The reason I thought we should pick one of the senses for our summer focus comes from the idea that the senses are the foundation for our cravings and our suffering. While our lack of appreciation for the impermanence of all things is part of why we experience pain and suffering of all kinds, it is from the senses that they first arise. Consider this teaching from Master Nagarjuna:
Form, sound, taste, touch,
smell, and concepts of things,
these six are thought of as
the foundation of
desire, hatred, and confusion.
As we work on the one sense faculty this summer, consider how that one sense alone leads to the craving for the experiences that sense faculty brings and how those experiences, pleasant or unpleasant, can make you frustrated, judgmental, angry, confused. And, how do those feelings show up for you? How do they turn your day around? How does it affect you and those around you?
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