The teaching of the 6 Realms as a metaphor for privilege

The Buddhist cosmological framework of the "6 Realms" can be read both as a map of where beings go from lifetime to lifetime, and/or a map of the psychological-emotional-relational states we pass through in the course of this life. Both are valuable. Here's a discussion of the map in relation to the social justice work around privilege.

Recorded at Insight Meditation Satsang

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