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Context: Throughout this transcript, Bhante Vimalaramsi is the speaker unless otherwise indicated.

do you like 22 2008 da Masuka Meditation

Center magic magnify the shorter series

of questions and answers chew have a

Dallas suit at number 44 about tipping

on the Rams

because any other time that we talked

about the souped-up she always says oh

wow I love this suit and you'll see why

in a minute oh it's because she's a

sexist my contribution to the feminist

movement here yeah that's what I heard

on one occasion the blessed one was

living at raja kaha in the bamboo grove

the squirrel sanctuary then the lay

follower bussaco went to the baku need

almudena and after paying homage to her

he sat down at one side and asked her

before we go too far Masako was a very

wealthy merchant da Medina was his wife

the sakha got into the habit of going

and listening to some dhamma talk stand

and practicing for two hours with and

one day he went through the dhamma talk

and he came back and medinah saw him

coming

to greet him and he kind of pushed her

away a little bit which was unusual

and then

when they got ready to go to bed he laid

down and she laid down beside him and he

got up and laid down on the floor and

she got up and laid down on the floor

and he got up and laid down on the bed

and she thought that that was a little

bit strange and asked him why he was

acting this way and he basically told

her that when he went to see the Buddha

and practice of meditation he had me

come in Hanagami and he didn't want any

sexual activity and he told her that if

she wanted to she could have all of his

possessions take over the business and

all of that and that they could live

like brother and sister but not in the

same bed it

she was very spiritually advanced too

and she said well if this is the

situation I would like to ordain and

become a bit Cooney

and he gave permission because he was

the husband so she became a Baku knee

and she practiced meditation and she

became an are hot and occasionally he

would come and ask her questions

she became the foremost mikuni in wisdom

she was a very brightly it was a very

bright lady and she was very good at

explaining things so we'll let it go

with that and so he sat down at one side

and ask her lady personality personality

is said what is personality by the what

is called personality by the blessed one

friend visakha these five aggregates

affected by clinging are called

personality by the blessing on that is

the material aggregate affected by

clinging the feeling aggregate affected

by clinging the perception aggregate

affected by clinging the formations

aggregate affected by clinging the

consciousness aggregate affected by

clinging these five aggregates affected

by clinging are called personality by

the blessed one stop and let think about

this

what is the thing that makes up the

personality the clingy causes a

personality to come and be what does

that mean that means your identification

with each one of these aggregates and

taking them personally and getting

caught in your thoughts and your

concepts and your opinions about what

these are and how they arise it's the

identification that's the one it's the

taking this personal body

it's me it's my it's Who I am feelings

whoa they're mine that's my feeling I

like that one oh yeah i'm going to hold

on to it oh I don't like that one I'm

going to push it away perception

perception is the part of the mind that

names things and it has memory in it but

this is also the start up of concepts

because the naming of something is a

concept

so when we're talking about what makes

up the personality we really identify

very strongly with perceptions as being

mine this is who I am

this is my idea this is my story these

are my concepts this is my opinion see

how that leads into the personality

belief which is actually a false belief

of all of my thoughts and all of my

opinions and all of my ideas are mine we

take it all personally that is the cause

of suffering

ok

so these five aggregates affected by

claiming are called personality by the

Blessed One if you that they are not

affected by clinging then they're just

the five aggregates by his house right

you're not taking it personally you're

seeing the aggregate of feeling arise

when it arises you see the concept arise

the perception arise without taking it

personally in other words you're seeing

everything very clearly and your mind is

very bright without distractions of

thinking about without holding on to

this is where you get that white part of

the

consciousness colonizing perception and

radio staying feeling being kojain right

and as long as you don't let the craving

kick the clinging on then you're saying

that the way and actually and you're

beating the games on this thing yeah

yeah that's it

saying good lady yeah but you never

understood it well a couple years I will

grant you that I understanding of God

much deeper in the last couple years

O'Dowd saying good lady the late hour of

asaka divided and rejoiced in the Baku

need aa Medina's words then he asked her

a further question lady origin of

personality origin of personality is

that what is called the origin of

personality by the blessed one friend

friend visakha it is braving

which brains renewal of being is

accompanied by delight and lust and in

brackets we say dislike an aversion same

coin different sites

and delights in this and that that is

craving for sensual pleasures craving

for being i like it i want a craving for

non being I don't like it I don't want

it

that is called the origin of personality

by the Blessed One that's one step ahead

of the team it's the cause of clinging

or rising when you see craving and six

part of the craving there is no belief

system there is no concepts there are no

opinions there's just the the essential

as the central

when you get caught by the cleaning now

you're seeing the essential is not

essential that makes some of the things

that we say in the morning a little bit

clearer

lady

cessation of personality cessation of

personality has said what is called the

cessation of personality by the blessed

one friend visakha it is the remainder

liz fading away and ceasing the giving

up relinquishing letting go and redirect

rejecting of that same craving how do

you do that 66 ours

recognize release relax breathe smile

bring up that wholesome come back to

your object to meditation keep your

object of meditation going what was the

lady comment there let the sense it is

the remainder is fading away ceasing the

giving up relinquishing letting go and

rejecting of that same craving this is

called the cessation of personality by

the Blessed One what have I been telling

you when you let go of the craving what

happens in your mind there's no thoughts

after that all you have is this clear

pure mind and you bring that mind back

to your object to meditation what are

you doing when you do that you are

purifying your mind you're correcting

the wrong belief that everything is

personal

because you're seeing that brief moment

where there is nothing other than pure

observation that is called the third

noble truth and it is also called

Nibhana think about this for a minute

what is a definition of Nibhana he means

no bona means fire

there was a supa it's in the mahabhava

that the Buddha gave this talk to 1200

monks they had just become months and

when he gave this talk they all became

our very powerful suit in the suta he

said everything is burning the eye is

burning I consciousness is burning I

contact this burn I feeling is burning

burning with what craving craving is the

cause of the fire now when you let go

and six or something you've let go of

the fire Avenue that's Nibhana it's the

mundane nibhaana it's just

a temporary kind of Nevada you will have

to experience the mundane namana many

hundreds many thousands many hundreds of

thousands of times before your mind

finally catches on oh and let's go and

you experience Nevada

the super Monday

the one that really causes the

personality

you have no idea how many times I've

gotten in arguments with people on the

internet about the experience of letting

go of craving is a form of neba but it's

mundane name people tell me I'm crazy

I could be crazy that's fine

oh ok

so this is called the cessation of

personality by the Blessed One cessation

of personality means is as being yours

but seeing everything as being vertical

process

letting go the craving coming back to

your object to meditation is the

purification of your view of your

perspective

friend vez o it been lady the way

leading to the cessation of personality

the way leading to the cessation of

personality is that what is the way

leading to the cessation of personality

by set by the Blessed One now you might

not have noticed this but we are going

through the Four Noble Truths what is

personality first noble truth what is

the origin of personality second noble

truth what is a cessation of personality

third noble truth what is the way

leading to the cessation of personality

fourth noble truth because an ant agami

still have personality

that's a tricky question they still have

some things that still arise they still

have five fetters that that are there in

that way yes they still have some they

have pride they still have restlessness

they'd still have some toy group

they have the desire to experience other

realms still they still have a little

bit of it

so in that way yes they still have some

personality but it's very very subtle

it's not not big gross stuff like we got

okay friend moussaka it is just this

noble eightfold path that is harmonious

perspective harmonious imaging

harmonious communication harmonious

movement harmonious lifestyle harmonious

practice harmonious observation and

harmonious collectiveness giving you

talk

seems like I

two and a half weeks really oh it's hard

to keep track of things that's what

happens in the get old don't get old

what is harmonious perspective

four noble truths do not take thanks

person

it's a change of your perspective say

you have a feeling arise anxiety sadness

fear whatever the catch of the day is

what your mind generally does is it

grabs onto that and it says this is who

I am and your mind starts going but I

don't like this feeling I want it to be

different than it is now you try to

change your your view by thinking about

it it doesn't work the more thoughts you

have about this feeling when it arises

the bigger and more intense that feeling

becomes so enter our money is

perspective

ammonius perspective means seeing this

as an impersonal process what is the

fastest way to change your perspective

on anything that arises in German the

fastest way to change the perspective on

