The Buddha’s Second Noble Truth is that craving—desire, attachment, clinging—is the cause of suffering, unsatisfactoriness, stress. Anyone who has looked into the cause of suffering can affirm this great truth for oneself. From this insight, one might conclude that the way to end suffering and find lasting happiness is to kill all desires. From that […]
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Is the Buddhist Path at Odds with Our Humanity?
2010/02/19 
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The Roots of Suffering in Biology and Human Nature What could be more natural than to desire pleasure and avoid pain in our life? We all desire what is pleasurable, and we all seek to avoid what is not. That’s just human nature, right? Well, it’s more than just human nature; it’s our biological nature. […]
Continue reading Purity of Heart and the Happiness that Doesn’t Depend on Anything
2010/01/05 2 Comments
Is it possible to find a happiness that will never harm anyone? Is there a happiness that isn’t conditional, that isn’t fabricated, that isn’t contingent on other people, things, places, circumstances, or even emotional or psychological states? For Thanissaro Bhikkhu, the answer to that question is the key to finding genuine purity of heart, the […]
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