“The first point is that about impermanence. Bliss, peace, happiness, as well as their counterparts pain, chaos, and misery, are all transient phenomena, subject to conditions, arising and passing like the weather. As Zen says, the ten thousand joys and… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“When I think about what it would take to achieve freedom from all psychological stuff, the response that comes is this: life is about… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“Thus, “let it go” at its best actually means, “don’t give a bunch of transient sensations an excessive sense of solidity.” It does not… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“Basically, until we are very enlightened, some odd mixture of compassion and confusion motivates everything we do, as mentioned elsewhere, and so we have… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and over-simplifies. Hopefully,” — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“This list doesn’t include issues of corruption, romances, cults of personality, affairs, crushes, miscommunications, vendettas, scandals, drug use, money issues, and all the other… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“if we are to have a clear standard for whether or not these techniques and teachings are working for us, it is vital that… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“The first point is that about impermanence. Bliss, peace, happiness, as well as their counterparts pain, chaos, and misery, are all transient phenomena, subject… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and oversimplifies.” — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“If you do the technique, you will see all of this and more. If not, reading about it won’t help you. It’s just another… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“In terms of insight practice, a lawyer who is terrible at insight practices but tries to do them anyway is vastly superior to a… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
“At the most fundamental level, the level that is the most useful for doing insight practices, we wish desperately that there was some separate,… — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image