anything that arises in your mind is to

let it be without not smile laughing is

the key for this it really makes a man

when you laugh you go from I'm mad and I

don't like it too it's only this anchor

and then it's easy to let go because

what it's only angered it not mine I

didn't sit here and ask it to come up it

came up by itself when you change your

view when you change your perspective of

this going from mine and I don't like it

too it's only that you've changed your

perspective from the personal belief

that this is this is who I am to the

impersonal belief or impersonal view

that it's only this part of the prospect

that's all it's not mine I certainly

don't tell myself you know I died having

been sad for a long time I haven't been

anxious for a loan

it comes up because the conditions are

right for it to come up okay past

actions ask things that have happened to

us it might be this lifetime it might be

another lifetime it doesn't really even

matter why it comes up is not the

problem what we do with what comes up

now we have some degree of choice and

what we do with this

we

can make the conscious decision to fight

it and wrestle with it and trying to

make it go away or not what we do with

what arises in the present moment

dictates what happens if you fight with

the present moment and you try to

control the present moment with your

thoughts you can look forward to more

suffering arising or you can make the

conscious decision to the lab and allow

the space for that feeling to be there

it's okay for it to be there it's all

right for this feeling of sadness or

anxiety or fear or whatever it is it's

okay for it to be there it has to be

okay because when it arises it's there

it has to be okay for it to be there

what we need to do is change our

perspective

and when we change our view from this is

me this is my this is who I am too it's

only this

there is relief now that doesn't mean

that it won't come up again and again

and again and again it can come up quite

often but every time if you treat it in

the same way without taking it

personally and trying to control it when

you start allowing the space for that

feeling to be there without getting

involved in any form of control of it

and you develop your sense of humor and

laugh along with it it will get weaker

and weaker as time goes by until finally

it fades away when it fades away a real

sense of relief you feel all these

heavyweights you've been carrying around

on your shoulders you didn't even know

we're there they go away and you start

having a lot of joy and happiness than

these kind of things are rising every

time you do this it helps your mind you

get

balance this is what harmonious

perspective is all about okay now the

next part of the full path is called

harmonious imagery what kind of image do

you hold in your mind about whatever it

is that you're thinking about you have

the image I don't like it I don't want

it I want to stop that means that you're

pulling up the image of dislike and

dissatisfaction and you're creating more

dislike and dissatisfied

pulling up an image of acceptance of

peace and calm and bringing that feeling

into your heart that means that the

Indian sure holding is in harmony with

the present moment how many people do

you know have this idea i'm always broke

i never have enough

and the universe says okay you're broke

you've never have enough and it make

sure that that's what happens for you

because that's the kind of image you're

holding if you start holding the image

of prosperity and happiness then the

universe will come rushing into you and

you'll be prosperous and happy

how what kind of image do you hope when

this kind of feeling always arises I

always do this with it and I always make

myself suffered okay the universe wants

to give you what you hold what you hold

on to and what you believe with the

Eightfold Path you have the choice that

you can change that image from one of

lack dislike that satisfaction to one of

prosperity happiness and calmness and

balance in your mind

harmonious communication they call that

right speech who do you spend most of

your time thinking with yourself who do

you beat up most of the time with your

thoughts yourself we all have this weird

idea and it is truly weird is it's a

very peculiar thing that we're supposed

to be perfect we all have that idea and

then when we don't meet our expectation

what happens then we get to pull out the

boxing gloves and beat ourselves up be

critical over ourselves I'm not supposed

to do that I did something it was bad

and that's no good so I'm going to keep

hating myself because of that what the

meditation is about is learning how to

let go of that communication with

yourself and other people so that you

have uplifted communication kindness

gentle

to yourself especially and when you have

it in yourself guess what you get to

give away

you can't give it away if you don't have

it that's a fundamental truth of the

universe if you don't have it you can't

give it away learning how to practice

kindness to yourself is an essential

part of the Eightfold Path one of the

things that the Buddha said was anyone

that truly loved them self will never

harm

but if you're harming yourself all the

time you have a tendency to her mother

beings do what you think and ponder on

that's the inclination of your mind so

learning how to be kinder and gentler to

yourself is what harmonious

communication is all about not demanding

that something in the past be different

than it was what happened in the past

the truth is you can't change it but you

can change your perspective of it you

can change your view and make it in

person

when you don't make it impersonal what

happens craving and clinging habitual

tendency and all of the other things

that cause sorrow lamentation pain grief

and Industry whoa why do you want to do

that to yourself you don't hate to you

could be forgiven to yourself look at

this basically just so I'd occur because

the condition was at that time but the

trick is not to hold the past into the

present like a fantasy injecting a

different level of it yeah as we allow

the space for past experiences to be

there in the past and we stop

identifying with that pain that concept

then we allow the space for the next

moment to be happy why nature abhors a

vacuum if you're carrying around this

pain all the time it's going to make

sure that your next moment has that pain

with it if you allow the space for that

pain to be there and relax into it

you're giving the universe the

opportunity to bring happiness and humor

it's simple

but we sure don't like things that are

simple for some reason we like to fight

we like to kick and yell and scream do

all kinds of things especially to

ourselves because well I'm supposed to

be perfect you know

yeah so in a sense there is a way to be

in control if you understand the laws

and how it operates so it's a type of

control see the secret unit control over

to see no it's not but it's the secret

to the control is letting go of all the

control we've attempted to have in the

past and understanding the universal law

clearly enough it's new information for

mine the universe wants to give you the

highest and best always what you think

and ponder that's what your mind is

going to direct the universe to do

you think and ponder on that no-good

so-and-so beat me up when I was in

kindergarten and I hate him to this day

well you can do that if you want does

that lead to your happiness does that

lead to the happiness of other people

around you if it doesn't then you ought

to take a look at that and say well I

don't need to carry that baggage with me

anymore I can let that go yeah it

happened in the past okay there's not

one thing in the world that you can do

to make that any different than it

already is it happened and that's the

truth you don't have to carry the pain

around with you now

and the other part of it is you don't

have to accept this let's just then said

you can test it well I don't want

anybody to believe anything they say

it's very testable it's one of the

neatest parts of the Dhamma as you learn

to communicate with yourself about

yourself in kind and gentle waves Oh

whole new world starts to open up around

and there's real healing

everybody has pain in their past

not everybody carries that pain around

with them day to day to day to day some

people learn to let it go you remember I

told you about that lady that her her

daughter got eaten by a shark now there

was a lot of pain it was a horrible

experience she had to go and identify

her sweet

and

it hurt

and what I told her was it's okay to

hurt it has to be okay because that pain

is there it is real when it arises if

she would have tried to fight that pain

if she would have tried to push that

pain away the grief would have probably

killed her she allowed the space for

that pain to be there ripped her heart

out

and that's okay your heart can take it

she learned a lot of very valuable

lessons about how resilient heart can be

how the loving acceptance of the present

moment even when it hurts so incredibly

bad it's unbelievable as she allowed the

space for that to be without fighting

without pushing it away without trying

to control it at all just letting that

pain be there by itself and not taking

it personally not grabbing on to it not

wishing it away and she allowed the

space for that to happen she gained all

kinds of insight into how mind works and

she has since turned into a very

brilliant teacher

that's part of becoming a teacher

recognizing your own pain and allowing

the space for that pain to be there so

that eventually and it doesn't happen

right away eventually there is some

balance and you can still have the

memories but the pain isn't in the

memory because you have accepted the

fact that it was like that and that's

okay for it to be like that no

resistance don't resist or push at that

time smile was an impossibility but she

could soften

crops don't reasons to a push safin

might allow the space for that to be

even the most horrible thing can be

acceptable there's stories about the

Buddha when he was a bodhisattva he was

a snake in one lifetime and of it he was

very big snake like a boa constrictor

one of those times in South America that

are that big around 25 feet long and

these village boys came around and they

took sticks and they shoved it through

his body he started carrying now he

could have retaliated that was very

painful and he saw that this was an

opportunity to learn how to accept

what's happening in the present moment

without resistance without fighting

there's another instance it was about a

year and a half old it was a prince his

mother was the queen his father was the

