The Joy of Failure
It’s been a while since my last post, since for the past month I’ve been singularly focused on a bigContinue Reading
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After the initial blow to the ego, “no merit” can actually show us a way to an immense sense of freedom. Doing something for its own sake, without trying to gain or manipulate anything, but simply as an act of devotion, can be a truly liberating experience. That is the true power of “no merit”.
Karma, Determinism and Transformation
As you might suspect, the Buddha’s teachings on Karma are a far cry from the new-age/superstitious ‘squish a bug, be reborn a cockroach’ nonsense. Basically speaking, Karma is not at all a system of retribution or morals, but rather a intricate network of causality. This is actually a very delicate subject, and I’ll try to clarify it to the best of my abilities.
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