Samsāra in a Coffee Cup

In Fritz Allhoff, Scott F. Parker & Michael W. Austin (eds.), Coffee. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 46–58 (2011-03-04)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Buddhist Backgrounds Brewing Up a Self Just a Cup of Coffee – or a Karma Macchiato?

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Samsāra in a coffee cup ‐ self, suffering   Indian philosophical and religious traditions ‐ telling us we are ensnared in samsāra, ongoing cycle of birth, death and rebirth   notion of samsāra, recurring rhythms of life ‐ a lethargic struggle each morning, we brew and consume unthinkable amounts of deep, bitter, dark, dark coffee   predictable aches of confronting ‐ a new morning in a pre‐caffeinated state   Indian traditions, seeing the world in terms of samsāra ‐ diverse, cycle of reincarnation, from which we need to escape   Buddhist understanding of samsāra ‐ the samsaric cycle marked always and everywhere with suffering   Duhkha, more subtle ‐ an unsatisfactoriness pervading one's life   three characteristics of suffering, impermanence and no‐self ‐ intertwined, relating back to Four Noble Truths   cup of coffee, thinking of it not just in terms of no‐self ‐ but in terms of dependent arising   coffee consumption, driven onward ‐ by a kind of tired suffering in the face of a new day

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10.1002/9781444393385.ch4

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