Bankei Zen: A New Narrative
By Angel Roberto Puente When we begin, our ideas about practice can affect the outcome. One...
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Category: Loving Thoughts From Nowhere
The Easy Way to End Suffering
Cessation, in Sanskrit: nirodha, is a term used to denote the ending or cessation of suffering and its causes, primarily craving and attachment. The generic English term “enlightenment” is used to cover the many names with which this event is named in the various traditions. The interpretation and importance given to this event also vary.
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Who Cares?
Imagine if a tipping point of at least 15% of the population exhibited this condition of mental stillness. Wouldn’t it be possible that the contagion would spread like a meme?
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Just Thinking: Relational Frame Theory and Psychology of Thought Tendencies
I personally prefer to go to the roots of the problem of thinking. Dialectical thinking is useful, in my view, for the resolution of life choices. Yet it stays at the surface of confused thinking. RFT goes deeper into how mistakes in thinking are produced and stored. It’s more like the psychology of the underlying tendencies in Buddhist thought.
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Nothing New, Same Evil: Violent Responses on a Spiritual Path
How do you accept the necessity of violent responses while following a spiritual path?
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