RG ST 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Impermanence, Dukkha
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Techniques include breathing awareness & development of loving-kindness. (cid:862)i(cid:374)sight(cid:863) (cid:894)vipas(cid:455)a(cid:374)a(cid:895) (cid:373)editatio(cid:374)s ofte(cid:374) fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) i(cid:373)per(cid:373)a(cid:374)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e, conditionality, causation. Considered the principal means of attaining nirvana or enlightenment through its revelation of the true nature of things. E(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e is said to have (cid:862)three (cid:373)arks(cid:863) (cid:894)trilaksa(cid:374)a(cid:895): Counteracts ignorance which is the basis for suffering impermanence (anitya) All compounded phenomena (things & experiences) are inconstant, unsteady, unreliable. Everything is made up of parts, dependent on conditions for its existence. Everything is in constant flux conditions and the thing itself constantly changing. Subtle form of suffering arising as a reaction to qualities of conditioned things. Buddhism denies the existence of a permanent or static entity that remains constant. Suffering of conditioned states suffering not-self (anatman) behind the changing bodily and non-bodily components of a living being experiences these thoughts (cid:272)o(cid:373)prise the (cid:862)perso(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:271)od(cid:455), se(cid:374)satio(cid:374)s, per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s, e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s, (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious(cid:374)ess(cid:895) Just as the body changes from moment to moment, so thoughts come and go.
