Suffering
The essential truth of suffering is that neither individual nor social problems are due chiefly to external conditions.
-B. Alan Wallace, Tibetan Buddhism From the Ground Up
posted by Larry D. Lyons II @ 3:27 PM
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
-B. Alan Wallace, Tibetan Buddhism From the Ground Up
3 Comments:
huh?, I always thought that suffering had to do with choices that we make internally that effect our external, but thats just me
that's what the quote is saying. individual and communal suffering arise from internal strife.
I don't think the two ideas are in conflict.
1. societal conflicts are external, but arise primarily out of internal conflicts/suffering/strife.
2. human suffering should be a societal concern.
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