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vlyons

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5. The 3 poisons in Buddhism are the negative emotions of
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 11:42 AM
Oct 2016

ignorance, greed, and anger/hatred. Hatred is especially pernicious and makes us stupid. Hatred and greed are bad habits, long nurtured in the mind. People don't even realize how detrimental they are to creating true happiness and contentment. But these poisons can be overcome, and overcome rather quickly with some mental discipline and mind training. But people have to want to overcome the mental poisons and seek guidance and training on how to do it. All the great religions of the world teach peace, tolerance, patience, generosity, forgiveness, compassion, respect for all sentient beings. It's not like it's some big secret.

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