notes on ***reality, dukkha, and being well*** follow credits and links below
!gb nor are they otherwise / Lankavatara Sutra
!twitter "nor are they otherwise"
!twitter "nor is it otherwise"
!gb Secular Buddhism: "fully knowing dukkha, letting go of craving"
!g comprehending dukkha
!g seeing dukkha as wanting something
!g being well is being on the eightfold path … wanting nothing
!g loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity
!twitter loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity
tweet (source of “pervading the world with a mind imbued with …”)
2017-06-22
published this post – n2017a – and set up a short URL: tiny.cc/n2017a
added links with search terms for knowing and comprehending dukkha and, on Twitter, for the brahma viharas – the divine abodes, the immeasurables – as guiding values;
sent this tweet:
“… things are not as they are seen, nor are they otherwise.”
— George Atherton (@notrehta) June 24, 2017
Lankavatara Sutra (tr. DT Suzuki) https://t.co/pTUUb8n60H pic.twitter.com/qpDvLr7NGU
2017-07-19
replaced dukkha is wanting reality to be otherwise
with dukkha is our wanting it to be otherwise