NEW232Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Buddhist Meditation, Buddha-Nature, Impermanence
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Alleviation from suffering and crisis via adjustment and adaptation. More concerned with mental disorders or biological-based conditions. Maximize one potential and alleviate from suffering via liberation and freedom from cravings and projections. Highest moral virtue is having concern for all human beings (ekman on the similarties with darwin and buddhism) Citta is the buddhist analysis of mind. Caitta is the mental states used in context of inside out and integration of different mental states. Higher states (enlightenment) are developed and can be catalyzed by psychological and spiritual practices. No concern for the brain but the mental processes and the mind. Ordinary happiness is highly conditional and never reliable/stable its not inherent but based on our idealization of objects. External satisfactions are conditional canot control them reliably. Adopting an equanimity attitude allows the mind to find its own way neither trying to merge or escape from it. Overcoming any piercing obstacles (mara) against achieving your goals.
