Ep. 35 - The Eightfold Path: Right Thought and Renunciation
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Why Should We Renounce Pleasure?
Venerable Ananda: Why should we renounce pleasure? And the Buddha himself described this very same question. For us indulging in, delighting in, enjoying, and rejoicing in sensuality, renunciation seems like a sheer drop-off. Even I myself, before my awakening, when I was still an unawaken bodhisattva thought renunciation is good,. But my heart didn't grow confident, steadfast, affirms seeing at its peace.
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