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Re: Mind and the senses
(Quote) We think that the "mind" experiences sights, sounds, tastes, smells, sensations, emotions, thoughts etc. The "experiencer/mind" is not separate from the experience. Withou… (View Post)
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Re: Pleasant but boring
(Quote) Yes. You need to know/see what triggered the anger. Not just watching anger arising and passing away. This you can do on or off the cushion. In my experience it is almost always due to (over)… (View Post)1 -
Re: wrong/right speech
Right speech starts from having right thoughts which comes from having right view. It all flows from having the right view. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands suffering, the origin of … (View Post)
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Re: wrong/right speech
Right speech also means choosing words that are kind rather than words that are true. As Ajahn Chah would say, "True but not right." (Quote) [1] In the case of words that the Tathagata know… (View Post)2 -
Re: What is "moving beyond the mind"?
(Quote) I find this type of labelling most useful - seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, thinking, feeling. Every such phenomena arising and passing away moment to moment. (Quote) In many ways, friend… (View Post)
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