Veils and doors – both!

Veils and doors – both!

After several conversations with some of the smartest, kindest people I know, a realization struck me that needed to get worked through. In different mystical traditions and even in striving for non-mystical eudaemonia, we find these two metaphors often: veil and door. Usually a barrier or obstacle that needs to be removed or passed thru….

Nirvana’s paradox?

Nirvana’s paradox?

I am struggling with a Nirvana paradox. If I approach cravings (thirst or tanha) as a buddhist, I want to gradually via the Middle Way and meditative practices eliminate them all. But isn’t the striving for nirvana (the extinction of tanha) also a craving or ‘thirst’ (tanha)? I end up having a thirst for Nirvana…