SOCY1097 Lecture Notes - Impermanence, Enjoy Eternal Bliss, List Of Charmed Characters
28 Mar 2014
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One of the central issues discussed within the first three chapters of thich nhat hanh"s. No death, no fear is the concept of finding of achieving nirvana. Nirvana is the most difficult concept of the three dharma seals (39) to grasp and even after reading about it, i still am a little confused. If one goes beyond all notions, notions of birth and death, coming and going, the same and different, being and non-being (53) and achieves nirvana, he/she also attain[s] non-fear (22). This makes me think of nirvana as some sort of experiential transcendence. Once a person reaches nirvana, he/she is no longer afraid of anything, including death because he/she understands that there is no such thing as death and no such thing as birth. Our notions keep us from being happy (53) so once we find nirvana we can be happy. Chapter seven, fear, acceptance, and forgiveness: the practice of touching the.