King the king walked into the room

mother is playing with the Sun really

loves the Sun King said something to the

wife she didn't hear him he got jealous

he got angry the more he thought about

it the more he thought you know when

this Prince gets to be a certain age

he's going to up he's going to take the

crown away from me and I don't want that

to happen so he called the execution the

executioner came and he said I want you

to cut off his boys hands

cut off

the bodhisattva saw that this was an

opportunity to practice breaking down

the barriers remember this is what I

teach he saw himself we left a lot he

saw his mother and he loved her a lot in

saw the executioner as the neutral

person and he sent love to the

executioner and he saw his enemy his

father and he started practicing

loving-kindness and he didn't cry

and that really upset the king so the

king said I'll just cut his feet off so

there's more opportunity now this is a

lot of pain work I mean think about it

get your hands and your feet cut off

that's not one of your better days so

executioner cut his feet off and the

bodhisattva didn't cry so the Kings say

we really got disgusted and he just said

I just cut his head up so I did now he

didn't hold one thought of this like he

didn't hold any thoughts of aversion

towards his father

he only held loving kindness for all of

these different kinds of me he kept his

mind focused on that loving Titus

as soon as he died he was reborn in the

devil oka he's reborn in a heavenly

aroma his mother died of a broken heart

his father died of a heart attack

the only one in that story that didn't I

was the executioner and to him that was

it was part of his job and it was in

person

so the mother was reborn in the same day

belocca as a son the father was reborn

in a he'll run but the most amazing part

of that is the bodhisattva did not cry

he did not hold a grudge he just saw

this is what's happening now is a time

for me to learn how mine works

this kind of harmonious communication is

kind of

to cultivate

the more we can communicate with

ourselves trying

without the criticisms without the

should be and we start actually truly

appreciating our own good qualities then

we get in harmony

I used to teach people a kind of

loving-kindness meditation and to do

with writing things down and said I want

you to sit down with gays and paper

every day and write down ten good

qualities that you like about yourself

can't be the same list day after day

after day has to be different feel after

you write it down then I want you to

reflect on the times when you're like

that and appreciate yourself for being

like that and then the rest of the day I

want you to see those same good

qualities and other people that you have

contacted

it's amazing how much resistance might

can have to doing something like this

but if you really do it it'll change

your perspective of yourself and it will

change your perspective of other people

you can try doing this on your own if

you want to you

but when you look at those qualities in

yourself and appreciate yourself for

that you start softening towards

yourself they stop being so incredibly

demanding that you be perfect I don't

know anybody that's perfect unless they

become a Nara

even then

if it depends on your definition perfect

i think

so the next part of the Eightfold Path

is harmonious movement our modius

movement means you don't be jerking your

ride around trying to run away from this

valley or these thoughts don't be

jerking your mind or dropping books

but you do things in harmony we do

things that lead to having a mind that's

at ease and has balance

the next part of the fold path is

harmonious lifestyle

how do you live you live criticizing

yourself do you live making yourself

uncomfortable or unhappy

what are the things that you're

continually putting into your mind this

is a story that's been i've been telling

a lot of people for a lot of years

actually but there is a a girl that she

came to me and she was really distraught

she said I'm having these terrible

dreams really frightening dreams what

can I do about that and I said why are

you having these dreams I don't know but

they always seem to happen after i go

see horror flicks you're going to see

scary movies and she had bad dreams so

what did I talk don't do that anything

and what did she tell me but I like them

and what did I tell her that don't come

to complaining Denis about bad dreams be

careful what you put it from

the next part is a harmonious practice

what is harmonious practice the six arms

there's four parts to the harmonious

practice recognizing an unwholesome

state releasing that unwholesome state

and relaxing Rhys mei-ling's came back

near object of meditation and keeping

your object meditation

six arms right there

the next part of the Eightfold Path is

your harmonious observation being in

harmony with what you observe not trying

to control things not trying to make

things any different than they are it's

just observation it's just seeing what

is as you see more closely how things

arise you'll recognize that there is a

process that happens in that process is

dependent origination and you'll see it

has different links arising and passing

away I'll see that and the last part of

the Eightfold Path is harmonious

collectiveness and that basically means

experiencing the jobs experiencing the

mind

has that Pleasant abiding here in them

so that's the Eightfold Path

and

let's see from this our kids just this

noble eightfold path lady is that

clinging the same as these five

aggregates affected by clinging or is

the clinging something apart from the

five aggregates affected by clinging

friend isaka that clinging is neither

the same as these five aggregates

affected by clinging nor is clinging

something apart from the five aggregates

affected by clinging it is the desire

the lust in regard to the five

aggregates affected by clinging that is

the clinging there we all want things we

desire them to be in a particular way

and that clouds our perception of things

it clouds our observation of things an

example

I see a rose and I cut it off and come

you're in a happy mood and I give you

that rose and you look at that and you

snug oh this is really great it's really

a pretty color it's perfect shape that

smells so good I really like this rose

no I can take that rose away and wait

until you're in a grumpy mood and I'll

come with you come to you with the roads

and they say look I'm giving this to you

and you look at it and your mind says ah

thorns I hate these kind of flowers

what's different rose is still the same

still the same flower your perspective

is different

because that desire colors the world

around you and what we have to learn how

to do is observed that these this kind

of desire is making the unhappiness

making the pain

more intense the desire for this to be

anything other than it is and desire is

really really tricky because a little

tiny desire could make you start leaning

out of the present moment into the next

one and cause that restlessness to arise

and if you lean back a little bit and

you desire for that then your mind does

a little careful with through these

actors

the way you're in the present moment

completely totally is to let go of the

desire to be in the present say that one

more time I'm not sure I can so the way

to be in the present moment is to

totally let go of your desire to be in

the present man just be stopped trying

you release the past the Rings for

future and just keep laughing

okay now we're going to talk a little

bit about personality do you know I have

a page of the supe we're gonna have to

come along a little bit quicker I have a

feeling lady how does personality view

come to be here Fred busacca an untaught

ordinary person who has no regard for

normal ones and is unskilled and

undisciplined in their dama who has no

regard for true men in and is unskilled

and disciplined in their government

regards material forms as self or self

as possessed of material form or

material form as in self for self as in

material form he regards feeling as self

or self as possessed of feeling or

feeling as in self herself as in feeling

he regards perception of self or self as

possessed of perception or perception as

in self or self as in protection of

perception he regards formations as self

or self as possessed of formations or

formations as in self or self as

informations he regards consciousness as

self or self as possessed of

or consciousness in self or self as in

consciousness that is how personality

who comes to be

taking it all personally in all of its

different ways that you can take a

person lady how does personality view

not come to be here friend visakha a

well taught noble disciple who has

regard for the noble ones and his guild

and disciplined in their Dhamma who has

regard for true men and his skilled and

disciplined at near Dhamma does not

regard material form as self for self as

possessed of material form or material

form as in self or self as in material

form he does not regard feeling as self

or self as possessed of feeling or

feeling as in self or self as in feeling

he does not regard perception as self or

self as possessed of perception or

perception as in self or self as in

perception he does not regard formations

as self or self as forming possessed of

formations or formations as in self or

self as informations he does not regard

consciousness as self or self as

possessed of consciousness or

consciousness as in self or self as in

consciousness that is how personality

does not come to be

what does that mean

what does that mean yeah everything that

the personality everything's easy to

attach itself to you identified is not

self so you have no right person there's

no person right so there's no thoughts

that are yours but they're just thoughts

yeah so if if there is no conscious like

if the selfs not conscious then if

everything is a process was the observer

this consol that's where do you let go

of craving gonna have this pure sound

like drew is just a right crews here

without craving there is pure

observation but that's also part of the

process like this or itself there is no

so so there is only wisdoms I

it's like a third or a shrink if they're

not just systems I is always in personal

observation of how but that's still

consciousness fact that just

consciousness detached of craving so

it's still in the process like it's just

a process of serving itself didn't I

read a suit that to you not too long ago

about a month by the name of sati

misguided we've said that consciousness

goes here in there and does this and

that good deed and it's the same

consciousness that runs from 1 existence

of the next that means that is a

