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Time to refresh my #introduction as it's been a while since the first one!

See profile for some basics. These days I'm unemployed but gardening a bit, recovering from 37 years of industrial burnout, and surviving 6-7 years of bladder cancer.

Meeting that with all the wisdom I can find on #anatta, #nonduality, #nonself, #dzogchen, #bodhicitta, #bodhisattva, #buddhism :)

Used to be an #electronics #design #engineer and loved it.

We're better off together. Question those who would divide us.

Time to refresh my #introduction as it's been a while since the first one!

See profile for some basics. These days I'm unemployed but gardening a bit, recovering from 37 years of industrial burnout, and surviving 6-7 years of bladder cancer.

Meeting that with all the wisdom I can find on #anatta, #nonduality, #nonself, #dzogchen, #bodhicitta, #bodhisattva, #buddhism :)

Used to be an #electronics #design #engineer and loved it.

We're better off together. Question those who would divide us.

Time to refresh my #introduction as it's been a while since the first one!

See profile for some basics. These days I'm unemployed but gardening a bit, recovering from 37 years of industrial burnout, and surviving 6-7 years of bladder cancer.

Meeting that with all the wisdom I can find on #anatta, #nonduality, #nonself, #dzogchen, #bodhicitta, #bodhisattva, #buddhism :)

Used to be an #electronics #design #engineer and loved it.

We're better off together. Question those who would divide us.

Time to refresh my #introduction as it's been a while since the first one!

See profile for some basics. These days I'm unemployed but gardening a bit, recovering from 37 years of industrial burnout, and surviving 6-7 years of bladder cancer.

Meeting that with all the wisdom I can find on #anatta, #nonduality, #nonself, #dzogchen, #bodhicitta, #bodhisattva, #buddhism :)

Used to be an #electronics #design #engineer and loved it.

We're better off together. Question those who would divide us.

Time to refresh my #introduction as it's been a while since the first one!

See profile for some basics. These days I'm unemployed but gardening a bit, recovering from 37 years of industrial burnout, and surviving 6-7 years of bladder cancer.

Meeting that with all the wisdom I can find on #anatta, #nonduality, #nonself, #dzogchen, #bodhicitta, #bodhisattva, #buddhism :)

Used to be an #electronics #design #engineer and loved it.

We're better off together. Question those who would divide us.

Ven Tuvaṭaka: 'Seeing in what way is a monk unbound, clinging to nothing in the world?'

Buddha: 'He should put an entire stop to the root of objectification-classifications: "I am the thinker"'

(Aṭṭhakavagga 14, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu's translation).

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp4_14.html
#buddhism #nirvana #nibbana #clinging #craving #desire #objectification #noself #anatta #atthakavagga #thanissarobhikkhu

Ven Tuvaṭaka: 'Seeing in what way is a monk unbound, clinging to nothing in the world?'

Buddha: 'He should put an entire stop to the root of objectification-classifications: "I am the thinker"'

(Aṭṭhakavagga 14, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu's translation).

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp4_14.html
#buddhism #nirvana #nibbana #clinging #craving #desire #objectification #noself #anatta #atthakavagga #thanissarobhikkhu

The #DefaultModeNetwork constructs our sense of continuous self through autobiographical narrative and self-referential processing. #Buddhist #meditation practices reduce #DMN activity, correlating with experiences of #anattā (#NonSelf). This convergence between #contemplative insight and #neuroscience reveals the constructed, dynamic nature of ego. Here's a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-default_mode_network/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The #DefaultModeNetwork constructs our sense of continuous self through autobiographical narrative and self-referential processing. #Buddhist #meditation practices reduce #DMN activity, correlating with experiences of #anattā (#NonSelf). This convergence between #contemplative insight and #neuroscience reveals the constructed, dynamic nature of ego. Here's a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-default_mode_network/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The #DefaultModeNetwork constructs our sense of continuous self through autobiographical narrative and self-referential processing. #Buddhist #meditation practices reduce #DMN activity, correlating with experiences of #anattā (#NonSelf). This convergence between #contemplative insight and #neuroscience reveals the constructed, dynamic nature of ego. Here's a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-default_mode_network/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The #DefaultModeNetwork constructs our sense of continuous self through autobiographical narrative and self-referential processing. #Buddhist #meditation practices reduce #DMN activity, correlating with experiences of #anattā (#NonSelf). This convergence between #contemplative insight and #neuroscience reveals the constructed, dynamic nature of ego. Here's a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-default_mode_network/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The #DefaultModeNetwork constructs our sense of continuous self through autobiographical narrative and self-referential processing. #Buddhist #meditation practices reduce #DMN activity, correlating with experiences of #anattā (#NonSelf). This convergence between #contemplative insight and #neuroscience reveals the constructed, dynamic nature of ego. Here's a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-default_mode_network/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

