Dukkha
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We are usually taught that the Four Noble Truths are Buddhism’s starting point – a compact diagnosis of the human condition outlining But I am not interested in defending their metaphysical status or rehearsing old doctrinal explanations. What matters to me is how they lead to the Eightfold Path, where the real work of ethics, meditation, and…
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A while ago, I asked an AI agent about Buddhism’s Three Marks of Existence. The answer started well: ‘a way of looking at reality exactly as it is, without illusions’, but then it seemed to go downhill rapidly. Perhaps I had hoped for an answer that could deepen my understanding of reality, how that reality…