@Meaningness Dear David, I'm discovering and slowly working through your writings, for which I often lack background or even vocabulary. In the meantime, do you have any practical, actionable advice to help me get it? Should I keep on reading or start somewhere else? Thank you!
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Replying to @trethaller
Hmm… can you say anything more about what might be helpful, or is missing or confusing?
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In your writings there are many references to Buddhist concepts I don't know, and their Wikipedia pages are very elaborate but also intimidating when you know nothing about Buddhism
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Replying to @trethaller @Meaningness
What I think would help is practical directions like, which meditation practice would you recommend for beginners? Where to start learning when you come from an epistemology-oriented background, and you might be repelled by the more magical aspects of the literature?
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Replying to @trethaller @Meaningness
Concrete examples for people who are not as comfortable with abstractions, to maybe help us build these abstract concepts bottom-up, if that's even possible? I feel like someone who knows nothing about maths and ends-up lost reading about Ring theory.
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I know nothing about Buddhism, and I have the intuition there is something to be found there in the realm of "how to live" which I feel isn't found in western answers like Utilitarianism or Consumerism, but it's huge and I basically don't know where to start.
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Replying to @trethaller @Meaningness
On the "Emptiness, form, and Dzogchen ethics" page, I saw that you originally intended to give a concrete example, I think that would really help. Anyway thanks a lot for reading and best of luck with your current family matters.
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That page is perhaps the most “advanced” thing I have published; it’s right at the edge of what I’m able to understand myself, and I don’t think I explained it very well. Almost anything else I’ve written should be easier going!
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This page explains one of the major divisions between versions of Buddhism that could be useful to know about:https://vividness.live/2013/10/24/sutra-tantra-and-the-modern-worldview/ …
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This site is about the specific brand of Buddhism I practice. It’s written at an introductory level; it should be easier to follow than http://vividness.live . Mostly it’s from ten years ago and I might present it somewhat differently now, but it’s OK.https://approachingaro.org
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