personal self belief

consciousness is dependent on something

else

person

what you

see

ok

keep going mm-hmm no yeah that you can

even call it consciousness is just the

consciousness but there are six kinds of

consciousness a consciousness here

consciousness knows consciousness

consciousness body consciousness and

mind consciousness none of that is

personal they are just different forms

of consciousness

and the observation is it a mind

consciousness

what you just said in the Sutra was

basically what race that this does not

me this is not mine this is not myself

that's what it declared right foreboding

feeling perception thoughts and

consciousness this is not me this is not

mine this is not myself right but her

question which is a good one right is it

seems like there's a self in there

somewhere but it is all a part of a

process that we have always taken to be

a self but that mentioned personality

right which is to me like is one step

away from yes I'm essential cell that

personality is how humid it I do think

that like it's a habit and what's our

fates it's all of depending on your

perspective when you see it is in person

then it is just the arising and passing

away of phenomena but there's nobody

home

do you remember in the movie the one of

the matrix is where he met the master

controller and neo was talking to the

guy and behind him were all the screens

yeah those were all his personalities

but he didn't take him to be self he

stayed centered in the midst of all

those backgrounds ready it's possible

and he's filled all of them mopping up

and that's what that mean yeah that's it

and that's what wisdoms I doubt it can

see all kinds of other things arising

and passing away and it just doesn't pay

much attention to it it knows it's there

it doesn't pay attention to it it's oh

this is what we're doing right here

right now and that's part of the cause

and effect relationship of the

yeah isn't that just identifying as I

and then whenever you're just being here

you just are and you're not those that

are coming right you're just here now

you're part I'm not identifying as those

things there there is a large continuum

that is happening but it's the arising

and passing away of the links of

dependent origination so if the observer

is also a kind of mind consciousness

you'll eventually let go of even the

observation when you get into perception

the cessation of perception and feeling

you're not there there is no

consciousness okay the only one who

could ever reach me with the great

wineries I didn't sing it there yeah I'm

not saying yeah okay now we have the

Noble Eightfold Path lady what is the

Noble Eightfold Path friend it socket is

just this noble eightfold path that is

harmonious perspective harmonious

imaging harmonious communication

harmonious movement harmonious lifestyle

harmonious practice harmonious

observation and harmonious

collectiveness lady is the Noble

Eightfold Path condition or

unconditioned

what do you think

lady friend visakha the Noble Eightfold

Path is condition lady are there three

aggregates included in the Noble

Eightfold Path or is the Noble Eightfold

Path included by these three aggregates

the three aggregates are not included by

the Noble Eightfold Path but the Noble

Eightfold Path is included by the three

aggregate right speech or harmonious

communication harmonious movement and

harmonious lifestyle these states are

included in the aggregate of virtue

harmonious practice harmonious

observation harmonious collectiveness

these states are included in the

aggregate of concentration harmonious

perspective and harmonious imaging these

states are included

driggett of wisdom

and this is where I've gotten into a lot

of fights because there's an awful lot

of people that are teaching the Noble

Eightfold Path in meditation and may say

well you don't have to pay attention to

harmonious communication harmonious

action our movement and harmonious

lifestyle because your virtue is already

very cure so what they're saying is

forget the Noble Eightfold Path and

practice the noble five fold path and

then if you practice straight vipassana

they say well the last of the Eightfold

Path they are money is collected pneus

which is always defined as the

experience of the dramas well you don't

have to worry about that because when

you practice moment to moment

concentration that's the same thing as

getting into

it's not so now they're not practicing

the Eightfold Path they're not

practicing a five-fold that they're

practicing the fourfold death how do you

experience practicing before go back

I always contend that you need all of

the Eightfold Path while you're

practicing meditation and you have that

idea of that because of the way I talk

about the communication and movement in

the lifestyle both all three we need to

have those in your practice while York

City and the reason that I say that is

because the first discourse that the

Buddha gave was on the Eightfold Path

now these monks were very virtuous

they've been practicing the whole time

while they were the Buddha's attendance

they didn't have problems with their

virtue why would he bring virtue up

because of the way you looked at the

Eightfold Path with what i just showed

in relationship to the meditation

relationship to the right atrium see the

right livelihood is always talked about

as well you don't kill it in beings you

don't

sell weapons you don't sell poisons what

does that have to do with your

medication oh I can tell you

while you're sitting in meditation but

Williams comes up the bad deeds come

back to haunt you while you're trying to

be best not the same thing that's

talking about right here right now

practicing right livelihood are you

going to go out and get some poison and

sell it to somebody else are you gonna

are you gonna sell weapons are you going

to harm other beings no so the right the

right life livelihood or harmonious

lifestyle has to be something other than

what they give is their definition so

it's being careful with what you put in

front of you and flex your practicing in

your daily activities

I just think it's interesting that this

has been an old argument for a long time

yeah that this was brought up to us last

year that this has been centuries old

that the monks have been talking about

the line between my powers who want to

make it the five fold path and the

practice errs who want to keep at the

Eightfold Path that's been going on for

sits a few hundred years ago but I still

think that that's misunderstanding on

the scholars part

okay now we go to concentration I don't

like that word it's like a four-letter

word don't say you call it

collectiveness it has a degree of

concentration in it yes it does but

anytime you talk about concentration and

this culture it means one-pointed

absorption kind of concentration reading

a book you're really into that book

somebody comes up and they say hey I

want to do this you don't hear because

you're so absorbed in what you're

reading don't pay attention to any

external distractions that's the wrong

kind of concentration

the right kind of concentration as a

mind that is very collective he's still

alert that's what we're talking about

the

the word for concentration in poly is

somebody this word was never used before

the Buddha started using he made up this

word to describe something other than

one point in concentration

so that gives you an idea again the

difference between the absorption

concentration and the summit ave po sana

different kind of meditation entirely

than absorption cuts

ah lady what is concentration what is

the basis of concentration that

collectiveness use me what is the

equipment of collected that's what is

the development of collectiveness

unification of mine friendless archives

is collectiveness that doesn't say deep

absorption it says unification of mine

certainly seemed to mean drawing a lot

of dogs towards you anyway

the four foundations of mindfulness are

the basis for collectiveness the four

right kinds of striving are the

equipment of collectiveness the

repetition development and cultivation

of those same states is the development

of collectiveness there ok how's it

that's good

now we come to formations lady how many

formations are there there are these

three formations from Osaka the bodily

formation the verbal formation and the

mental in what but lady what is the

bodily formation what is the verbal

formation what is the mental formation

this is the formations that we talked

about and dependent origination side

right after ignorance formations arise

engraving and out breathing from our

bodily formation thinking and examining

our global formation perception and

feeling our mental formation

but lady why are in breathing and

upgrading the bodily formation why are

thinking and examining the verbal

formation why our perception and feeling

the mental formation friend Asaka in

breathing out breathing our bodily these

are States bound up with the body that

is why in breathing and operating are

the bodily formation first one thinks

and then examines thus and subsequently

one breaks out into internal dialogue

that is why thinking and examining that

are the verbal formation perception and

feeling are mental these are states

bound up with the mind that is why

perception and feeling our mental for a

lady how does the attainment of the

cessation of perception and feeling come

to be Brenda Sokka when a monk is

attaining the cessation of perception

feeling it does not occur to him I shall

attain the cessation of perception and

feeling or I am attaining the cessation

of perception and feeling or I have

attained the cessation of perception and

feeling but rather his mind has

previously been developed in such a way

that it leads to that state

so it's saying that while when you

experience a cessation of perception and

bailing you don't plan on it just going

to happen when it happened you don't

notice it while it's happening why

because there is no perception and

there's no feeling and you're not in

that state realizing that you're in that

state it just happens lady when a monk

is attaining the cessation of perception

and feeling which states cease in him

first the bodily formation of verbal

formation or the mental formation friend

bussaco when a monk is attaining the

cessation of perception and feeling

first the verbal formation ceases then

the bodily formation ceases and then the

mental formation lady how does emergence

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling come to be Brenda

Sokka when a monk is emerging from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling it does not occur

to him I shall emerge from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling or I am emerging