After surveying #Buddhism's #historical and #philosophical claims, the next posts will outline its scientific relevance. Let's begin with #Neuroscience and split-brain research, which under controlled conditions can reveal dissociable streams of perception and agency, challenging the idea of a unified subject. This empirical fragmentation converges with Buddhism's #anatta, the self as an impermanent, constructed #process rather than an enduring entity.

https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-anatta_and_neuroscience/

#WeekendStories

After surveying #Buddhism's #historical and #philosophical claims, the next posts will outline its scientific relevance. Let's begin with #Neuroscience and split-brain research, which under controlled conditions can reveal dissociable streams of perception and agency, challenging the idea of a unified subject. This empirical fragmentation converges with Buddhism's #anatta, the self as an impermanent, constructed #process rather than an enduring entity.

https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-anatta_and_neuroscience/

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#Menander I (#Milinda) features in the #Milindapañha as an inquisitive #Hellenistic king debating with the monk #Nāgasena. The text highlights #Buddhism's rational, dialogical method—using analogy and debate to clarify #nonself (#anatta), #rebirth, and #ethics — and its openness to intercultural #philosophical exchange. Here's a brief exploration of his legacy:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-11-menander_and_the_milindapanha/

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#Menander I (#Milinda) features in the #Milindapañha as an inquisitive #Hellenistic king debating with the monk #Nāgasena. The text highlights #Buddhism's rational, dialogical method—using analogy and debate to clarify #nonself (#anatta), #rebirth, and #ethics — and its openness to intercultural #philosophical exchange. Here's a brief exploration of his legacy:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-11-menander_and_the_milindapanha/

#WeekendStories

Pale Green Pants With Anatta Inside

Parental guidance suggested.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2017/04/pale-green-pants-with-anatta-inside.html

