Month: February 2024
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The Lila View Of Suffering: Being Captivated By The Role
The standard view of suffering is that, well, it’s bad and that anyone who knows that it’s bad would want it to end. The Dalai Lama puts the standard view well when he states, “Nobody wants to suffer, and everyone wants to be happy.” The lila view of suffering, as I’ll call it here, turns…
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From Where Does The Content Lent To The Body, The Mind, And The Senses Come?
Start with the body, the mind, and the senses, and consider the deeply enigmatic question, “From where does each get its content?” When you go directly to the body, you discover that it’s only a sensation. To speak of “sensation,” however, is already to apply rupa as in namarupa. That is, the “raw feel” of…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 