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When emptiness teachings undermine helping professions

I'm a social worker helping people with their problems but lately I question whether there are even problems or people and I'm worried I'm losing my capacity to help.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Understanding the relative nature of suffering and selfhood can paradoxically reduce motivation to alleviate conventional problems.

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“Where Are You with No-self and identity in Buddhist thought?”

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