When we were a newborn baby, there was no distinction between the world and ourselves. We were utterly unconscious, spontaneous, even intuitive. The world looked chaos. Using a phenomenological term, it is epoché (suspension of judgment) to see things as they are. Unlike this phenological bracketing, however, for a baby, it is not suspension but … Continue reading Things as They Are
Day: April 17, 2019
Four Noble Truths
After seven weeks of fasting and meditation, Buddha found the way of how we can address the reality that life is suffering. The solution is the Noble Eightfold Path. One of these eight practices is mindfulness, mentioned in this entry. This Noble Eightfold Path is actually the fourth component of the Four Noble Truths. Without … Continue reading Four Noble Truths
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