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Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon
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Near Sāvatthī.
“Monks, before my self-awakening, when I was still just an unawakened bodhisatta, the thought occurred to me: ‘What is the allure of form? What is its drawback? What is its escape?
“‘What is the allure of feeling? What is its drawback? What is its escape?
“‘What is the allure of perception? What is its drawback? What is its escape?
“‘What is the allure of fabrications? What is their drawback? What is their escape?
“‘What is the allure of consciousness? What is its drawback? What is its escape?’
“Then the thought occurred to me, ‘Whatever pleasure & joy arises dependent on form: That is the allure of form. The fact that form is inconstant, stressful, subject to change: That is the drawback of form. The subduing of desire & passion, the abandoning of desire & passion for form: That is the escape from form.
[Similarly with feeling, perception, fabrications, & consciousness.]
“Monks, as long as I did not have direct knowledge, as it had come to be, of the allure as a
(https://lemmy.ml/c/buddhism) How to Stay in the Present Moment (https://youtu.be/t5Ka2RS0UC4)
@buddhism How to Stay in the Present Moment https://youtu.be/t5Ka2RS0UC4
Lemmy.ml doesn't seem to be serving the image of the passage. Here is the passage from Your True Home on Google Books.
166 A Real Friendship
IN PRACTICING mindful breathing, we become a real friend to our body, our emotions, our mind, and our perceptions. Only once we've developed a real friendship with ourselves can we effect some transformation within these different realms. If we want to reconcile with our family or with friends who have hurt us, we have to take care of ourselves first. If we're not capable of listening to ourselves, how can we listen to another person? If we don't know how to recognize our own suffering, it wont be possible to bring peace and harmony into our relationships.
What I have taken from Buddhism
I would say my philosophical mindset is an ever expanding garden fertilised by nihilism, stoicism, and buddhism. I try not to fetishise philosophies, leaders, or people and try to learn something from every ideology I come across.
I appreciate the mantra "I will desire nothing" and I think it has helped me many times in my life when things have collapsed around me. If you do not focus on what you want and instead focus on what you can do to improve I find you are always surprised and grateful for what you receive.
One of my rejections of buddhist philosophy is a complete removal of ones self from the physical plane. This includes self denial; acts of self denial can be selfish and I think it's important that the goal of wanting nothing and being a good person should always be considered when denying oneself. It should be the result of a moral decision, not a guide for it. I know this is discussed in the teachings, but I often find anglosised buddhists focusing on their removal rather
Walpola Rahula - What the Buddha Taught by dessalines
Yes I record audiobooks in my spare time. :smiling face: