Fame, Success, and Other Illusions with Ethan Nichtern
In the Buddhist tradition, the mind states of Hope and Fear are talked about as two sides of the same coin. While we often hear a more positive spin put on "Hope" in our society (I'm looking at you Barack). The Buddhist teachings emphasize that both Hope and Fear are states of aversion.
The Eight traps of Hope and Fear
are broken up into four sets of two, with a fear and hope aspect to each set:
Hope of Success.......Fear of Failure
Hope of Fame........Fear of Disrepute
Hope of Praise...........Fear of Blame
Hope of Pleasure..........Fear of Pain
Hope of Fame........Fear of Disrepute
Hope of Praise...........Fear of Blame
Hope of Pleasure..........Fear of Pain
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