Understanding Provisionality

Understanding the Truth of Provisionality can help us to overcome indifference and carelessness. We overcome indifference when we acknowledge the beauty of things as they are. We overcome carelessness when we recognize that our own existence influences and is influenced by the world around us. The Truth of Provisionality ensures that we do not focus solely on the Truth of Emptiness and thus lose sight of the fact that phenomena actually do exist, though impermanently. The Buddha Dharma does not ignore the world and the sufferings of its inhabitants simply because of their provisionality.

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