Re: Vipassana
Sure meditation can be handy but raising a tool to having religious
status is a bit dramatic don't you think?- Hide quoted text -
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Some people don't call Buddhism a religion. But, no matter what labels
you paste on, I think what I expressed is Buddhist doctrine as
expressed by the Buddha's teachings in the Pali Canon.
Jack
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