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(Quote) It probably is, but that isn't what the Buddha was concerned with. In the suttas anicca is always described in terms of the aggregates, and the aggregates represent our personal experience. S… (View Post)
(Quote) Understanding that our experiences are conditional and transient is very liberating. We can appreciate our experiences without grasping at them. This is essentially what the Heart Sutra is de… (View Post)
I was reading this today as it happens. I admire Ajahn Chah, but this spider analogy doesn't really work for me. The spider's behaviour is driven by hunger, which you could interpret as craving for f… (View Post)
I spend half my time avoiding collisions with gormless "I"Phone zombies. Pah! :p Skynet ( Farcebook ) will be taking them all over soon, like Google Borg, night of the living dead. (View Post)
(Quote) Could you explain what you mean by "before mind"? And where else are we going to experience "reality", if not in the mind? Isn't "reality" always personal? (View Post)