#anatta, #book, #Buddhism, #DrSeuss, #GatelessGate, #Halloween, #Zen

#Buddhist #cosmology adapts and critiques #Indian models, emphasizing #impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and #DependentOrigination. Unlike #Hindu cosmology, it rejects creator gods and views cosmic realms as conditioned, not ultimate. Liberation, #nirvāna, lies beyond cosmological cycles. Here is a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-14-buddhist_vs_indian_cosmology/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Buddhist #cosmology adapts and critiques #Indian models, emphasizing #impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and #DependentOrigination. Unlike #Hindu cosmology, it rejects creator gods and views cosmic realms as conditioned, not ultimate. Liberation, #nirvāna, lies beyond cosmological cycles. Here is a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-14-buddhist_vs_indian_cosmology/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Buddhist #cosmology adapts and critiques #Indian models, emphasizing #impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and #DependentOrigination. Unlike #Hindu cosmology, it rejects creator gods and views cosmic realms as conditioned, not ultimate. Liberation, #nirvāna, lies beyond cosmological cycles. Here is a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-14-buddhist_vs_indian_cosmology/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Buddhist #cosmology adapts and critiques #Indian models, emphasizing #impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and #DependentOrigination. Unlike #Hindu cosmology, it rejects creator gods and views cosmic realms as conditioned, not ultimate. Liberation, #nirvāna, lies beyond cosmological cycles. Here is a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-14-buddhist_vs_indian_cosmology/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Buddhist #cosmology adapts and critiques #Indian models, emphasizing #impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and #DependentOrigination. Unlike #Hindu cosmology, it rejects creator gods and views cosmic realms as conditioned, not ultimate. Liberation, #nirvāna, lies beyond cosmological cycles. Here is a brief overview:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-09-14-buddhist_vs_indian_cosmology/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-06-fudoshin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-06-fudoshin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-mushin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-mushin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-mushin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-mushin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Mushin (無心), the #Zen state of "#NoMind", denotes a mind free from grasping and reactivity, enabling spontaneous, lucid action. Unlike mere blankness, mushin embodies refined #awareness and non-conceptual clarity, aligning with Buddhist ideals of #equanimity and #NonSelf (#anatta). Exceptional in linking #meditative insight to everyday activity. Here is a brief overview of its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-mushin/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#ShinjinDatsuraku ("dropping off body and mind") is a pivotal #Zen concept expressing the experiential release of self-attachment and dualistic identification. Central to #Dōgen's teaching, it reflects the Buddhist insight into non-self (#anatta) and #impermanence (#anicca), emphasizing liberation through letting go rather than accumulation. This post briefly explores its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-shinjin_datsuraku/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#ShinjinDatsuraku ("dropping off body and mind") is a pivotal #Zen concept expressing the experiential release of self-attachment and dualistic identification. Central to #Dōgen's teaching, it reflects the Buddhist insight into non-self (#anatta) and #impermanence (#anicca), emphasizing liberation through letting go rather than accumulation. This post briefly explores its meaning and practice in Zen.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-04-shinjin_datsuraku/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Nāgārjuna, founder of the #Madhyamaka school, clarified the Buddhist doctrine of #emptiness (#śūnyatā) as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. His dialectical method deconstructs fixed views, reinforcing #DependentOrigination and non-self (#anatta) as central to liberation in #Mahayana thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-15-nagarjuna/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Nāgārjuna, founder of the #Madhyamaka school, clarified the Buddhist doctrine of #emptiness (#śūnyatā) as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. His dialectical method deconstructs fixed views, reinforcing #DependentOrigination and non-self (#anatta) as central to liberation in #Mahayana thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-15-nagarjuna/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Nāgārjuna, founder of the #Madhyamaka school, clarified the Buddhist doctrine of #emptiness (#śūnyatā) as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. His dialectical method deconstructs fixed views, reinforcing #DependentOrigination and non-self (#anatta) as central to liberation in #Mahayana thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-15-nagarjuna/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Nāgārjuna, founder of the #Madhyamaka school, clarified the Buddhist doctrine of #emptiness (#śūnyatā) as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. His dialectical method deconstructs fixed views, reinforcing #DependentOrigination and non-self (#anatta) as central to liberation in #Mahayana thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-15-nagarjuna/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

#Nāgārjuna, founder of the #Madhyamaka school, clarified the Buddhist doctrine of #emptiness (#śūnyatā) as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. His dialectical method deconstructs fixed views, reinforcing #DependentOrigination and non-self (#anatta) as central to liberation in #Mahayana thought.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-15-nagarjuna/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism

The #Yogācāra school's eightfold model of #consciousness (#vijñāna) offers a detailed Buddhist framework for understanding perception, identity, and delusion. By analyzing layers from sensory awareness to the unconscious "#storehouse" (#ĀlayaVijñāna), it provides a unique #psychoanalytic system without a permanent self (#anatta):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-07-vijnanas/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #Psychology #Psychoanalysis #BuddhistPhilosophy #CognitiveScience

The #Yogācāra school's eightfold model of #consciousness (#vijñāna) offers a detailed Buddhist framework for understanding perception, identity, and delusion. By analyzing layers from sensory awareness to the unconscious "#storehouse" (#ĀlayaVijñāna), it provides a unique #psychoanalytic system without a permanent self (#anatta):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-07-vijnanas/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #Psychology #Psychoanalysis #BuddhistPhilosophy #CognitiveScience

The #Yogācāra school's eightfold model of #consciousness (#vijñāna) offers a detailed Buddhist framework for understanding perception, identity, and delusion. By analyzing layers from sensory awareness to the unconscious "#storehouse" (#ĀlayaVijñāna), it provides a unique #psychoanalytic system without a permanent self (#anatta):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-07-vijnanas/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #Psychology #Psychoanalysis #BuddhistPhilosophy #CognitiveScience

