Dark Night of the Soul | Dan C

Dan and Dhammarato discuss the concept of the Dark Night of the Soul and how it emerges through wrong practice.

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00:00 The Christian background to the “Dark Night of the Soul” as doubt about the existence of God
05:29 In Buddhism the problem is deeper: do I exist?
09:38 The job of a teacher is to prepare students
11:00 I have never seen the Dark Night, but most who have trouble of this kind come from the Burmese tradition
13:22 The tradition of paticcasamuppāda as three lifetimes
15:06 The “Dark Night’ is confirmation bias: the Dhamma is beneficial and wholesome