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(Quote) This is a form of samatha practice. By focussing on a pleasant or neutral object, the mind calms down and is made ready for the next step which you describe below. For one who is at ease — hi… (View Post)
(Image) The world delights in conceptual proliferation (papanca). Buddhas delight in the ending of that (nippapanca) https://tricycle.org/magazine/tangled-thought/ (View Post)
(Quote) There are those whose heart(citta) has been released through non clinging. "What gains total release from the five khandhas?" (Quote) "Seeing thus, the well-instructed disciple… (View Post)
We identify our bodies through our senses. What happens when those senses get fooled and identify inanimate objects as self? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JxiT_pS1Y (View Post)
Do you ever notice the happiness that is there when painful or pleasurable experience is absent? When there is nothing disturbing the peace. (Quote) "This is peace, this is exquisite — the resol… (View Post)