Buddha made an important distinction between ordinary acts of giving and true dāna.
Foundations of Buddhism
Dharma Read: The shift from experience to process.
The deeper our insights go, the more they reveal the interconnectedness of all beings, the impermanence of all things, and the absence of a separate, enduring self.
Dharma Read: A lot of aversion was arising, so I was trying to make it all right.
That was certainly no way to make it right.
Dharma Read: This is where awareness and insight come together.
When we practise in this way, we begin to see that Buddha is not separate from our own experience.
Dharma Read: Awareness without wisdom can become mere attention.
This insight allows us to let go of attachment and live with greater freedom..
Dharma Read: Why do you say that mind is Buddha?
I would say to them that it’s not a thing.
Dharma Read: Bodhi has the nature of awareness and the function of wisdom and compassion.
the nature of awareness and the function of wisdom and compassion.
Dharma Read: Techniques, while helpful, can become traps.
The Dharma is not about perfecting a technique.
Dharma Read: But it’s not just thoughts that distract us.
This is where practice deepens.
Dharma Read: The Buddhist path is not about discovering a higher truth.
The mind that no longer grasps at duality or non-duality
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