One of the things I love most about the teaching of the Buddha is their SIMPLICITY! for example: unpleasant feeling --> ill will, pleasant feeling --> grasping. Wrong view is the biggest source of suffering. There is no underlying "I" or "self" behind all of these experiences to whom they're happening. May we all free ourselves from the habit of wrong view! Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu!

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Thank you Joseph

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: The video *discusses the topic of ill will and its different forms, including anger, impatience, annoyance, and irritation.* Ill will *arises when we encounter situations where we don't get what we want or when we get what we don't want.* Recognizing ill *will and being mindful of the unpleasant feelings associated with it can help us let go of it.* It's important *to avoid personalizing impersonal situations, as this can lead to aversion.* Aversion may *have underlying emotions like hurt or fear, which need to be acknowledged and addressed.* The seductive *power of anger often comes from the feeling of being right and self-righteousness.* Mindfulness and *acceptance of both pleasant and unpleasant experiences can help in dealing with aversion.* Checking our *attitude toward aversion and practicing self-compassion can be effective in managing anger and ill will.* Sometimes, powerful *emotions like anger convey important messages about injustice or the need for setting boundaries, and it's essential to understand these messages without getting lost in the emotion.* 34:56 The *teaching emphasizes that 100% of our suffering comes from unskillful states in our own minds, not external factors.* 37:42 The *Buddha teaches that we should train ourselves to remain unaffected by others' speech and maintain compassion and loving-kindness, highlighting the importance of inner control.* 40:08 Wrong *view is one of the unskillful mind states, and it involves not understanding the law of karma, where actions have consequences.* 42:04 Wrong *view prevents us from considering the consequences of our actions and understanding their skillfulness.* 43:33 Wrong *view also involves the deep-seated belief in the concept of self, which creates a reference point for all experiences.* 47:46 Wrong *view arises when we identify with thoughts and emotions, believing them to be part of an "I" or "mine."* 53:14 The *liberating insight is that there is no underlying self behind our experiences, and each mind state or emotion manifests its own nature.* 57:00 The *practice to overcome wrong view involves recognizing, "This is not mine, this is not I, this is not myself," when experiencing thoughts and emotions.* Made with HARPA AI

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35:10 : "one of the most challenging of all the Buddhist teachings is that 100 percent of our suffering comes from our unskillful states of mind." As a compassionate human being, I fully and with all my heart reject this 'teaching'. In fact, ideas like this, more than helping reduce suffering in the world, increase suffering. Certainly, for anyone over the age of 18, it becomes increasingly apparent that some of our sadness and anxiety does indeed reside in our attitudes regarding certain realities of the social world. But the idea that our thoughts are behind our suffering is just a relative, situation-specific truth. The generalization of this observation has its limits. For example, the victims of the Holocaust - many of whom were young children - certainly did not suffer, and ultimately end their little lives, as a result of their 'attitudes' - and to suggest this is nothing short of monstrous. As a jewish person, living in Germany, I have seen this belief echoing from the mouths of certain adherents of the far right. The idea that "the jews brought it on themselves", is a perfectly valid stance among this element. To believe that we are 100 percent responsible for our suffering is NOT the way to bring about an end to suffering - in fact, it's the way to maintain and intensify the suffering in the world.