May we be free within suffering, no matter what is felt.https://twitter.com/_BuddhaQuotes/status/1258844936897564672 …
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The Buddha on his deathbed: "After the Buddha had eaten Cunda's meal, he fell severely ill with bloody dysentery, struck by dreadful pains (pabāḷhā vedanā), close to death. But he endured with mindfulness and situational awareness, without worrying." Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta
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Nāgārjuna on transmutation: na saṃsārasya nirvāṇāt kiṃcid asti viśeṣaṇam na nirvāṇasya saṃsārāt kiṃcid asti viśeṣaṇam "There is no distinction whatsoever between saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. There is no distinction whatsoever between nirvāṇa and saṃsāra." MMK 25.19
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In practice, do you place emphasis on Vipassana (meditation)? Can reading & contemplation of books on Dhamma, chanting of gathas and/or sutras/mantras suffice for a beginner? Is doing a single practice out of the various means available enough? Sorry for asking too many queries!
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For me, meditation is central to practice, but needn't look a certain way. I've found it fruitful to practice a variety of methods, not only sitting quietly in stereotypical meditative stillness, although that has also featured centrally.
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