Saturday, April 4, 2026
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Buddhist monastic shares path to present‑moment joy
In a newly translated dialogue, journalist Irmgard Kirchner interviews Santacitta Bhikkhuni, a former avant‑garde dancer turned Theravada monastic. The conversation frames Buddhism as a healing path that dissolves delusion and attachment using the four vipallasa, and Santacitta explains that true joy arises from present‑moment awareness.

When you meet someone, only the sweetest part of you should touch them. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/CqkKmrVF9X
I get blown away every time I read this paragraph by Carl Jung: To love someone else is easy, but to love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing red-hot iron: it burns into you and that is very painful. Therefore, to love somebody else in the first place is always an escape which we all hope for, and we all enjoy it when we are capable of it. But in the long run, it comes back on us.