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The Buddhist answer to this question resonates with another American principle: an intelligent sacrifice is any in which you gain a greater happiness by letting go of a lesser one, in the same way you'd give up a bag of candy if offered ... But an added part of our resistance to renunciation is peculiar to Western culture.
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www.hinduwebsite.com/buddhism/essays/renunciation.htm
www.hinduwebsite.com/buddhism/essays/renunciation.htm
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A practising Buddhist should practice according to the Buddha’s instruction, ... The merit of renunciation is very great. However, those who cannot renounce should not force themselves to do so. If one cannot practise in line with the teaching of the Buddha after renouncing, it is worse then a lay follower.
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www.buddhanet.net/cbp1_f6.htm
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You are absolutely right regarding the tendency of American Buddhist teachers to tread softly on the matter of renunciation. My teacher defined renunciation as repudiating the causes of suffering but rejected the more ascetic implications of the term – namely the object itself.
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www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/kobai-renunciation
www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/kobai-renunciation
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27 to Oct 1. During these days, thirty Western monastics from the Thai and Sri Lankan Theravadin, Japanese and Vietnamese Zen, Chinese Ch'an, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions discussed topics such as: What is the relationship between renunciation and simplicity?
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www.thubtenchodron.org/BuddhistNunsMonasticLife/renunci...
www.thubtenchodron.org/BuddhistNunsMonasticLife/renunciation_and_simplicity.html
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If we think of the suffering we ourselves will have to experience as a result of our negativity and thus give birth to a very strong wish not to have to experience this type of misery, we have developed what is called 'renunciation.' ... If we follow correctly the teachings of Buddha, Buddhist salvation is possible.
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www.fpmt.org/teachings/more/renunc_serkong.asp
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The Skeptic Tank text archives. ... IV Having considered the theory and practice of renunciation as it is set forth in the Pali texts, I should like to conclude by examining some possible misconceptions concerning the nature of renunciation in general and Buddhist renunciation in particular.
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www.skepticfiles.org/mys1/renounce.htm
www.skepticfiles.org/mys1/renounce.htm
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Set in the war-torn world of Mughal India and first published in the gathering darkness of the 1930s, the three novels collected in ''The Root and the Flower'' are stories of intrigue, murder, and romance; ... of Tantric abandonment and Buddhist renunciation; of emotional delirium and spiritual adventure.
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www.buy.com/prod/the_root_and_the_flower/q/loc/106/prin...
www.buy.com/prod/the_root_and_the_flower/q/loc/106/print/1/30667971.html
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RENUNCIATION / DETACHMENT; Definition: wanting to be free from all problems of cyclic existence, not wanting objects that cause more misery. It is not, that someone suddenly gets excited, abandons all his belongings ... "If the basic project of mainstream Buddhist practice is to unmask the ego illusion for what it is,
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www.viewonbuddhism.org/attachment.html
www.viewonbuddhism.org/attachment.html
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I'm 25, female, British and have been practicing Buddhist meditation for about a year as well as studying the Dharma and reading a lot about the topic. I have a question regarding renunciation in Buddhism. I read a lot of Buddhist articles, discussions and things on the internet and in books.
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www.knowbuddhism.info/2009/11/renunciation-in-buddhism....
www.knowbuddhism.info/2009/11/renunciation-in-buddhism.html
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