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling or I have emerged

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling but rather his

mind has previously been developed in

such a way that it leads him to that

state the first time the cessation of

perception in

kurz it will just be for a short period

of time and go plan on it happening when

your mind has the perception in dealing

arise again you don't plan on it being

able to have the perception I'm feeling

arrives it does it by itself

and this is when you would see the links

of dependent origination

lady when a monk is emerging from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling which dates arise

in him first the bodily formation the

verbal formation or the mental formation

friend visakha when a monk is emerging

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling first the mental

formation arises and bodily formation

and the verbal formation that mental

formation is where you see the links of

dependent origination there is no body

there is no verbalization there is just

seeing this and it happens fast it's big

big big make you think that's it

it happens very quickly

lady when a monk has emerged from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling how many kinds of

contact touch Brenda Sokka when a monk

has emerged from the attainment of the

cessation of perception and feeling

three kinds of contact touch him

voidness contact I was talking about

voidness a while back sign lyst kind

contact and desireless

sign this contact means there is no sign

if there's no perception and feeling

there is no sign that arises and there

is no desire that can that will arise

there is a void pneus but it's there's

still something

just because you don't have perception

and dealing if there wasn't something

your body would die at that point your

body is still there

lady when a monk has emerged from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling too what does his

mind inclined to what does it mean to

what does it tend friend Osaka when a

monk has emerged from the attainment of

the cessation of perception and feeling

his mind inclines to seclusion leans to

seclusion tends to seclusion

lady how many kinds of feeling are there

brendan Sokka there are three kinds of

feeling pleasant feeling painful feeling

and neither painful more pleasant

feeling but lady what is pleasant

feeling what is painful feeling what is

neither painful more pleasant feeling

Brenda Sokka what ever is felt bodily or

mentally as pleasant and soothing is

pleasant feeling whatever is felt bodily

or mentally as painful and hurting is

painful feeling whatever is felt bodily

or mentally as neither soothing nor

early is neither painful more pleasant

feeling lady what is pleasant and what

is painful in regard to pleasant feeling

what is painful and what is pleasant in

regard to painful feeling what is

pleasant and what is painful in regard

to neither painful more pleasant feeling

Brenda's acha pleasant feeling is

pleasant when it persists and painful

when it changes

painful feeling is painful when its

present and pleasant when it changes

neither painful more pleasant feeling is

pleasant when there is knowledge of it

and painful when there is no knowledge

of it does that mean knowledge of an

either painful more pleasant feeling

means you are experiencing equanimity no

knowledge of it means that you are

indifferent to it you're not paying

attention to it and that is painful

because of the lack of mindfulness at

that

most people occasionally

you're not seeing it as it truly is

underlying tendency lady what underlying

tendency underlies pleasant feeling what

underlying tendency underlies painful

feeling what underlying tendency

underlies neither painful more pleasant

feeling friend moussaka the underlying

tendency to lust underlies painful or

pleasant feeling right yeah we're

pleasant feeling I want to keep that one

no that would

the underlying tendency to aversion

underlies painful feeling painful

feeling there izes it's only natural

that we want to push it away what to

stop it the underlying tendency to

ignorance underlies the neither painful

more pleasant feeling when you're

indifferent to that then you're not

seeing it as it actually is and you're

not seeing the Four Noble Truths that's

why as we because it leads to more

suffering it

lady does the underlying tendency to

lust underlie all a pleasant feeling

does the underlying tendency to aversion

underlie all painful feeling does the

underlying tendency to ignorance

underlie all neither painful or pleasant

feeling very PV the answer friend

busacca the underlying tendency to lust

does not underlie all Pleasant feelings

the underlying tendency to aversion does

not underlie all painful feeling the

underlying tendency to ignorance does

not underlie all neither painful more

pleasant feeling

what would a pleasant feeling the what

kind of feeling would it be that is

pleasant that doesn't have lust as its

underlying tendency

equanimity

close but no cigar what kind saving of

what kind of feeling when a pleasant

feeling arises it doesn't have lust as

its underlying chain bility hmm

tranquility no loving kindness nope

John that's it

there's no lust in your mind because

your mind is very Puritan and its

pleasant

it is definitely pleasant abiding here

and now that's one of the major insights

that the the Bodhisattva had on the

night of his enlightenment because he

was into such heavy duty austerities and

punishing the body he was afraid of all

pleasant feeling and then he got into

the Jama and he went wait why have I

been afraid of this there is no lust

involved in this this is a pleasant

feeling without lust okay the underlying

tendency to aversion does not underlie

all painful feeling what is the

underlying tendency to aversion

with the painful period

what's the underlying tendency

the underlying tendency to aversion does

not underlie all painful feeling how

does that come to be painful feeling

how many times have I told you this

come on guys loving acceptance wait a

minute I was thinking a painful feeling

that didn't have craving attached to it

wouldn't have the underlined

introversion trick

now what is the underlying tendency to

ignorance instead it before

the are not the the underlying tendency

to ignorance does not underlie all

neither painful more pleasant feeling

what is that a chronometer within 50

okay

except

I told supposed to guess

lady what should be abandoned in regard

to pleasant feeling what should be

abandoned in regard to painful feeling

what should be abandoned in regard to

neither painful or pleasant feeling

friend Asaka the underlying tendency to

lust should be abandoned in regard to

pleasant view the underlying tendency to

aversion should be abandoned in regard

to painful feeling the underlying

tendency to ignorance should be

abandoned in regard to neither painful

more pleasant feeling lady does the

underlying tendency to lust have to be

abandoned in regard to all pleasant

feeling does the underlying tendency to

aversion have to be abandoned in regard

to all painful killing does the

underlying tendency to ignorance have to

be abandoned in regard to all either

painful nor pleasant feeling friend

visakha the underlying tendency does not

have to be abandoned in regard to all

fuzzy feeling why because there are some

that do not have that right

the underlying tendency to aversion does

not have to be abandoned in regard to

all painful

because there are some that do not have

a birthing st under nine tens when you

six are in the right way then you're

learning how to love it we accept the

feeling that it is a painful feeling

without resistance the same true for

fuzzy feelings that are six art that are

not on it if it's done soon enough yeah

if you see the feeling arise in your six

aren't right then of course there with

me no less but the pleasant feeling

would still be there

okay the underlying tendency the

tendency to ignorance does not have to

be does not have to be abandoned in

regard to all neither painful or closed

and feeling right here friend Osaka

quite secluded from sensual pleasures

secluded from unwholesome states a monk

enters upon and abides in the first

child which is accompanied by thinking

in salmon II thought with joy and

happiness born of seclusion with that he

abandons lust and the underlying

tendency to lust does not underlie that

here a monk considers thus when shall I

enter upon and abide in the base that

the noble ones now enter upon and abide

in and one who thus generates a longing

for the supreme liberation grief arises

with that longing has conditioned

Oh

you can want it all you want but that

doesn't mean you're going to get it

with that he abandons a version and the

underlying tendency to aversion and what

she was saying about letting go of the

craving is the finer degree of that the

longing still has I want in it when we

take the craving out there is no I wat

there is no

on computer

here with the abandoning of pleasure in

pain with the previous disappearance of

joy and grief the monk enters upon and

abides in the fourth Toronto which has

neither pain nor pleasure and purity of

mindfulness due to equanimity with that

he abandons ignorance and the underlying

tendency to ignorance does not underlie

that talking about equanimity and the

stronger aspect of the equanimity is

getting into the 4th jhana where that is

the feeling

what is the counterpart of pleasant

feeling friend this acha painful feeling

is the counterpart of pleasant feeling

and what is the counterpart of painful

feeling pleasant feeling is the

counterpart of painful feeling and what

is the counterpart of neither painful

nor pleasant feeling ignorance is the

counterpart of neither painful more

pleasant feeling what is the

counterpoint part of ignorance true

knowledge is the counterpart of

ignorance what is the counterpart of

true knowledge deliverance is the

counterpoint of true knowledge what is

