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One Love
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| Posted 10/31/2011 6:23 AM (GMT -6) |   | | Or so it's said.
Jobs lived and died a Buddhist.
If what his sister says is true...
then he ain't gonna be in hell very LONG, now is he?
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One Love
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| Posted 10/31/2011 6:38 AM (GMT -6) | | | Hmmm.
In October 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with cancer, and in mid-2004 he announced to his employees that he had a cancerous tumor in his pancreas. The prognosis for pancreatic cancer is usually very poor;[128] Jobs stated that he had a rare, far less aggressive type known as islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.[127] Despite his diagnosis, Jobs resisted his doctors' recommendations for mainstream medical intervention for nine months,[96] instead consuming a special alternative medicine diet in an attempt to thwart the disease. According to Harvard researcher Dr. Ramzi Amir, his choice of alternative treatment "led to an unnecessarily early death".[126] According to Jobs's biographer, Walter Isaacson, "for nine months he refused to undergo surgery for his pancreatic cancer -- a decision he later regretted as his health declined."[129] "Instead, he tried a vegan diet, acupuncture, herbal remedies and other treatments he found online, and even consulted a psychic. He also was influenced by a doctor who ran a clinic that advised juice fasts, bowel cleansings and other unproven approaches, before finally having surgery in July 2004."[130] He eventually underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (or "Whipple procedure") in July 2004 that appeared to successfully remove the tumor.[131][132][133] Jobs apparently did not receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy.[127][134] During Jobs's absence, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations at Apple, ran the company.[127]
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| Posted 10/31/2011 6:40 AM (GMT -6) | | The Genius of Jobs
By WALTER ISAACSON
Published: October 29, 2011
"Trained in Zen Buddhism, Mr. Jobs came to value experiential wisdom over empirical analysis."
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| Posted 10/31/2011 6:45 AM (GMT -6) | | Zen Buddhism is a school of Mahayana Buddhism. You know? The one that posits the "buddha nature"?
Zen asserts, as do other schools in Mahāyāna Buddhism, that all sentient beings have Buddha-nature (Skt. Buddhadhātu, Tathāgatagarbha), the universal nature of transcendent wisdom (Skt. prajñā), and emphasizes that Buddha-nature is nothing other than the essential nature of the mind itself. The aim of Zen practice is to discover this Buddha-nature within each person, through meditation and practice of the Buddha's teachings. The ultimate goal of this is to become a Completely Enlightened Buddha (Skt. Samyaksaṃbuddha). As a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, Zen draws many of its basic driving concepts from that tradition, such as the bodhisattva ideal. Buddhas and bodhisattvas such as Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, and Kṣitigarbha are also venerated alongside Gautama Buddha.
Basically, Jobs had an ACTIVE sense of the Transcendent...just in Mahayana Buddhist terms.
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