A central concept in all Buddhisms is "refuge". As in, existentially, where do we seek "shelter", "protection", "home".
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Interesting, sounds like what I’m looking for is the exact opposite of this.https://twitter.com/made_in_cosmos/status/1245240885618622464?s=21 …
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Tell me more? You piqued my curiosity :)
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Any idea I have about liberation, suffering, death, etc is just this. An idea. A concept in my head. To actually know what it’s like I need to let go of every such idea so that it doesn’t stand between me and the real thing. This isn’t taking refuge, it’s jumping into fire.
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Replying to @made_in_cosmos @Timber_22 and
I think this may be a connotation problem. Believing one's own ideas, concepts, etc is taking refuge in oneself, one's own habits. Taking refuge is precisely the act of turning away from those and toward reality.
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Replying to @Buddh_ish @made_in_cosmos and
Taking refuge **in awakening, or the three jewels, or whatever, is precisely the act of....
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Replying to @Buddh_ish @made_in_cosmos and
Like, in short, you're always going to SOMETHING for refuge, as where you "go" mentally to relate to the world. Most of the time this is just your own concepts. So deciding to go for refuge somewhere else is an act of opening up, not hiding.
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Replying to @Buddh_ish @Timber_22 and
Thanks for your explanation!
Also, why do all the concept need to have such confusing names? It’s always some strange word in Tibetan or Sanskrit, and even the translations aren’t intuitive. Did anyone tried to translate Buddhism into plain English?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @made_in_cosmos @Timber_22 and
You're welcome! Sorry for the mini-thread, kept messing up the wording. I think about awkward translations of Buddhist words a lot, and how it adds a second layer of foreignness and complexity. Some words become standard jargon, tho, then they're hard to change
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Replying to @Buddh_ish @Timber_22 and
If there’s any religion that can actively rework its own dogma, traditions or standards, I’d expect Buddhism to be the one
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Thus is impermanence. 
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