The Five Reflections from the Upajjatthana Sutra are:
1 - I am subject to old age,
2 - I am subject to illness,
3- I am subject to death,
4 - I must be parted and separated from everyone and everything dear and agreeable to me,
5 - I am the owner of my karma and the heir of my karma.
Part 1: In this two part series we explore the evolution of consciousness through the lens of three key capacities: A forgiving heart, inner fire (conscious aspiration toward freedom) and self-inquiry.
How does ignorance operate? On the distortions of mind (vipallāsa) as the psychological mechanism of not-knowing / confusion (avijjā). The 4 objective and 3 subjective modes of distortion.
Three gates of liberation on the basis of practicing with the characteristics of anicca, dukkha, anatta.
