The Selfless Mind
February 25th, 2012
Our FBA Podcast today is a talk by the delightfully clear Vajrapriya titled “The Selfless Mind.” What if all of our emotional and spiritual problems were caused by an incorrect understanding of our true nature? Vajrapriya explores the Buddha’s insight that our commonsense assumptions about ourselves are the source of our suffering. Unpicking those assumptions is the first step to the arising of a wisdom that leads to an expansive and liberating way of relating to others and the world.
Talk 2 in a series of 4 talks entitled ‘Powers of the Mind’ given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, April 2011.
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Synchronicity – at times certain themes for some reason seem to become preponderant in our lives allowing us to learn important lessons simply due to the theme’s ubiquity.
I’m currently reading Bodhipaksa Dharmacari’s excellent book “Living as a River”*, which deals with precisely the same subject matter as this talk.
Both are excellent nudges for me to wake up. Thank you!