Yes. I will address how to make a step-by-step progression on the Path. It is critically important to ‘get the basics.’
- The website has expanded to the extent that it is difficult to navigate.
- Furthermore, I was totally focused on the issue of the (distorted) saññā. So, it is time to simplify things a bit and try to ‘connect the dots.’
- Any ideas on which topics to address will be welcome.
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Regarding the issue of ‘anicca saññā,‘ it is essential to understand that our pleasurable experiences are mind-made. It is easiest to understand that with colors. It is easy to see that ‘color’ is a product of the mind (see “The Illusion of Perception (Saññā) – It Is Scientific Consensus“). However, later in the new series, I will try to simplify the issue further.
- The more I think about it, we are fortunate to live in an era in which this issue is fully confirmed by science. The Buddha did not address it in detail in the suttas because there was no easy way to explain the concept in that time; people lacked the necessary (scientific) background. That was compensated with saddhā (faith). When the Buddha stated that saññā is a mirage, most people readily accepted that. That is the starting point to see the ‘anicca nature’ and to contemplate ‘anicca saññā.‘