Buddhism
“The source of suffering is a false belief in permanence and the existence of separate selves.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Old Path White Clouds
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma
- [[ Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma ]]
1. Sutrayana
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[[
Four Noble Truths
]]
- [[ Noble Eightfold Path ]]
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Meditation
- Samadhi (concentration)
- Vipassana (insight)
- Metta
- [[ everything constantly changes (impermanence) ]]
- Nibbana (the goal of the path)
- The cessation of fabrications of the mind
2. Mahayana
- Emptiness
- Compassion Ideal: Bodhisattva → Being who wants to awaken all other beings
3. Vajrayana (Tibetan Tradition)
- Even emptiness is empty
- Awakening and delusion come together
### Finding a home in Buddhism ! [[ Book - Approaching Vajrayana - David Chapman#Person-Yana Fit ]]
Not the path of “just letting be”/no striving
By him who knows not, who sees not as it really is (the causal uprising and ceasing) . . . training must be done . . . practice must be done . . . exertion must be made . . . there must be no turning back. . . there must be energy. . . there must be mindfulness . . . there must be earnestness. - Samyutta Nikdya, read in [[ Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory by Joanna Macy ]]
## Critiques
David Chapman on Consensus Buddhism
https://vividness.live/buddhist-ethics-a-tantric-critique
! [[ Buddhist Tantra#Mainstream Buddhism and Tantra ]]
#### Vague Path to Save All Beings
- Bodhisattvayana—the Buddhist path of compassion:
- Compassion
- ???
- Save all sentient beings!
Rejection of Power
- Power is needed if we want to create change in the World for the good of all
- Like any tool, power can be used for good or ill
Tags: #MOC #curate
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