Diana Wrote: > Dear Alex, > > What is faking? Can you give an example or a for > instance? > > Diana > > --- Alex Bunard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Diana, >> >> You raise an interesting point. What you seem to be >> saying (if I'm understanding you correctly), is that >> it is pretty much impossible to fake anything. >> >> Various Buddhist teachings (most prominently >> Hui-neng's, as exposed in Platform sutra), warn >> against faking it. Many masters and patriarchs >> insist >> that our practice must be genuine, must be coming >> from >> the true source of our original nature. >> >> In other words, they warn us against wasting our >> efforts on polishing a brick in order to turn it >> into >>
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