the counterpoint of deliverance Nibhana

is the counterpoint of indifference lady

what is the counterpoint of

here friend visakha you pushed this line

of questioning too far you were not able

to grasp the limit two questions for the

holy life friend visakha merges in

nevada culminates in nevada ends in

Nevada if you wish friend this I could

go to the blessed one and ask him about

the meaning of this as the blessed one

explains it to you you should remember

it Denzil a follower visakha having

delighted and rejoiced in the Baku need

a Medina's words rose from his seat and

after paying homage to her keeping her

on his right he went to the blessed one

after paying homage to him he sat down

at one side and told the blessed one his

entire conversation with the Baku need a

medina when he finished speaking the

blessed one told him the Baku need a

novena is wise with soccer the Bakunin

Vickery da medina has great wisdom if

you had asked me the meaning of this I

would have explained it to you in the

same way that the bhikkhuni da Medina

has explained it such as its meaning and

so you should remember it that is what

the Blessed One said the late follower

visakha was satisfied and delighted

a lot

so

I always get teaser about being sexist

because there is no sex not really damas

is doubtful it doesn't your lips or your

lips of your lives when it's absolutely

true there is no question that is true

and you see it from your direct

experience then what does it matter

whose mouth

so this idea of dividing men against

women are pitting men against women when

it comes to teaching it doesn't have it

so I can call her a sexist because she

knows that business that you think

okay does anybody have any questions is

everyone to lighting or enjoy I was

doing this event in your choice there's

always delighting your enjoy singing the

city's man there you bad there to light

it in her choice all all the time

because it really there's not a lot of

questions things that you wouldn't

normally consider and then when the

Buddha tells you the answer it's like oh

yeah that's right so you get kind of

happy with

good it is a consistent and the one

right before it is also very good the

greater questions and answers it has to

do with sorry Putin disgusting

right

that was a first suit to that you listen

to that was very very deep blue your

mind not be the West remember don't take

much blow mom everyone this is ray I

think you know that guy over there yeah

this is joshua under kind of a little

flower boss nobody

so

go to work group

if you wake up during the night for so

long as you feel like city

so let's share some

and suffering Moines be suffering free

and the fair struck fear to see a

breathing shed all beings really helped

me share this vanilla sky with the

acquisition of all transactions matings

inhabiting safes under Davis and numbers

of mighty power share the spirit of

others along protect the guido sensation

you

do you like 22 2008 da Masuka Meditation

Center magic magnify the shorter series

of questions and answers chew have a

Dallas suit at number 44 about tipping

on the Rams

because any other time that we talked

about the souped-up she always says oh

wow I love this suit and you'll see why

in a minute oh it's because she's a

sexist my contribution to the feminist

movement here yeah that's what I heard

on one occasion the blessed one was

living at raja kaha in the bamboo grove

the squirrel sanctuary then the lay

follower bussaco went to the baku need

almudena and after paying homage to her

he sat down at one side and asked her

before we go too far Masako was a very

wealthy merchant da Medina was his wife

the sakha got into the habit of going

and listening to some dhamma talk stand

and practicing for two hours with and

one day he went through the dhamma talk

and he came back and medinah saw him

coming

to greet him and he kind of pushed her

away a little bit which was unusual

and then

when they got ready to go to bed he laid

down and she laid down beside him and he

got up and laid down on the floor and

she got up and laid down on the floor

and he got up and laid down on the bed

and she thought that that was a little

bit strange and asked him why he was

acting this way and he basically told

her that when he went to see the Buddha

and practice of meditation he had me

come in Hanagami and he didn't want any

sexual activity and he told her that if

she wanted to she could have all of his

possessions take over the business and

all of that and that they could live

like brother and sister but not in the

same bed it

she was very spiritually advanced too

and she said well if this is the

situation I would like to ordain and

become a bit Cooney

and he gave permission because he was

the husband so she became a Baku knee

and she practiced meditation and she

became an are hot and occasionally he

would come and ask her questions

she became the foremost mikuni in wisdom

she was a very brightly it was a very

bright lady and she was very good at

explaining things so we'll let it go

with that and so he sat down at one side

and ask her lady personality personality

is said what is personality by the what

is called personality by the blessed one

friend visakha these five aggregates

affected by clinging are called

personality by the blessing on that is

the material aggregate affected by

clinging the feeling aggregate affected

by clinging the perception aggregate

affected by clinging the formations

aggregate affected by clinging the

consciousness aggregate affected by

clinging these five aggregates affected

by clinging are called personality by

the blessed one stop and let think about

this

what is the thing that makes up the

personality the clingy causes a

personality to come and be what does

that mean that means your identification

with each one of these aggregates and

taking them personally and getting

caught in your thoughts and your

concepts and your opinions about what

these are and how they arise it's the

identification that's the one it's the

taking this personal body

it's me it's my it's Who I am feelings

whoa they're mine that's my feeling I

like that one oh yeah i'm going to hold

on to it oh I don't like that one I'm

going to push it away perception

perception is the part of the mind that

names things and it has memory in it but

this is also the start up of concepts

because the naming of something is a

concept

so when we're talking about what makes

up the personality we really identify

very strongly with perceptions as being

mine this is who I am

this is my idea this is my story these

are my concepts this is my opinion see

how that leads into the personality

belief which is actually a false belief

of all of my thoughts and all of my

opinions and all of my ideas are mine we

take it all personally that is the cause

of suffering

ok

so these five aggregates affected by

claiming are called personality by the

Blessed One if you that they are not

affected by clinging then they're just

the five aggregates by his house right

you're not taking it personally you're

seeing the aggregate of feeling arise

when it arises you see the concept arise

the perception arise without taking it

personally in other words you're seeing

everything very clearly and your mind is

very bright without distractions of

thinking about without holding on to

this is where you get that white part of

the

consciousness colonizing perception and

radio staying feeling being kojain right

and as long as you don't let the craving

kick the clinging on then you're saying

that the way and actually and you're

beating the games on this thing yeah

yeah that's it

saying good lady yeah but you never

understood it well a couple years I will

grant you that I understanding of God

much deeper in the last couple years

O'Dowd saying good lady the late hour of

asaka divided and rejoiced in the Baku

need aa Medina's words then he asked her

a further question lady origin of

personality origin of personality is

that what is called the origin of

personality by the blessed one friend

friend visakha it is braving

which brains renewal of being is

accompanied by delight and lust and in

brackets we say dislike an aversion same

coin different sites

and delights in this and that that is

craving for sensual pleasures craving

for being i like it i want a craving for

non being I don't like it I don't want

it

that is called the origin of personality

by the Blessed One that's one step ahead

of the team it's the cause of clinging

or rising when you see craving and six

part of the craving there is no belief

system there is no concepts there are no

opinions there's just the the essential

as the central

when you get caught by the cleaning now

you're seeing the essential is not

essential that makes some of the things

that we say in the morning a little bit

clearer

lady

cessation of personality cessation of

personality has said what is called the

cessation of personality by the blessed

one friend visakha it is the remainder

liz fading away and ceasing the giving

up relinquishing letting go and redirect

rejecting of that same craving how do

you do that 66 ours

recognize release relax breathe smile

bring up that wholesome come back to

your object to meditation keep your

object of meditation going what was the

lady comment there let the sense it is

the remainder is fading away ceasing the

giving up relinquishing letting go and

rejecting of that same craving this is

called the cessation of personality by

the Blessed One what have I been telling

you when you let go of the craving what

happens in your mind there's no thoughts

after that all you have is this clear

pure mind and you bring that mind back

to your object to meditation what are

you doing when you do that you are

purifying your mind you're correcting

the wrong belief that everything is

personal

because you're seeing that brief moment

where there is nothing other than pure

observation that is called the third

noble truth and it is also called

