buddhism
buddhism
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-07
How can you tell if you are on the right path? There are telltale signs, but before they can be acknowledged, a determination must be made regarding your purpose for treading a path in the first p...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-09
Sahmad dispatched one of his attendants to summon a physician, while another stayed behind as an interpreter. Sahmad then instructed me to lie down, and he lit two large cones of incense, careful...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-14
I turned around and walked slowly to the stables. Conqueror knew that it was time to once again leave. We just began walking down the mountain when a soldier appeared without warning and raised hi...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-15
Conqueror limped stiffly but was always eager to begin a new journey, loving the spontaneity of adventure as much as I did. Occasional wafts of warm air greeted us as we made our way down the moun...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-16
The way we live is key to describing what we are, which can be quite different from our lofty ideals of what we are. And if we consider what we should be, what the loftiest ideal for a human being...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-18
Conqueror and I remained at our vantage point in the foothills until the weather exhausted itself. With the floods beginning to melt into the countryside, and with no signs of my enemies from the ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-29
It's not easy to find something to believe in these days. There is so much information on the internet that whatever we believe in can be very effectively debunked in a heartbeat, leaving us wit...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-29
At that exact moment, a young couple from the village was coincidently walking down the path with some food they had prepared for me. When they saw me emerge from the cave with this creature fro...
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189.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-31
I was quiet for a moment so that the man, so self-assured and strong willed and not accustomed to acknowledging the need for help, could reflect on his admissions. I then said, "There are so...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-08-02
As the man slowly walked away, I faced my own future as well, and I entered the subdued and inviting cave; I had a lot of work to do. I was already adept at the Four Material Calms of - applied...