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Self and Satipaṭṭhāna

Exploring the psychology of Early Buddhist meditation — Join the Apsis Newsletter community 1 Introduction In 2008, researcher Franco Bertossa and colleagues set out to answer an intimate question: does our sense of self have a spatial location? Is there a center point to our experience of “I am”? Of the participants questioned, 83% identified a localized sense of self behind the midway…

Buddhism

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Self and Satipatthana
Self and Satipatthana
Buddhism

28 min read


6 days ago

The Wisdom of the Body: Reflecting on Dharma, Sensation, and Causality

It’s All Happening Here “If you are unable to find truth here and now, where else will you find it?” — Dogen The only access we have to the external world is through our nervous system. The stable and static outer reality that we so often take for granted is not inherently existent, but…

Buddhism

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The Wisdom of the Body: Reflecting on Dharma, Sensation, and Causality
The Wisdom of the Body: Reflecting on Dharma, Sensation, and Causality
Buddhism

5 min read


Jan 23

Waking Up to Dharma: Reflecting on a Decade of Practice

Every Moment “Although even when we ‘lose sight of’ the present moment, that is the quality of our present moment” (Uchiyama 2011, 152). The path of following Dhamma is a full time job. Every moment, you are either moving towards, or away from liberation. You are either planting seeds of future becoming…

Buddhism

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Waking Up to Dharma: Reflecting on a Decade of Practice
Waking Up to Dharma: Reflecting on a Decade of Practice
Buddhism

8 min read


Jan 21

How asymmetry is the engine of creation

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead — his eyes are closed.”…

Philosophy

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How asymmetry is the engine of creation
How asymmetry is the engine of creation
Philosophy

4 min read


Jan 15

He was at rest

“In his first summers, forsaking all his toys, my son would stand rapt for near an hour in his sandbox in the orchard, as doves and redwings came and went on the warm wind, the leaves dancing, the clouds flying, birdsong and sweet smell of privet and rose. The child…

Spirituality

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He was at rest
He was at rest
Spirituality

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Jan 7

The Timeless Realm

“If he lacks this focus, if his soul is dispersed in the manifold from the beginning, then he will never have time to make the movement; he will constantly be running errands in life, never entering eternity, for even at the moment when he is closest to it he will…

Spirituality

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The Timeless Realm
The Timeless Realm
Spirituality

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Dec 30, 2022

Going on ahead.

“But it is a general principle that ‘you can’t go home again,’ you can’t really regress, the adult cannot become a child in the strict sense. You can’t ‘undo’ knowledge, you can’t really become innocent again; once you have seen something, you can’t undo the seeing. Knowledge is irreversible, perceiving…

Philosophy

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Going on ahead.
Going on ahead.
Philosophy

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Dec 24, 2022

Both of us laughing.

“My old landlady, got rich a couple years ago. Used to be poorer than me. Now she laughs that I don’t have money. She laughs that I’ve fallen behind. I laugh that she’s gotten ahead. Both of us laughing, no stopping us. …

Philosophy

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Both of us laughing.
Both of us laughing.
Philosophy

4 min read


Dec 16, 2022

Pay Exquisite Attention.

“The chance to be part of this happens briefly. The invitation is not to show how inventive and imaginative you are. But how much you can notice what you’re already part of. And appreciate it and share it. …

Poetry

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Pay Exquisite Attention.
Pay Exquisite Attention.
Poetry

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Dec 9, 2022

Don’t go back to sleep.

“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back…

Spirituality

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Don’t go back to sleep.
Don’t go back to sleep.
Spirituality

3 min read

Sasha Manu

Sasha Manu

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MA Buddhist Studies | BSc Physics | RYT200 | Newsletter @ apsis.substack.com | Personal Site @ sashamanu.com

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