‘In practice, the insight of not-two does not arrive as a philosophy, but as a felt shift in perception.’
Everyday Buddhist
Alagaddupama Sutta
Morning meditation — The Buddha points beyond ‘is’ and ‘is not’.
‘The Buddha points beyond ‘is’ and ‘is not’, beyond ‘eternal’ and ‘annihilated‘, and ultimately beyond any view that divides experience into fixed categories.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — Papañca is, in essence, the mental act of turning ‘just this’ into ‘me versus that’.
‘Papañca is, in essence, the mental act of turning ‘just this’ into ‘me versus that’. It is the engine that generates ‘two’ from what was never really split.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — Dependent on contact, there is feeling.
‘Dependent on contact, there is feeling. From feeling, perception. From perception, thought fabrication. From thought fabrication, proliferation (papañca). From proliferation, perceptions of self and other arise—and with them, conflict.’
Madhupiṇḍika sutta<
Morning meditation — Here, bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma.
‘Here, bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma — discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, and answers to questions — but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom.’
Alagaddupama Sutta
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