Jay Garfield: Moral Phenomenology, Illusion, and Primordial Non-Duality

Wherein Jay and I discuss Buddhist ethics as moral phenomenology, the pernicious illusion of selfhood, illusionism as a theory of consciousness, primordial perceptual non-duality, and much more!

A joy!

You can find Jay at: https://jaygarfield.org/

I wholeheartedly recommend the books mentioned:

Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration: https://www.amazon.com/Buddhist-Ethics-Philosophical-Exploration-PHILOSOPHERS/dp/0190907649/

Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Buddhism-Why-Matters-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B00QSDBVTC/

Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self, available for preorder (releases May 24): https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Ourselves-Learning-Live-without/dp/069122028X

The ultimate falls out when you investigate the conventional

And see how the conventional arises from the ultimate!

The two truths are inseparable, transcend thought, natural and glorious.

With a view free of fabrication, chant the six-beat mantra.

Cut off the mind's obsession with appearance.

Let the whole structure of deluded appearance crumble away.

The nonduality of mind and appearance is an infinite expanse.

Realizing that single essence, chant the six-beat mantra.

- The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice, by Patrul Rinpoche, translated by Jay Garfield and Emily W. McRae: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Jewel-Holy-Practice-ebook/dp/B071SDC2GT/

I mentor meditation in Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system. If that or any of my ambling thoughts in long-form are of interest to you, check out my website: https://www.wystantbs.com/

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Thanks for watching and listening! May you be happy! May all beings everywhere be free from all suffering!