Week 5 Written Assignment on Mind & Mental Factors Copy

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1. “On one level we all know feeling – “I’m feeling happy,” “My feelings have been hurt,” and so on – but, on another level, very few of us recognise the degree to which our lives are ruled by feeling. It is said that feeling is both conditioned and conditioning. It is conditioned in the sense that it is the result of contact with the sense objects and the experience of our programmed responses to them that have been built up over lifetimes. It is conditioning in the sense that it is the trigger for almost everything we do, mentally, verbally, and physically.”

   Geshe Tashi Tsering, p.32 & 33 Buddhist Psychology

   Based on past experiences, please share your understanding of how feeling can be both conditioned and conditioning.

2. Which of the unwholesome mental factors in the third zone is the most relevant for you at present?  How does it most often manifest for you?

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