nirvana

Dalai Lama During this last entry in my series on Buddhism, I’ll discuss three final concepts within Buddhist philosophy. Anatta: The Concept of No Self While few of us would admit to personality variances of the same degree as the fabled Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, many of us do manifest different…

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The Cultivation of Equanimity

A lotus flower in a pond, a symbold for buddhism and equanimity

If we wish to attain what the Buddhists call nirvana and what the Hindus call moksha—the state in which we transcend our personal identity and become enlightened, it is said that we should engage in certain practices. Both Buddhists and Hinduism’s Patanjali cite eight categories of these, which include truthful…

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