Hi Blackbird
Disenchantment is important. The second step of the path- right intention- contains nekkhamma or renunciation/letting go- early on in the noble eightfold path (along with non violence and non anger)- showing us that it all the subsequent steps lead on from there.
4NT "Light" Version
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Re: 4NT "Light" Version
With Metta
Karuna
Mudita
& Upekkha
Karuna
Mudita
& Upekkha
Re: 4NT "Light" Version
Nibbana is the highest happiness
Pleasure (which isnt happiness) is anicca dukkha and anatta and pain is anicca dukkha and anatta
Hapiness is freedom from dukkha = Nibbana
So happiness is what is left when dukkha is gone
Thats my reasoning any way
metta
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
Re: 4NT "Light" Version
It is well my friend.rowyourboat wrote:Hi Blackbird
Disenchantment is important. The second step of the path- right intention- contains nekkhamma or renunciation/letting go- early on in the noble eightfold path (along with non violence and non anger)- showing us that it all the subsequent steps lead on from there.
However,
I would caution a linear approach to the Noble Eightfold Path.
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks