The reboot plan
The devastating impact of human civilisation on our planet is not accidental. Our exploitation of the environment is merely a tool,...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Mar 4
- 10 min
The calls of Bliss
Perhaps you glimpsed at that in a piece of art. Art takes the materiality of sensory experience, it refines, reshuffles, restructures,...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Three attitudes towards spiritual practices
It is fairly common to get into a certain practice by imitation. Something becomes the hype of the moment and one wants to try it out. Or...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jan 19
- 9 min
Contemplative practices in public education
'Contemplative practices' is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to a number of various methods, generally aimed at inducing some...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Scaffolds
Force develops against resistance. Growth demands constraints. When constraints work systematically and methodically, they create a...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
Seeking freedom
Whatever feeling is felt (pleasant, unpleasant or neutral), do not indulge in craving for the pleasant, or in aversion for the...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
A relational turn
In most standard presentations of the Buddha's teachings, the emphasis lies on the idea that an individual can achieve freedom by relying...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jun 12, 2022
- 4 min
A day worth living
The term 'awakening' (and even more 'enlightenment') is commonly used in relation to a wide range of diverse experiences, usually...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- May 15, 2022
- 2 min
Mental disobedience
Meditation is a training in mental disobedience, based on four main points: (1) Keep the context in mind. Don't focus on things, don't...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- May 8, 2022
- 2 min
Dispassion or dispassion*?
The discourses of the Buddha are fond of emphasising attitudes of dispassion, weariness, absence of desire and craving, equanimity,...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Apr 24, 2022
- 3 min
Integrating practice in daily life
A common worry that arises in the beginning of practice is how to best integrate it within one's life and circumstances. There are...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Mar 20, 2022
- 5 min
Sublimation: from friendship to friendliness
It is common in the discourses to come across seemingly ordinary qualities (recollection, energy, effort, tranquility, to mention but a...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Mar 13, 2022
- 2 min
Safety is the intention
All living beings are afraid of death, they all seek to protect themselves and their life. Safety can be physical, but it can encompass...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
Right Activism: a checklist
Actions can be based on greed, aversion, and ignorance. Or they can be based on the absence of greed (generosity), on the absence of...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 27, 2022
- 2 min
(Un)sustainable happiness
Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. These days a new opening. Back to normal? When it started, it seemed a short-term crisis. It...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 6, 2022
- 2 min
Teachings, no brands
Buddhism is often seen as a religion, or better a family of religions, more or less directly connected with the teachings of an ancient...
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