Ramya’s Reviews > How to See Yourself As You Really Are > Status Update

“””empathy is achieved by recognizing that you and all others - whether friends, enemies, or neutral parties - share a central a central aspiration by wanting happiness and not wanting suffering, even if you view happiness and suffering differently.” P. 206

P. 155: P. 155: “I” and mind-body are inherently different contemplate he says and gives absurdity of this — but this not absurd! “I” is “a figment of the imagination or [be] permanent” “I” does not have “any physical or mental characteristics”. Oh, Ramana, help have conversation with this odd understanding of modern Buddhists for “annatta”. ^

P. 153: “This which seemed to exist in itself is seen to depend on thought.” This is one of the most difficult concepts not just chapter! What is this thought thing that creates this “I” thought?
So it proceeds from “perceiving” the object adding raga/dvesha/neutral labels etc. BUT, what “perceives” to start the cycle of dependent arising?!

“Delirious with fever[ignorance], one does not recognize the fever [ignorance].” - Paltril Rinpoche, Sacred Word, p. 39

P. 11: “Complete love is based not on attachment but on altruism, which is the most effective response to suffering”

P. 15: “I do not think about converting others to Buddhism or merely furthering the Buddhist cause. Instead, I try to think of how I as a Buddhist can contribute to the happiness of all living beings.” [LOVE]

“Love and insight work cooperatively to bring about enlightenment like two wings of a a bird.”

“Ignorance is the tacit acceptance of things as they seem.”

Powerful, succinct to begin with panña and avidya defined so clearly like I’ve never heard before!