Ep. 11 - The Art of Renunciation
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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Rejoice in Sensuality
Venerable ananda, sir, we are householders who indulge in sensuality. For us, indulging in, delighting in enjoying and rejoicing in sensuality, renunciation seems like a sheer drop of water. Yet i have heard that in this doctrine and discipline, even the very young monks and nuns leap up at renunciation,. seeing it as peace. So why is this? When we attend to our experience, we see that ill will or aversion, anger, is always unpleasantnow. But sense desires, on the other hand, are usually associated with some kind of pleasure. And it's not always apparent to us why renunciation is a good ideaand the budd
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