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Forgetting The Self And How It Relieves Suffering

Name: Forgetting The Self And How It Relieves Suffering
Uploaded: 2022-09-18T19:54:40.000Z
Duration: 19 min 33 s
Channel: Robert Waldinger
Description: This dharma talk addresses the Buddhist idea that the self is actually a fiction -- a helpful construction that has no actual reality. And this recognition, which we glimpse in meditation, actually relieves suffering.

by Robert Waldinger

Rated

4.7

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talks

Activity

Meditation

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Everyone

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250

This dharma talk addresses the Buddhist idea that the self is actually a fiction -- a helpful construction that has no actual reality. And this recognition, which we glimpse in meditation, actually relieves suffering.

Self Suffering Buddhism Impermanence Mindfulness Meditation Regret Connection Self Investigation Zen Buddhism Dogen Teachings Types Of Suffering Regret Free Living Intergenerational Connection

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Robert Waldinger

Newton, MA

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Robert Waldinger

Newton, MA

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