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Non-Conceptual Space - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the degree to which a person commits to the welfare of others, he or she will be repaid a thousandfold
    - - when practicing meditation many people go through a phase of discomfort as they become more aware of the constant stream of thoughts and sensations they didn't recognize before
      - terror, anxiety, fear are all products of the mind
      - within the mind there is a fundamental awareness that is unchanging, indestructable and infinite
      - Once that awareness is achieved the sense of wellbeing sustains no matter the inner and outer fluctuations - meaning of Buddhist happiness
    - - four major schools: Nyingma, Kagyu, Gelug, Sakya
        similar in teachings, difference in terminology
      - oral transmission and also writings lead to unbroken lineage and purity of transmission
  - - - a fully altruistic and positive state
  - - - conceptual knowledge is not enough, you must have the conviction that comes from personal experience
      - theoretical understanding not enough to overcome psychological and biological habits - need to be applied through practice
- - - - bring positive and enlightened motivation to sceinces
      - knowledge gives power, requires responsibility and accountability
      - prevent scientific genius from being dreadful personalities
      - non-dogmatic approach of Buddhism: not condemn progress, not blindly agree with progress
      - adopt altruistic attitude
      - true wisdom is a matter of heart and mind
  - - - eradiacte ignorance to follow path of enlightenment
      - state of supreme knowledge, combined with infinite compassion
      - understanding of the relative and the ultimate mode of existence
    - - ultimate nature of things
      - not nihilism
      - seeks to understand the existence and non-existence of invisible particles of matter
      - understand unreality of things
  - - - leads to suffering
      - ignorance perpetuates itself, inner peace is destroyed