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Eve Decker: The Strategy of Forgiveness
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Eve has been offering reflections on the Buddha's teaching - MN 20 - on dis-identifying from non-useful thoughts. Some of these practices are straightforward, like simply ignoring difficult thoughts. And, we all know that some challenging thoughts will not just be ignored. One of the more complex but deeply rewarding practices, particularly for overcoming habituated thoughts of resentment or self-criticism, is the practice of (what we call in English) forgiveness. This can be understood as choosing compassion over aversion, for our own sakes. This…
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