The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
About This Book
Trungpa examines the common Western misunderstanding of freedom as the ability to do whatever one wants — arguing instead that genuine freedom is freedom from the reactive patterns and habitual tendencies that compel us to do what we do without choice. He presents the full range of Buddhist meditation practices — shamatha, vipashyana, the six realms of existence, the five buddha families — as paths to this genuine freedom.
What You'll Learn
The "myth of freedom" is the belief that you can be free while remaining identified with ego — in reality, ego IS the constraint. The six realms of existence (hell, hungry ghost, animal, human, jealous god, god) are not cosmological facts but psychological states that every human being experiences. Shamatha (calm abiding) practice is the foundation of all genuine meditation — without it, more advanced practices are built on sand.
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