By Robert Augustus Masters — 2018
Buddhism teaches that pain is inevitable. Just being with pain creates an opportunity to cultivate intimacy with it.
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The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice isn’t about achieving mental health.
“Friends, there is suffering.” These words represent the beginning of the Buddha’s first teaching after his enlightenment. Why is the Buddha stating the obvious?
As long as we have bodies, we will have physical pain. Buddhism promises no escape from that. What we can change is how we experience pain.
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