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(Quote) The world "as it appears to us" is just phenomena. Shapes, colours, and so on. We can only know "our world", talking about "the world" rapidly becomes speculatio… (View Post)
OK, a simple example. An "apple" is round, hard and coloured ( say ) red. But there is no essence of "apple" behind these properties, there are only the properties. So an "ap… (View Post)
(Quote) Yes, that's right, breathing is a bodily sensation, it's the one that most people use I think. I normally use the sensation of pressure resulting from weight/gravity, it's always there, and I… (View Post)
I think for me it is the principle of conditionality ( pratityasamutpada ), which underlies the teachings on not-self, emptiness, The Four Noble Truths, and so on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prat%… (View Post)