“Involvement with the eight worldly dharmas keeps beings imprisoned in the realms of samsara and renders them susceptible to the hosts of emotions. The eight worldly dharmas are: praise and blame, gain and loss, fame and disgrace, happiness and suffering.… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“Actively, we are motivated by the never-ending desires of the self. We are compelled to pursue whatever the self imagines will satisfy its desires.… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“Following feeling, relying on liking or wanting, we are not free. The freedom to "do as we like" is not freedom of choice because… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“The idea persists that faith is a remnant of an ancient way of life, a way of knowing that asks for unthinking acceptance of… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“Both outer and inner phenomena arise as a result of causes and conditions. Outer phenomena, the things of the physical world, arise in a… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“Involvement with the eight worldly dharmas keeps beings imprisoned in the realms of samsara and renders them susceptible to the hosts of emotions. The… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“Through this process, wisdom clarifies the way that the mind manufacturers emotion and karma, and finally penetrates the illusion of self. Just as though… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
