A personal reflection on the notions of emptiness and dependent arising, stemming from Rob Burbea’s Seeing that Frees.
Category: Buddhism
How meditation clicked for me
I spent the winter of 2023-2024 in the Rains Retreat in Plum Village (France). I had started meditating ten years ago, and routinely four years ago, and yet during this retreat I found myself completely lost with regards to meditation. I was at a point where I was wondering what was the point of it,… Continue reading How meditation clicked for me
Buddhism, investigation and dogma
Buddhism claims that we should “know things by ourselves” and not rely on dogma. However, I believe we can easily fool ourselves into thinking that we are seriously investigating reality, while we are just adapting to and adopting the views of others.