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Buddhism

YankeyMCC

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3. Karmic choices

Reply to ZombieHorde (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:56 PM

Aug 2012

We gotta live in this world...the vow to save all beings (impossible by the way) helps us remember to acknowledged the choices we make have consequences and the fact that there is no escaping that. We choose to harm the viruses for the sake of other beings. Either we as aware beings accept that and live with that or we create suffering over it. We choose.

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Saving all beings [View all] YankeyMCC Jun 2012 OP

Props to Robb! ellisonz Jun 2012 #1

This thread is dead, so I don't feel guilty going slightly off topic. ZombieHorde Aug 2012 #2

Karmic choices YankeyMCC Aug 2012 #3

Good reply, in my opinion. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2012 #4