Comments on: Desire is the engine of becoming http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tygger http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/#comment-6264 Tygger Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:17:03 +0000 http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/#comment-6264 Fascinating! Hope you have a good week ... and glad that you're back to regular blogging. Looking forward too to seeing you mid Feb :) Huggles Tyg Fascinating! Hope you have a good week … and glad that you’re back to regular blogging. Looking forward too to seeing you mid Feb :)

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]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/#comment-6259 Mark Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:46:38 +0000 http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/#comment-6259 Hi Chris, I don't actually know much about what the Noble Truths are, my introduction to them was via a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.heartlandsangha.org/feeling.html">The Feeling Buddha by David Brazier</a> that offers what is, perhaps, a non-"standard" interpretation of <em>Samudaya</em>, that I prefer to "the root of all suffering". i remember talking to you about this before and finding that we had different ideas of what the noble truths were, the reason seems to be, I'm embarrassed to say, that I'm not actually particularly well read on the subject. D'oh! <blockquote /> Hi Chris,

I don’t actually know much about what the Noble Truths are, my introduction to them was via a The Feeling Buddha by David Brazier that offers what is, perhaps, a non-”standard” interpretation of Samudaya, that I prefer to “the root of all suffering”. i remember talking to you about this before and finding that we had different ideas of what the noble truths were, the reason seems to be, I’m embarrassed to say, that I’m not actually particularly well read on the subject. D’oh!

]]> By: Chris http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/#comment-6257 Chris Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:50:42 +0000 http://bitterjug.com/blog/desire-is-the-engine-of-becoming/#comment-6257 So is desire not the cause of all suffering any more? (Buddhism, 2nd noble truth of) God, I can't keep up with philosophy, it moves at such a breakneck speed. (Aristotle, 320BC) So is desire not the cause of all suffering any more? (Buddhism, 2nd noble truth of)

God, I can’t keep up with philosophy, it moves at such a breakneck speed. (Aristotle, 320BC)

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