Mastodawn

#Buddhism is the direct examination of #suffering, #impermanence, #attachment, & #delusion. It is the stripping away of illusions, not dressing them up in silk. The #Buddha did not teach people to become cultural reenactors. He taught people to wake up. If a practice requires you to pretend to be another nationality, another century, or another civilisation to feel authentic, then it has already lost its way. (6/7)

Light for the Last Days 1d ago

Peace in the Middle East: Any progress yet?

“And some of these boys from the Middle East who are sitting around the table here in the picture may be saying, “Yeah, we’ll sign on to the document.” But they don’t really mean it in their hearts because what they want is not peace with Israel, but ‘a piece’ of Israel and eventually the whole of Israel and its elimination.”

#delusion #goodintentions #Israel #middleeastpeaceprocess #trumpspeaceplanforgaza

https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/israel-and-the-middle-east/peace-in-the-middle-east-any-progress-yet/

Tikkhapaññā 4d ago

When we let go of the conventions, we don’t throw them away. I don’t have to ...

#Buddhism #Dhamma #delusion #suffering #freedom #Theravada

Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)5d ago

Buddhistdoor View: Beyond the Dichotomy of Political Engagement and Detachment

🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4rd2kaeb

#Buddhism #PopeLeo #DalaiLama #ThomasMerton #Commentary #Interfaith #Politics #Delusion #greed #Hatred #Power #Ethics

Anagārika Alāra, PhD 5d ago

Why is it delusional (mohā) to say the body is me, mine, or myself? Because the body's matter/energy constantly change, move, become different. There is nothing stable there to call a substance or essence. The same is true of thoughts and feelings. It's like calling a flowing river 'me'.

#buddhism #body #moha #delusion #self #possession #impermanence #anicca #substance #essence #thoughts #feelings #physics #science

Anagārika Alāra, PhD 5d ago

The fact the body can get infections also shows it's not you or yours. It's a territory you're inhabiting, and, just like land, you have to constantly defend it against others who also want to either live there or consume it as food.

#buddhism #body #infection #moha #delusion #territory #colonialism #occupation #defence #defense #food #consumption

Anagārika Alāra, PhD 5d ago

Bodies are a type of hardware. Being attached to them, desiring them, etc is a type of materialism. People's obsessions with 'who' looks most beautiful is actually with whose mind HAS (ie, possesses, occupies, etc) the most beautiful body.

#buddhism #body #hardware #desire #materialism #obsession #beauty #mind #possession #occupation #moha #delusion