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Buddhist Philosophy

Philosophy Now

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Meditation

I'd heard it was a good way of enhancing your power to concentration. But I discovered I didn't have enough power to concentration to even persist with the meditation. So I kind of dropped out. It's not a reflection on the meditation or the practice of Buddhism. The ultimate aim of Buddhism is perhaps to reduce suffering, maybe to give you a handle on psychological discomfort that makes you better at dealing with it. This thing called Nirvana is something we which are a little bit more concerned about. And so no matter how lousy the experience might be that you're currently living through, well, if you look at it from the right points of view, you might just be able to handle it a

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