/lit/ - Literature

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>The seeking for the best form of meditation is actually just a form of craving and aversion. It's an aversion to the perception of slow progress in whatever method one is currently doing and craving for an imagined "faster" method. I think that even something like the kasinas will work (the Buddha does mention taking the four elements that constitute the body as an object, which is similar to kasina meditation though not quite the same thing). Much of the dogmatism surrounding meditation objects seems to be a form of clinging to views however. At least in the suttas, there doesn't seem to be that much concern about what the object should be (e.g I cannot think of a single sutta in which the Buddha decries a particular kind of meditation because of its object, it's usually the way they are meditating that needs correction e.g Arittha Sutta). As long as the meditation gives rise to the seven enlightenment factors, I don't see why it wouldn't be valid. Anyway, I would say maintaining the precepts is far bigger obstacle to samma samadhi than choosing the "best" object of meditation.
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I am a brainlet good in logic but I always had trouble with numbers. So I dropped out of math classes very quickly and never got past fractions. How can I learn math by myself and catch up? I would like to start from the basics and go as far as I can. Do you have any good resources for brainlets? Books that explain well and from the start. It all started in childhood when I refused to learn my multiplication tables. Then it was a snowball effect. I am good in formal logic though
When there are no numbers I'm ok