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vlyons

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12. actually I have taken boddisattva vows

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 05:28 AM

Jun 2015

see, you keep imputing stuff onto me, and you don't even know me. I understand what the sangha is, both as it regards monastics and as it regards the universal sangha of all Buddhists, both lay and monastics, from all traditions. And yes, I have personally experienced both false gurus and authentic teachers and am well aware of the difference. I take my vows quite seriously and am a member of a real live actual sangha with a temple and a lama and the whole bit.

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you impute a lot of stuff onto people, don't you? vlyons Jun 2015 #10

Buddhists from real communities recognize the difference joshisaurous Jun 2015 #11

actually I have taken boddisattva vows vlyons Jun 2015 #12

Sangha does not include all Buddhists. joshisaurous Jun 2015 #13

well thanks for informing me that my vows, taken directly from HH the Dalai Lama, vlyons Jun 2015 #14

It is because joshisaurous Jun 2015 #15

Thank you for posting this, it is useful. JudyM Aug 2015 #16

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