Friday, August 8, 2025

What if we were to really let go?

  • One of the great problems of life is clinging (upādāna). Among all the things we cling to (that clump and cling to themselves as we imagine we are them), we are inadvertently clinging to suffering (disappointment, dukkha). There is temporary release and bliss through the meditations, the jhanas, but really letting go results from "seeing things as they truly are," which is also called "clear seeing" (vipassana).
  • Buddhism Podcast, 8/8/25; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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