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Practices that derive from Sutra center on liberation from Samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth caused by habitual grasping to attraction, aversion and indifference. The core teachings are the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Being trapped in Samsara causes ‘dukkha’ (Pali) dissatisfaction, often translated as suffering. The patterns of attraction, aversion, and indifference make us self-serving. We are habitual ego-reinforcers, but we can develop detachment and equanimity through concentrated meditation which will enable us to further let go of striving and grasping. Then we will see that our desires and habits cause us unhappiness at a deep level. We can begin to erase even the most subtle traces of conditioning, perhaps even achieving states of cessation, eventually becoming an arhat or experiencing nirvana. Sutra-derived worldviews have in common the theme that if we follow a correct path we can develop virtues in a self-reinforcing cycle of purity or wholesomeness. We w

Image by Nicolas Nova Contradictions in Sutra Practices that derive from Sutra center on liberation from Samsara , the cycle of death and rebirth caused by habitual grasping to attraction, aversion and indifference. The core teachings are the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Being trapped in Samsara causes ‘dukkha’ (Pali) dissatisfaction, often translated as suffering. The patterns of attraction, aversion, and indifference make us self-serving. We are habitual ego-reinforcers, but we can develop detachment and equanimity through concentrated meditation which will enable us to further

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