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Ep. 180 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part 2

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

CHAPTER

The Metaphor of Ice and Water

This chapter explores the metaphor of ice and water to represent the nature of the mind, highlighting the transition from a contracted, clinging mind to one of open awareness. It discusses how attachment to desires, thoughts, and even wholesome states of mind can hinder our progress on the path of liberation. The chapter emphasizes the transformative understanding that water is nothing other than melted ice, emphasizing the impermanent nature of our mental fabrications and the freedom of not clinging.

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