miserable souls
The existence of a soul or self […] is not only firmly denied in Buddhism; belief in it is identified as the source of all our misery.*
the awakened see this and – when doing so may help – point it out*
2023-05-16 / notes
*a link; see the about page for how posts – and copies on fw – use links
buddhas / those awakened – from Pali, past participle of budh “to awake”*
the screenshot is from the front cover on Google Books*
anyone anywhere in a hierarchy is at risk of corruption – “power corrupts” – as is HH*
power manifests as – and cannot exist without – hierarchies of enablers*
emptiness (sunyata) is bedrock Buddhism / see helpful essay by Barbara O’Brien*
emptiness (sunyata) … is not nothingness but a vast creative potential / Nagarjuna (!?)
/ see also nothing – and a note there on belief in a separate self as delusional (Einstein)
further notes are not appended to posts on fewer wurdz