garden/journal/2022-12-28.md

• previously: 2022-12-27
• work
  • I am still feeling a bit wiped from the allergy attack yesterday, but I will probably work at least for half a day
  • met rg, it was nice talking to him after a while!
• Really enjoying Approaching the Buddhist Path by the Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron.
  • On Afflictions: they include what we would call negative emotions, but also destructive/non-constructive views.
  • Chapter 3 got into the cultural and linguistic gaps between Tibetan, Sanskrit and English.
  • On positive attachments:
    • a baby to their mother
    • people to family members
    • bodhisattvas to sentient beings (!)