The Mirror of Insight

The Buddha as Strategist

Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

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A short explanation of the Buddha’s teachings on the topic of insight and how those teachings should be strategically applied in practice. Included is an analysis of the different meanings of the word, saṅkhāra, fabrication, and the various ways in which fabrications are viewed, used, and abandoned along the path. The traditional two-truth theory of how the Buddha taught is also called into question.

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