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I think you have an important point, @mindatrisk. The role of pleasure in meditation is much underappreciated. Consider these lines from the Anapanasati Sutta: (Quote) Some teacher or other (it may h… (View Post)
I think part of the way you are languaging this is what's causing you pain. You are not "improving yourself." For one thing, your body is not your self. The source of your compassion and go… (View Post)
"Intention" does not exist in and of itself. It's an inexact appellation that describes many different phenomena converging all at once: our biological drives and genetic predispositions, o… (View Post)
I don't know the answer to this question, but whatever that thing is, it's what we have to work with in this lifetime. It's all we have to get us from here to liberation. That is all that's really im… (View Post)
(Quote) "Love" or even the more common "loving-kindness" is, in my opinion, too strong a translation for metta. In Pali, metta is closely related to the word mitta -- which means … (View Post)