Dr Dosti Regmi Blog

Nothingness, Peace, Responsibility, and Freedom Shunya: Nothingness. Realization of the emptiness of true, eternal and separate essence in any phenomenon is what Buddha meant by sunyata. It is all dependent on the others to exist.  Pleasure depends upon pain or the absence of it. Zen relates pleasure to shifting positions while sleeping. If you are uncomfortable lying on the right, you can shift to the left side and feel relieved. If you feel uncomfortable in that position, you can turn to the right side. Hence, comfort is not in any position but is dependent on how long you have been in that position. It relates to time. The pain nerves are not activated, and lactic acid is not compiling. The sensations do not reach the threshold of pain. Shanti: We seek pleasure, pleasure, pleasure. But it's not the pleasure but peace that matters much to us. Responsibility: Equanimity is not a passive attitude towards life and its happenings. It is a sheer sense of response-ability. You respond ...