Opinions and beliefs When a student becomes aware of the thinking mind and begins to detach from it, would knowledge of how the thinking mind works be relevant to go deeper into the practice?
Would an understanding of how the thinking mind works be an opinion and therefore lead to suffering?
In (Pali) Buddhism, what leads to suffering is craving &amp; attachment rather than opinions. Opinions in themselves are not necessarily suffering. It is only attachment to opinions or opinions born of craving that are suffering. For example, the opinion that the 'sky is blue' is not suffering.