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**QwOpHGyZ** · 03-13-2012, 12:35 PM

Hello Aloka,

So far the wisest Buddhist concept I have read is the Zen idea of avoiding assumption. Is there a soul? I don't know. Is there a god? It often doesn't seem like it, but I wouldn't declare there is or isn't. I try to avoid speculating such big ideas. I'm simply more interested in trying to understand the things right in front of me in the "here and now".

Hi PV,

OK.

I was simply responding to a previous statement you made in #24 of this discussion, which was:

I believe we exist as a soul, mind/ego, and body.

03-13-2012, 12:35 PM	#29
QwOpHGyZ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 363 Senior Member	Hello Aloka, So far the wisest Buddhist concept I have read is the Zen idea of avoiding assumption. Is there a soul? I don't know. Is there a god? It often doesn't seem like it, but I wouldn't declare there is or isn't. I try to avoid speculating such big ideas. I'm simply more interested in trying to understand the things right in front of me in the "here and now". Hi PV, OK. I was simply responding to a previous statement you made in #24 of this discussion, which was: I believe we exist as a soul, mind/ego, and body.
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