Early Vispanna meditation stuff

I feel like I've come to Buddhist styles of meditation with an advantage. You see, I've already come to believe, based upon a kind of rational faith, that the end principles are a good idea. E.g., should you love your enemies and wish them well? Of course; being in alignment with good is a good thing. Either they're wrong, and deserve to be in alignment with what's good, or I'm wrong, and I shouldn't wish them ill.
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Early Vispanna meditation stuff

I feel like I've come to Buddhist styles of meditation with an advantage. You see, I've already come to believe, based upon a kind of rational faith, that the end principles are a good idea. E.g., should you love your enemies and wish them well? Of course; being in alignment with good is a good thing. Either they're wrong, and deserve to be in alignment with what's good, or I'm wrong, and I shouldn't wish them ill.
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