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Vedanānupassanā — Investigating Feelings

This is part 9 of a course going through the similes and metaphors of the Buddha.

Illustration by Ayya Vimalayani aka "Ven Yodha"

We always have the option to investigate (rather than react to) our feelings: to “be with” what we experience with compassion and curiosity to learn their true character.


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Hecker similes: 11, 58, and 60.


How does curiosity and understanding soften reactivity? How does the Buddha’s rhetoric reflect those qualities?