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Weekend Stories<p>In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avidy%C4%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avidyā</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a>) is not mere lack of knowledge, but a deep-rooted misperception of reality — especially regarding impermanence (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a>), non-self (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anatta</span></a>), and causality. Overcoming avidyā is central to liberation, requiring transformative insight rather than intellectual learning.</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a></p>
Weekend Stories<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prajñā</span></a>, or wisdom, is central in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> as direct, experiential insight into reality’s impermanence (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a>), non-self (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anatta</span></a>), and emptiness (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunyata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunyata</span></a>). Distinct from intellectual knowledge, it is cultivated through study, reflection, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a>, and is inseparable from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a>. In this post, I summarized key aspects of Prajñā across different Buddhist traditions, its role in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NobleEightfoldPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NobleEightfoldPath</span></a>, and its significance in daily life:</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-04-prajna/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-06-04-prajna/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a></p>
Weekend Stories<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DependentOrigination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DependentOrigination</span></a> (paṭicca-samuppāda) is a central Buddhist doctrine describing how all phenomena arise and cease due to interdependent causes and conditions. Through the twelve links (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nidanas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nidanas</span></a>), it explains the emergence of suffering (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dukkha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dukkha</span></a>) and the path (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magga</span></a>) to its cessation, emphasizing impermanence (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a>) and the absence of a permanent self (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anatta</span></a>):</p><p><a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-dependent_origination/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-05-31-dependent_origination/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a></p>
Weekend Stories<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FiveAggregates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiveAggregates</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skhandhas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skhandhas</span></a>) in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> offer a profound analysis of the self, revealing it as a dynamic process rather than a fixed entity. This framework deconstructs the illusion of a permanent self by examining form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. In Buddhist thought, understanding these leads to insight into impermanence (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a>) and non-self (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anatta</span></a>), guiding toward liberation from suffering (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dukkha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dukkha</span></a>):</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-30-skandha/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-05-30-skandha/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a></p>
Weekend Stories<p>The Three Marks of Existence — impermanence (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a>), suffering (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dukkha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dukkha</span></a>), and non-self (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anatta</span></a>) — form the core of the Buddhist understanding of reality. In Buddhist thought, these principles reveal the nature of existence and the true roots of suffering. I have summarized key aspects of this perspective in a new post here:</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-05-24-three_marks_of_existence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-05-24-three_marks_of_existence/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>📰 The Ending of Things (A free, 26-page article from 2001)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anicca</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Emptiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emptiness</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Motivation</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindfulness</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/ending-of-things_brahm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/articles/ending-of-things_brahm</span></a></p>
Sasu ☮️☸️A beautiful snowy <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/ValentinesDay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValentinesDay</a> morning in <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Berlin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a>. Bittersweet—we're likely to see less and less snow here as <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/ClimateChange?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> progresses.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/impermanence?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#impermanence</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/anicca?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anicca</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/anitya?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anitya</a>
The Open Buddhist University<p>☸️ Ambapālī's Verses (A free, 3-page sutta translation from 2019)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Thig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thig</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Kayagatasati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kayagatasati</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anicca</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aging</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/thig13.1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/canon/thig13.1</span></a></p>
WillR_LDN<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maranasati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maranasati</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sunyata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunyata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a></p>
tometaxu<p>.<br>All that we see or seem<br>Is just a dream within a dream.<br>.<br>-- Edgar Allen Poe<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DhammaIsWhereYouFindIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DhammaIsWhereYouFindIt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Impermanence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impermanence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anicca</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emptiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emptiness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sunyata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunyata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/woot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woot</span></a></p>
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