The #Yogācāra school's eightfold model of #consciousness (#vijñāna) offers a detailed Buddhist framework for understanding perception, identity, and delusion. By analyzing layers from sensory awareness to the unconscious "#storehouse" (#ĀlayaVijñāna), it provides a unique #psychoanalytic system without a permanent self (#anatta):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-07-vijnanas/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #Psychology #Psychoanalysis #BuddhistPhilosophy #CognitiveScience

The #Yogācāra school's eightfold model of #consciousness (#vijñāna) offers a detailed Buddhist framework for understanding perception, identity, and delusion. By analyzing layers from sensory awareness to the unconscious "#storehouse" (#ĀlayaVijñāna), it provides a unique #psychoanalytic system without a permanent self (#anatta):

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-07-vijnanas/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #Psychology #Psychoanalysis #BuddhistPhilosophy #CognitiveScience

In #Buddhism, #avidyā (#ignorance) is not mere lack of knowledge, but a deep-rooted misperception of reality — especially regarding impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and causality. Overcoming avidyā is central to liberation, requiring transformative insight rather than intellectual learning.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/

#WeekendStories

In #Buddhism, #avidyā (#ignorance) is not mere lack of knowledge, but a deep-rooted misperception of reality — especially regarding impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and causality. Overcoming avidyā is central to liberation, requiring transformative insight rather than intellectual learning.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/

#WeekendStories

In #Buddhism, #avidyā (#ignorance) is not mere lack of knowledge, but a deep-rooted misperception of reality — especially regarding impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and causality. Overcoming avidyā is central to liberation, requiring transformative insight rather than intellectual learning.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/

#WeekendStories

In #Buddhism, #avidyā (#ignorance) is not mere lack of knowledge, but a deep-rooted misperception of reality — especially regarding impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and causality. Overcoming avidyā is central to liberation, requiring transformative insight rather than intellectual learning.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/

#WeekendStories

In #Buddhism, #avidyā (#ignorance) is not mere lack of knowledge, but a deep-rooted misperception of reality — especially regarding impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and causality. Overcoming avidyā is central to liberation, requiring transformative insight rather than intellectual learning.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-02-avidya/

#WeekendStories

#Prajñā, or wisdom, is central in #Buddhism as direct, experiential insight into reality’s impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and emptiness (#sunyata). Distinct from intellectual knowledge, it is cultivated through study, reflection, and #meditation, and is inseparable from #compassion. In this post, I summarized key aspects of Prajñā across different Buddhist traditions, its role in the #NobleEightfoldPath, and its significance in daily life:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-04-prajna/

#WeekendStories

#Prajñā, or wisdom, is central in #Buddhism as direct, experiential insight into reality’s impermanence (#anicca), non-self (#anatta), and emptiness (#sunyata). Distinct from intellectual knowledge, it is cultivated through study, reflection, and #meditation, and is inseparable from #compassion. In this post, I summarized key aspects of Prajñā across different Buddhist traditions, its role in the #NobleEightfoldPath, and its significance in daily life:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-04-prajna/

#WeekendStories

#Compassion (#karuṇā) and loving-kindness (#mettā) are central in #Buddhism, seen not just as emotions but as cultivated dispositions rooted in the doctrines of non-self (#anatta) and #interdependence. Their practice bridges ethical conduct and meditative insight, forming the foundation for both personal transformation and social action. In this post, we explore their philosophical underpinnings and practical implications in the Buddhist tradition:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-01-compassion/

#WeekendStories

#Compassion (#karuṇā) and loving-kindness (#mettā) are central in #Buddhism, seen not just as emotions but as cultivated dispositions rooted in the doctrines of non-self (#anatta) and #interdependence. Their practice bridges ethical conduct and meditative insight, forming the foundation for both personal transformation and social action. In this post, we explore their philosophical underpinnings and practical implications in the Buddhist tradition:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-01-compassion/

#WeekendStories