How To Suffer Less: Joseph Goldstein, Sam Harris, and Dan Harris on the Buddha’s Eightfold Path
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Understanding the Eightfold Path and Suffering
This chapter explores the Eightfold Path as a pathway to enlightenment, emphasizing both meditative insights and practical wisdom for everyday living. It examines the nature of suffering, particularly through the lens of the Buddhist concept of 'dukkha,' and discusses how attachment can lead to pain. Through vivid metaphors, including the monkey trap, the importance of mindfulness and embracing discomfort in meditation practice is highlighted as a means to achieve a liberated state of mind.
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