Concept

Acceptance

4 passages · 3 traditions

Astrology

DivinationA divination practice
On Saturn transitsSaturn does not move quickly, and neither will this. When Saturn crosses a sensitive point in the chart it does not remove the difficulty; it slows everything down around it until the diffic…

Buddhist

ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.48, “Things That Cannot Be Had”"Mendicants, there are five things that cannot be had by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world. What five? That someone liable to old age should not gro…
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Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.6, “An Arrow”"Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. A learned noble disciple also feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What, then, is the diffe…

Secular reflection

ReflectionWritten for this collection
Reflection: what the pain is askingPain arrives with instructions attached, and most of them are wrong. It says: fix this now. It says: this will not end. It says: you should have seen it coming, and someone is to blame, and…

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