Scrolling social media
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taṇhā
Craving loops.
Each swipe is a vedanā-to-taṇhā handoff so fast it feels seamless. The interface didn't invent the loop — it just lubricated one your mind already runs.
Read the entry →Field guide
The Abhidhamma, in the conditions you actually live in.
The texts were written for monks in forests. The mechanics they describe are the same ones running through your phone, your relationships, and your sleep.
Overthinking
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saṅkhāra
Conditioned citta patterns.
Saṅkhāras are not your thoughts. They are the grooves your thoughts run in. Insight is noticing the groove, not arguing with the thought.
Read the entry →Anger
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dosa
Reaction before awareness.
Dosa is faster than sati by milliseconds. The work is not to suppress it but to widen the gap until awareness can arrive first.
Read the entry →Meditation
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vipassanā
Seeing the process clearly.
Not transcendence — observation. The mind that watches one breath is the same mind that watches a craving rise and fall.
Read the entry →Sleeplessness
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uddhacca
Restlessness, not insomnia.
The body is willing. The cittas keep arising on past and future objects. Returning to one present object — the breath, the body — is the only sedative the Abhidhamma prescribes.
Read the entry →Comparison
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māna
The conceit 'I am'.
Each comparison — better, equal, worse — is the same factor reaching for ground. Notice the reaching, not just the conclusion.
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