Comments on: The benefits of understanding Buddhist Epistemology and Psychology http://lodenjinpa.com/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:34:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Response to the question can we have good illusions | Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled http://lodenjinpa.com/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Response to the question can we have good illusions | Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:55:44 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/2008/01/01/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/#comment-114 [...] Recently a got an iMac. The iMac has video recording and editing software capabilities and so I thought I’d give it a try by responding to a comment by Anwesh on the benefits of understanding Buddhist Epistemology and Psychology. [...] [...] Recently a got an iMac. The iMac has video recording and editing software capabilities and so I thought I’d give it a try by responding to a comment by Anwesh on the benefits of understanding Buddhist Epistemology and Psychology. [...]

]]> By: Loden Jinpa http://lodenjinpa.com/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Loden Jinpa Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:41:49 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/2008/01/01/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/#comment-101 Hi Anwesh, This is a question I could answer very easily and succinctly. However there is a lot more useful information that could be gleaned from form this process. I think I will post an extended answer soon-ish. For now though the short answer is yes. This is what we are currently doing to an extent. Although there are some caveats here. Mainly you want to avoid turning everything conception of bad into good. Turning everything into a shade of happy-happy-joy-joy won't get you to the final result. For example it is said that suffering from one point of view has qualities! It can reduce pride and arrogance. One's renunciation an be developed far more quickly, and compassion also. If you are suffering it is easier to then relate this suffering experience with others. As you are suffering from a headache for example, think I am not the only person suffering from a headache right now. There are possibly millions of people suffering from headaches. May I free them all from suffering and the causes of suffering. May I give them happiness and all the causes of happiness And so, suffering has qualities. More importantly though, Buddhism is NOT about retrofitting a palatable world view. It is not simply about cut and pasting good illusions over the top of bad ones. This might be part of the game plan but, it is only a means to an end, not the end. more on this soon. best wishes Hi Anwesh,

This is a question I could answer very easily and succinctly. However there is a lot more useful information that could be gleaned from form this process. I think I will post an extended answer soon-ish.

For now though the short answer is yes. This is what we are currently doing to an extent. Although there are some caveats here. Mainly you want to avoid turning everything conception of bad into good. Turning everything into a shade of happy-happy-joy-joy won’t get you to the final result. For example it is said that suffering from one point of view has qualities! It can reduce pride and arrogance. One’s renunciation an be developed far more quickly, and compassion also. If you are suffering it is easier to then relate this suffering experience with others. As you are suffering from a headache for example, think I am not the only person suffering from a headache right now. There are possibly millions of people suffering from headaches. May I free them all from suffering and the causes of suffering. May I give them happiness and all the causes of happiness And so, suffering has qualities.

More importantly though, Buddhism is NOT about retrofitting a palatable world view. It is not simply about cut and pasting good illusions over the top of bad ones. This might be part of the game plan but, it is only a means to an end, not the end.

more on this soon.

best wishes

]]> By: Anwesh http://lodenjinpa.com/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Anwesh Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:42:01 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/2008/01/01/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/#comment-100 Hi Loden Jinpa, The mind of ordinary human beings is always perceiving things as illusions - not what they really are. Can you please let me know if it is also possible to train the mind to perceive unplesant things as plesant things i.e create a good illusion instead of a bad illusion? Is this a valid practice in Buddhism? Thanks and Regards. Anwesh Hi Loden Jinpa,

The mind of ordinary human beings is always perceiving things as illusions – not what they really are.

Can you please let me know if it is also possible to train the mind to perceive unplesant things as plesant things i.e create a good illusion instead of a bad illusion?
Is this a valid practice in Buddhism?

Thanks and Regards.
Anwesh

]]> By: Awareness and Knowledge - Table of Contents | Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled http://lodenjinpa.com/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Awareness and Knowledge - Table of Contents | Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:42:48 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/2008/01/01/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/#comment-98 [...] entitled Awareness and Knowledge. An introductory post for this series can be found here the benefits of understanding Buddhist epistemology and psychology. If you haven’t read this post as yet, do so before reading [...] [...] entitled Awareness and Knowledge. An introductory post for this series can be found here the benefits of understanding Buddhist epistemology and psychology. If you haven’t read this post as yet, do so before reading [...]

]]> By: A possible reason for unexplained gamma increases in Tibetan Monks | Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled http://lodenjinpa.com/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-94 A possible reason for unexplained gamma increases in Tibetan Monks | Loden Jinpa - Merely Labeled Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:09:41 +0000 http://lodenjinpa.com/2008/01/01/the-benefits-of-understanding-buddhist-epistemology-and-psychology/#comment-94 [...] to the third. I would add, a meditator who possesses this third type of compassion has fewer dysfunctional states of mind than one with only the first or second type. This perhaps is a way of explaining the different [...] [...] to the third. I would add, a meditator who possesses this third type of compassion has fewer dysfunctional states of mind than one with only the first or second type. This perhaps is a way of explaining the different [...]

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