A core Buddhist teaching is that of “no self”. It suggests that while we may feel like we have a fixed persistent self, or soul - this is not actually true - we don’t have one.

I’d like to share a slightly different topic from usual, based on lived experience over the last decade.

It is a fact of life that not all parents stay together. And following on from that, people begin relationships with people who have children from previous relationships.

Some while ago, in Buddhism and Direct Pointing, I touched on the Buddhist Ten Fetters teaching, that has proven itself to be both profound and life-changing for many in recent times. The Odoki Method, draws heavily on this, while adding supporting practices to make inquiry into the Ten Fetters even more impactful.

In the 1980s, as a teenager, I developed a Logo implementation for the BBC Micro, which was widely used in UK schools.

The Odoki Method draws on the Buddhist Ten Fetters teaching. In the Odoki Method, the Stage 4 inquiry tackles “reactivity”, particularly how to fundamentally undermine our ability to react. This is drawn from the insights in Ten Fetters of the fourth and fifth fetters of desire and ill will.

This post is most likely of interest to those who are already familiar with the Triratna Buddhist movement, and have witnessed the arrival of Liberation Unleashed and the Ten Fetters community.

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