NEW232Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neurotrophin-3, Choosing Wisely, Impermanence
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Study of buddhist psychology began with the 3 insights: can be apply to all phenomena in the world and also ourselves: impermanence and transitoriness, conditionality, emptiness, or lack of inherent existence, absence of inherent satisfaction. These are the most fundamental teachings in buddhism. There is no point to look for further teaching/religions without understanding these 3. Nt 1 and 2: explained by do, how the mind generates. Nt 3 and 4: describe what we can do about this situation. *nt1/insight 1: we have pervasive suffering: the pervasive dissatisfaction, lack, unfulfillment that is part of life. Irresistible tendency to idealize/project happiness, satisfaction, reality onto the world. Explained by 12 links of do (dependent origination): the way our history conditions our present experience and forms the basis of our future experiences: As a result of basic ignorance/unconsciousness (1) we behave according to learned, conditioned tendencies (2) acquired from our family, culture and society.
