The root of all Buddhist teachings and practice is compassion. We start out with the reality of suffering \u2013 something that we have all experienced. The background radiation of anxiety has got to go. It is the result of grasping onto what is not \u2013 what is not is \u201cI\u201d and \u201cme.\u201d\n
We must discover who we really are. We are born with inborn ignorance then we learn some more fabricated ignorance. Go to that which I am before I reified all my human roles. \n
Shamata is not easy. There is nothing left of who you thought you were. The substrate consciousness is bare, raw being. Go in and observe the agent \u2013 who, who, who? Is there anything more than a concept? \n
Karma must ripen.\n
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