Nibhana think about this for a minute

what is a definition of Nibhana he means

no bona means fire

there was a supa it's in the mahabhava

that the Buddha gave this talk to 1200

monks they had just become months and

when he gave this talk they all became

our very powerful suit in the suta he

said everything is burning the eye is

burning I consciousness is burning I

contact this burn I feeling is burning

burning with what craving craving is the

cause of the fire now when you let go

and six or something you've let go of

the fire Avenue that's Nibhana it's the

mundane nibhaana it's just

a temporary kind of Nevada you will have

to experience the mundane namana many

hundreds many thousands many hundreds of

thousands of times before your mind

finally catches on oh and let's go and

you experience Nevada

the super Monday

the one that really causes the

personality

you have no idea how many times I've

gotten in arguments with people on the

internet about the experience of letting

go of craving is a form of neba but it's

mundane name people tell me I'm crazy

I could be crazy that's fine

oh ok

so this is called the cessation of

personality by the Blessed One cessation

of personality means is as being yours

but seeing everything as being vertical

process

letting go the craving coming back to

your object to meditation is the

purification of your view of your

perspective

friend vez o it been lady the way

leading to the cessation of personality

the way leading to the cessation of

personality is that what is the way

leading to the cessation of personality

by set by the Blessed One now you might

not have noticed this but we are going

through the Four Noble Truths what is

personality first noble truth what is

the origin of personality second noble

truth what is a cessation of personality

third noble truth what is the way

leading to the cessation of personality

fourth noble truth because an ant agami

still have personality

that's a tricky question they still have

some things that still arise they still

have five fetters that that are there in

that way yes they still have some they

have pride they still have restlessness

they'd still have some toy group

they have the desire to experience other

realms still they still have a little

bit of it

so in that way yes they still have some

personality but it's very very subtle

it's not not big gross stuff like we got

okay friend moussaka it is just this

noble eightfold path that is harmonious

perspective harmonious imaging

harmonious communication harmonious

movement harmonious lifestyle harmonious

practice harmonious observation and

harmonious collectiveness giving you

talk

seems like I

two and a half weeks really oh it's hard

to keep track of things that's what

happens in the get old don't get old

what is harmonious perspective

four noble truths do not take thanks

person

it's a change of your perspective say

you have a feeling arise anxiety sadness

fear whatever the catch of the day is

what your mind generally does is it

grabs onto that and it says this is who

I am and your mind starts going but I

don't like this feeling I want it to be

different than it is now you try to

change your your view by thinking about

it it doesn't work the more thoughts you

have about this feeling when it arises

the bigger and more intense that feeling

becomes so enter our money is

perspective

ammonius perspective means seeing this

as an impersonal process what is the

fastest way to change your perspective

on anything that arises in German the

fastest way to change the perspective on

anything that arises in your mind is to

let it be without not smile laughing is

the key for this it really makes a man

when you laugh you go from I'm mad and I

don't like it too it's only this anchor

and then it's easy to let go because

what it's only angered it not mine I

didn't sit here and ask it to come up it

came up by itself when you change your

view when you change your perspective of

this going from mine and I don't like it

too it's only that you've changed your

perspective from the personal belief

that this is this is who I am to the

impersonal belief or impersonal view

that it's only this part of the prospect

that's all it's not mine I certainly

don't tell myself you know I died having

been sad for a long time I haven't been

anxious for a loan

it comes up because the conditions are

right for it to come up okay past

actions ask things that have happened to

us it might be this lifetime it might be

another lifetime it doesn't really even

matter why it comes up is not the

problem what we do with what comes up

now we have some degree of choice and

what we do with this

we

can make the conscious decision to fight

it and wrestle with it and trying to

make it go away or not what we do with

what arises in the present moment

dictates what happens if you fight with

the present moment and you try to

control the present moment with your

thoughts you can look forward to more

suffering arising or you can make the

conscious decision to the lab and allow

the space for that feeling to be there

it's okay for it to be there it's all

right for this feeling of sadness or

anxiety or fear or whatever it is it's

okay for it to be there it has to be

okay because when it arises it's there

it has to be okay for it to be there

what we need to do is change our

perspective

and when we change our view from this is

me this is my this is who I am too it's

only this

there is relief now that doesn't mean

that it won't come up again and again

and again and again it can come up quite

often but every time if you treat it in

the same way without taking it

personally and trying to control it when

you start allowing the space for that

feeling to be there without getting

involved in any form of control of it

and you develop your sense of humor and

laugh along with it it will get weaker

and weaker as time goes by until finally

it fades away when it fades away a real

sense of relief you feel all these

heavyweights you've been carrying around

on your shoulders you didn't even know

we're there they go away and you start

having a lot of joy and happiness than

these kind of things are rising every

time you do this it helps your mind you

get

balance this is what harmonious

perspective is all about okay now the

next part of the full path is called

harmonious imagery what kind of image do

you hold in your mind about whatever it

is that you're thinking about you have

the image I don't like it I don't want

it I want to stop that means that you're

pulling up the image of dislike and

dissatisfaction and you're creating more

dislike and dissatisfied

pulling up an image of acceptance of

peace and calm and bringing that feeling

into your heart that means that the

Indian sure holding is in harmony with

the present moment how many people do

you know have this idea i'm always broke

i never have enough

and the universe says okay you're broke

you've never have enough and it make

sure that that's what happens for you

because that's the kind of image you're

holding if you start holding the image

of prosperity and happiness then the

universe will come rushing into you and

you'll be prosperous and happy

how what kind of image do you hope when

this kind of feeling always arises I

always do this with it and I always make

myself suffered okay the universe wants

to give you what you hold what you hold

on to and what you believe with the

Eightfold Path you have the choice that

you can change that image from one of

lack dislike that satisfaction to one of

prosperity happiness and calmness and

balance in your mind

harmonious communication they call that

right speech who do you spend most of

your time thinking with yourself who do

you beat up most of the time with your

thoughts yourself we all have this weird

idea and it is truly weird is it's a

very peculiar thing that we're supposed

to be perfect we all have that idea and

then when we don't meet our expectation

what happens then we get to pull out the

boxing gloves and beat ourselves up be

critical over ourselves I'm not supposed

to do that I did something it was bad

and that's no good so I'm going to keep

hating myself because of that what the

meditation is about is learning how to

let go of that communication with

yourself and other people so that you

have uplifted communication kindness

gentle

to yourself especially and when you have

it in yourself guess what you get to

give away

you can't give it away if you don't have

it that's a fundamental truth of the

universe if you don't have it you can't

give it away learning how to practice

kindness to yourself is an essential

part of the Eightfold Path one of the

things that the Buddha said was anyone

that truly loved them self will never

harm

but if you're harming yourself all the

time you have a tendency to her mother

beings do what you think and ponder on

that's the inclination of your mind so

learning how to be kinder and gentler to

yourself is what harmonious

communication is all about not demanding

that something in the past be different

than it was what happened in the past

the truth is you can't change it but you

can change your perspective of it you

can change your view and make it in

person

when you don't make it impersonal what

happens craving and clinging habitual

tendency and all of the other things

that cause sorrow lamentation pain grief

and Industry whoa why do you want to do

that to yourself you don't hate to you

could be forgiven to yourself look at

this basically just so I'd occur because

the condition was at that time but the

trick is not to hold the past into the

present like a fantasy injecting a

different level of it yeah as we allow

the space for past experiences to be

there in the past and we stop

identifying with that pain that concept

then we allow the space for the next

moment to be happy why nature abhors a

vacuum if you're carrying around this

pain all the time it's going to make

sure that your next moment has that pain

