The idea that sensual perception is inherently relative, and that without a baseline to compare against, it loses all meaning, is profound. It's like saying that our perception of the world is not absolute, but...
I am getting old, and I have my whole life to prove to myself that Buddha is right. We need meditation to train our minds to be calm, and we need to accept death as the final part of life. Both of these things...
"Ew, I could never eat meat that I've seen alive. That's just too real for me. I mean, I'm all for eating animals, but I don't want to think about them as being cute and cuddly before they end up on my plate. I...