Midst of all the chaos, fires raging, fears induced and intensified, storm after storm devouring, to sit down and be still diving deep into the unmoving bottom of a boundless ocean , no me, no you, all and everything together as a whole.
I prefer the Alan Watts interpretation of the Bodhidharma story. (When I look for my mind, I can't find it)... "There, it is pacified." states Bodhidharma, rather than "I have pacified it." Given that the basis for this entire talk is: awareness of experience without the attachment of identity, this make former interpretation would make far more sense in context. The mind is pacified. There is pacification within the mind. Rather than *I* have pacified *your* mind. Alas, who is it that prefers things this way?
The Buddhas' teaching on not-self is subordinate to his teaching on karma. I-making and My-making are kinds of karma. With the end of karma, there is automatically the end of I-making and My-making. There is suffering. There is a cause of suffering. There is an end of suffering. There is a method to bring suffering to an end.
Thank you. I have found this series to be just what I need for study at this time of lockdown here in Scotland. I am curious why you don't mention the cultivation of humility as a practice for dissolving the sense of self. And also that we (arguably?) need a healthy sense of self as a pre-requisite for all practice...
Selflessness can be a tough one to understand, our conditioning runs very deep. (but conditioning doesn't make it real.) Keep listening, keep practicing! Maybe find his talk on the 5 aggregates. Since, ultimately, there is no self, trying to build it up is surely an exercise in strengthening delusion.
There is no question of a sense of self as a pre requisite for practice. It's already there that is why the practice. And the de constructing the illusory self exercises that he has suggested itself will lead to humility.
Such a blessing Joseph thank you
wonderful - may the Buddha Dhamma spread for the benefit of all beings
World’s best dharma teacher? For me, yes.
This is Goldstein at his very best. Polished Gold!
Thank you Joseph.
This is very helpful.
Midst of all the chaos, fires raging, fears induced and intensified, storm after storm devouring, to sit down and be still diving deep into the unmoving bottom of a boundless ocean , no me, no you, all and everything together as a whole.
May you all feel the vibration of Ram in your heart 🙏💗
😃🌻Sādhu Sādhu Sādhu 🙏💞👼
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I prefer the Alan Watts interpretation of the Bodhidharma story. (When I look for my mind, I can't find it)... "There, it is pacified." states Bodhidharma, rather than "I have pacified it." Given that the basis for this entire talk is: awareness of experience without the attachment of identity, this make former interpretation would make far more sense in context.
The mind is pacified. There is pacification within the mind.
Rather than *I* have pacified *your* mind.
Alas, who is it that prefers things this way?
Thank you for this great Teachings🙏
Please, What is the Name of the Sri Lanka Monk who gave the Lectures on Nirvana?
I think he is referring to Bhikkhu K. Ñāṇananda
If there is no-self then what does parinirvana mean? What does liberation mean if there is no self to liberate? What is liberated?
The subtle residue of letting go?
There is a self, it is what they call no self.
Liberation from the idea of self. The end of delusion.
The grasping aspect of the mind is relinquished.:. Peace to you all
The Buddhas' teaching on not-self is subordinate to his teaching on karma.
I-making and My-making are kinds of karma.
With the end of karma, there is automatically the end of I-making and My-making.
There is suffering.
There is a cause of suffering.
There is an end of suffering.
There is a method to bring suffering to an end.
❤🙏😊
Aren’t we using thought to think about thought? I mean, really now.
Thank you. I have found this series to be just what I need for study at this time of lockdown here in Scotland. I am curious why you don't mention the cultivation of humility as a practice for dissolving the sense of self. And also that we (arguably?) need a healthy sense of self as a pre-requisite for all practice...
Selflessness can be a tough one to understand, our conditioning runs very deep. (but conditioning doesn't make it real.) Keep listening, keep practicing! Maybe find his talk on the 5 aggregates. Since, ultimately, there is no self, trying to build it up is surely an exercise in strengthening delusion.
Humility comes naturally when one realises how wrong one has been,
There is no question of a sense of self as a pre requisite for practice. It's already there that is why the practice. And the de constructing the illusory self exercises that he has suggested itself will lead to humility.
Search for nothing and you’ll find it.