On this Perception Hour, Joseph Goldstein guides us by way of craving, conceit, and mistaken view, that are the three proliferating tendencies of the thoughts often known as Papanca.
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Papanca: Craving, Conceit, and Mistaken View
Joseph introduces the idea of Papanca, that are the proliferating tendencies of the thoughts. He talks about how the Buddhist notions of craving, conceit, and mistaken view contribute to our perception that there’s a ‘self’ on the heart of our being. In the end, it’s essential to unpack this notion of self, and perceive the other ways it manifests and causes struggling in our lives.
“These Papanca, these proliferating tendencies, construct our expertise of the world primarily based on the mistaken view of self. These very deeply rooted tendencies within the thoughts are setting up our lived expertise primarily based on a mistaken thought.” – Joseph Goldstein
Raghu Markus and Ralph De La Rosa talk about clever self-inquiry in Mindrolling Ep. 388
Craving and Self (19:35)
Joseph helps us perceive how every of those three tendencies works and are differentiated from each other. He digs deeper into the proliferating tendency of craving, how craving is born from the notion of self and claiming possession of our our bodies, our ideas, and our emotions. Joseph touches on the yearning for changing into, which frequently arises in meditation observe.
“We actually start to expertise for ourselves the benefit of that non-reactivity, the benefit of non-craving, the benefit of popping out, or disentangling, from this explicit Papanca, or proliferating tendency.” – Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein explores the tip of craving in Perception Hour Ep. 77
Conceit and Mistaken View (36:40)
Joseph examines the opposite two proliferating tendencies, conceit and mistaken view. He explores how conceit reinforces the sense of ‘I’m,’ and the way this notion is related to judgment and the evaluating thoughts. For mistaken view, Joseph talks about how the deeply embedded view that there’s a self can situation the way in which we transfer on the planet.
“Usually, this Papanca of conceit is so deeply rooted and so pervasive, it’s actually the backdrop of how we interpret our expertise on the planet. And it’s simply so frequent we don’t even take note of it.” – Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein digs deeper into mistaken view in Perception Hour Ep. 24
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