Suffering

Evan on February 17th, 2010

Not a very cheery title I know. But it’s not a very cheery subject either. It’s a guest post by me on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog.
I’m unsure how good it is – I was reaching to deal with stuff that I find very difficult and don’t have a [...]

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Evan on January 28th, 2010

Recently I have been reading Caroline Brazier’s Buddhist Psychology, which I recommend.
This lead to me thinking about suffering and how we respond to it – this is quite important in Buddhism (not to mention in our lives).
I have written about this in a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. [...]

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Evan on March 26th, 2009

I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog.  It is exploring how much pleasure is the ruling value of life.  And if it’s not does suffering have a positive value?  I think these are difficult but very important questions.  It was a difficult post to write but I hope it [...]

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