NEW232Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Impermanence, Empirical Evidence, Cognitive Therapy
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New232y1 lecture 6 draft notes june 3rd. Announcement: class on june 10th will be at ss1069, mid-term: june 23rd (thursday), 2-4 pm (2hours), ba 2139. Buddha described 4 skillful efforts to deal with mental states: harmful mental states are impermanent, 1. Prevent occurrence of unskillful mental states. (1) direct sense experience: our sensations. By not checking the true meaning of our sensory experience. Buddha said restraint sense faculty : this is not denial of senses. If you are greedy, being physically blind won"t change you. Understand the nature of the object. (2) through the activation of memories, images, thoughts. Buddhist should be able to understand the true nature of things rather than attracted by things. We need to face things with mindfulness without avoiding. Sense consciousness consists of a series of cognitive events in our minds. Identify the perception-> you choose to be mindful by having second thought.
