The official story is, vipassana reveals that everything always sucked, you just didn’t notice. But maybe you just find what you’re told to.
@xuenay Well, oddly, it *does* provide relative relief from suffering, in short term at least. Still seems wrong tool for job given theory.
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@Meaningness Do you mean that there's some clear theoretical framework which implies that it *shouldn't* work for suffering reduction? -
@xuenay Yes—the logic of Hinayana is that recognizing suffering is what motivates you to leave the world. Lessening suffering would be bad. - 7 more replies
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