Ben Connelly takes us on a deep dive into the history and the heart of Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu and the influential Yogacara teachings. Ben describes how the Yogacara school sought to integrate early Buddhist teachings on afflictive emotions and Mahayana teachings on no-self and collective liberation. Fundamentally, these teachings point to the limitations of our experience. “We don’t have absolute truths, we have our particular perception right now, which is conditioned.” At the core of this conditioning is our sense of being a separate self. These teachings are medicine, Ben emphasizes, that help us work with our challenging emotional states and let go of our fixed views of reality. “Every moment we can realize that what I do and how I do it matters for the possibility of people being free from suffering. . . AHA!”