Tricycle | Awake in the World

The gift bequeathed to us by the Buddha is the possibility of seeing how consciousness can become liberated from desire, allowing it to cognize objects more intimately without the intermediary epiphenomenon of a subject. When desire is replaced by equanimity, and awareness of all phenomena thus unfolds without reference to self, we gain the freedom to move along with change rather than setting ourselves against it. -Andrew Olendzki, "Self as Verb" (Summer 2005) Read the complete article here. Sign up to receive Tricycle's Daily Dharma emails here. More »