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Originally Posted by Gem
I don't think it requires a mindset... it is just true that it makes no sense and has no meaning regarding my life. Some of it does; some of it doesn't; and some of it probably never will. I think people forget what is important, and they give too much importance to to text. It creates problems because the authority of text becomes internalised, and people start double checking themselves against 'what they know'. In this way they become within themselves both the disciplinarian and the disciplined, and practice a sort of obedience - a pretense of being a good Buddhist.
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The part that doesn't make sense or may never will for you is viewed in what mindset by you?
That's what what I'm saying, is it viewed as you'll get there someday or as it's not correctly interpreted.
One has to have an idea where this path is headed according to the teachers of it.