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Category Archives: Dhamma
Discernment along the Middle Way
My last post asking “What is Enlightenment?” drew some good comments and questions, and I respond to them here, in a rambling sort of way, beginning with a story about soap. Many years ago Robin worked for Colgate-Palmolive. She worked in the quality-control department at a plant where they made, among other things, Fresh Start [...]
What is enlightenment?
It’s not an original question. Immanuel Kant asked “What is enlightenment?” in an essay published in 1784. I don’t think Kant had Buddhism in mind, but still, it’s a question worth considering.
In a previous post I wrote about The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha’s Teachings on Nibbana, by Ajanhs Pasanno and Amaro. Nibbana/nirvana is [...]
Also posted in Buddhism, Delusion, Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, Nibbana, Practice, The Buddha 4 Comments
I think, therefore I doubt – sometimes
In my previous post I talked about the bit of insight I had into anatta, no-self. Two questions arose. What does it mean? which I have addressed, and how has it changed things?
The answer to the second question is, I don’t know. Maybe it hasn’t or won’t change anything. Already the memory of the experience [...]
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