be limited at all.

Who wants the freedom, the self or another?
How long does the self last?
How can a limited self have limitless freedom?

Gandhi claimed total freedom for his 'self' during years of being locked up in jails.

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After Sandy Hook, gun control looked inevitable. What happened? [View all] summer_in_TX Apr 2023 OP

America? Freedom? Marcus IM Apr 2023 #1

What happened? MyOwnPeace Apr 2023 #2

Anybody Who Thought RobinA Apr 2023 #3

Gun Control didn't "look inevitable" after Sandy Hook. Not for a minute. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #4

Hubris. SYFROYH Apr 2023 #5

Gun bans are very iffy, and pursuing them keeps summer_in_TX Apr 2023 #10

I can gue$$. Sneederbunk Apr 2023 #6

Polls can't guage level of enthusiasm for a cause Kaleva Apr 2023 #7

"Freedom", you use that word but I don't think it means what you think" sanatanadharma Apr 2023 #8

Could you explain? summer_in_TX Apr 2023 #11

I have been listening to the explanation for more than 12 years, explaning is not easy sanatanadharma Apr 2023 #12

Freedom in that sense comes through satyagraha. summer_in_TX Apr 2023 #13

Two things happened sarisataka Apr 2023 #9

Sociopathic Republicans happened? n/t Just_Vote_Dem Apr 2023 #14