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love exists's avatar

Perhaps somewhat contradicting your last paragraph — but I would say that if one cannot experience Vipassana for themselves, the second best thing would be reading this essay to absorb at least a small percentage of the wisdom imbued by the experience through the words written here :)

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Michael's avatar

You did what we in Seōn Imge Buddhism (Korean Rinzai)call "hard practice." Congratulations! The point of all the pain, both physical and mental, is ultimately to make you able to universally benefit all beings. Compassion is the heartblood of all Buddhist practice in my own experience.

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