#047 - Dr Rick Hanson - How To Develop A Resilient Mind
Modern Wisdom
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The Hungry Ghosts
A billion humans go to bed hungry every night in this planet. We can't just fix the object of conditions, we need to internalize the feeling of needs o that. The tibetan metaphor is the hungry ghosts who have godlike powers and enormous appetites but they can't satisfy their appetites. And i agree, that does seem to be the case with a lot of people caught up in wealth and fame. They're not deeply contented. But on the other hand, if we don't have a transformation of the heart, then we're always hungry. Then we're caught up in the buddha second noble truth of craving.
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