with it if you allow the space for that

pain to be there and relax into it

you're giving the universe the

opportunity to bring happiness and humor

it's simple

but we sure don't like things that are

simple for some reason we like to fight

we like to kick and yell and scream do

all kinds of things especially to

ourselves because well I'm supposed to

be perfect you know

yeah so in a sense there is a way to be

in control if you understand the laws

and how it operates so it's a type of

control see the secret unit control over

to see no it's not but it's the secret

to the control is letting go of all the

control we've attempted to have in the

past and understanding the universal law

clearly enough it's new information for

mine the universe wants to give you the

highest and best always what you think

and ponder that's what your mind is

going to direct the universe to do

you think and ponder on that no-good

so-and-so beat me up when I was in

kindergarten and I hate him to this day

well you can do that if you want does

that lead to your happiness does that

lead to the happiness of other people

around you if it doesn't then you ought

to take a look at that and say well I

don't need to carry that baggage with me

anymore I can let that go yeah it

happened in the past okay there's not

one thing in the world that you can do

to make that any different than it

already is it happened and that's the

truth you don't have to carry the pain

around with you now

and the other part of it is you don't

have to accept this let's just then said

you can test it well I don't want

anybody to believe anything they say

it's very testable it's one of the

neatest parts of the Dhamma as you learn

to communicate with yourself about

yourself in kind and gentle waves Oh

whole new world starts to open up around

and there's real healing

everybody has pain in their past

not everybody carries that pain around

with them day to day to day to day some

people learn to let it go you remember I

told you about that lady that her her

daughter got eaten by a shark now there

was a lot of pain it was a horrible

experience she had to go and identify

her sweet

and

it hurt

and what I told her was it's okay to

hurt it has to be okay because that pain

is there it is real when it arises if

she would have tried to fight that pain

if she would have tried to push that

pain away the grief would have probably

killed her she allowed the space for

that pain to be there ripped her heart

out

and that's okay your heart can take it

she learned a lot of very valuable

lessons about how resilient heart can be

how the loving acceptance of the present

moment even when it hurts so incredibly

bad it's unbelievable as she allowed the

space for that to be without fighting

without pushing it away without trying

to control it at all just letting that

pain be there by itself and not taking

it personally not grabbing on to it not

wishing it away and she allowed the

space for that to happen she gained all

kinds of insight into how mind works and

she has since turned into a very

brilliant teacher

that's part of becoming a teacher

recognizing your own pain and allowing

the space for that pain to be there so

that eventually and it doesn't happen

right away eventually there is some

balance and you can still have the

memories but the pain isn't in the

memory because you have accepted the

fact that it was like that and that's

okay for it to be like that no

resistance don't resist or push at that

time smile was an impossibility but she

could soften

crops don't reasons to a push safin

might allow the space for that to be

even the most horrible thing can be

acceptable there's stories about the

Buddha when he was a bodhisattva he was

a snake in one lifetime and of it he was

very big snake like a boa constrictor

one of those times in South America that

are that big around 25 feet long and

these village boys came around and they

took sticks and they shoved it through

his body he started carrying now he

could have retaliated that was very

painful and he saw that this was an

opportunity to learn how to accept

what's happening in the present moment

without resistance without fighting

there's another instance it was about a

year and a half old it was a prince his

mother was the queen his father was the

King the king walked into the room

mother is playing with the Sun really

loves the Sun King said something to the

wife she didn't hear him he got jealous

he got angry the more he thought about

it the more he thought you know when

this Prince gets to be a certain age

he's going to up he's going to take the

crown away from me and I don't want that

to happen so he called the execution the

executioner came and he said I want you

to cut off his boys hands

cut off

the bodhisattva saw that this was an

opportunity to practice breaking down

the barriers remember this is what I

teach he saw himself we left a lot he

saw his mother and he loved her a lot in

saw the executioner as the neutral

person and he sent love to the

executioner and he saw his enemy his

father and he started practicing

loving-kindness and he didn't cry

and that really upset the king so the

king said I'll just cut his feet off so

there's more opportunity now this is a

lot of pain work I mean think about it

get your hands and your feet cut off

that's not one of your better days so

executioner cut his feet off and the

bodhisattva didn't cry so the Kings say

we really got disgusted and he just said

I just cut his head up so I did now he

didn't hold one thought of this like he

didn't hold any thoughts of aversion

towards his father

he only held loving kindness for all of

these different kinds of me he kept his

mind focused on that loving Titus

as soon as he died he was reborn in the

devil oka he's reborn in a heavenly

aroma his mother died of a broken heart

his father died of a heart attack

the only one in that story that didn't I

was the executioner and to him that was

it was part of his job and it was in

person

so the mother was reborn in the same day

belocca as a son the father was reborn

in a he'll run but the most amazing part

of that is the bodhisattva did not cry

he did not hold a grudge he just saw

this is what's happening now is a time

for me to learn how mine works

this kind of harmonious communication is

kind of

to cultivate

the more we can communicate with

ourselves trying

without the criticisms without the

should be and we start actually truly

appreciating our own good qualities then

we get in harmony

I used to teach people a kind of

loving-kindness meditation and to do

with writing things down and said I want

you to sit down with gays and paper

every day and write down ten good

qualities that you like about yourself

can't be the same list day after day

after day has to be different feel after

you write it down then I want you to

reflect on the times when you're like

that and appreciate yourself for being

like that and then the rest of the day I

want you to see those same good

qualities and other people that you have

contacted

it's amazing how much resistance might

can have to doing something like this

but if you really do it it'll change

your perspective of yourself and it will

change your perspective of other people

you can try doing this on your own if

you want to you

but when you look at those qualities in

yourself and appreciate yourself for

that you start softening towards

yourself they stop being so incredibly

demanding that you be perfect I don't

know anybody that's perfect unless they

become a Nara

even then

if it depends on your definition perfect

i think

so the next part of the Eightfold Path

is harmonious movement our modius

movement means you don't be jerking your

ride around trying to run away from this

valley or these thoughts don't be

jerking your mind or dropping books

but you do things in harmony we do

things that lead to having a mind that's

at ease and has balance

the next part of the fold path is

harmonious lifestyle

how do you live you live criticizing

yourself do you live making yourself

uncomfortable or unhappy

what are the things that you're

continually putting into your mind this

is a story that's been i've been telling

a lot of people for a lot of years

actually but there is a a girl that she

came to me and she was really distraught

she said I'm having these terrible

dreams really frightening dreams what

can I do about that and I said why are

you having these dreams I don't know but

they always seem to happen after i go

see horror flicks you're going to see

scary movies and she had bad dreams so

what did I talk don't do that anything

and what did she tell me but I like them

and what did I tell her that don't come

to complaining Denis about bad dreams be

careful what you put it from

the next part is a harmonious practice

what is harmonious practice the six arms

there's four parts to the harmonious

practice recognizing an unwholesome

state releasing that unwholesome state

and relaxing Rhys mei-ling's came back

near object of meditation and keeping

your object meditation

six arms right there

the next part of the Eightfold Path is

your harmonious observation being in

harmony with what you observe not trying

to control things not trying to make

things any different than they are it's

just observation it's just seeing what

is as you see more closely how things

arise you'll recognize that there is a

process that happens in that process is

dependent origination and you'll see it

has different links arising and passing

away I'll see that and the last part of

the Eightfold Path is harmonious

collectiveness and that basically means

experiencing the jobs experiencing the

mind

has that Pleasant abiding here in them

so that's the Eightfold Path

and

let's see from this our kids just this

noble eightfold path lady is that

clinging the same as these five

aggregates affected by clinging or is

the clinging something apart from the

five aggregates affected by clinging

friend isaka that clinging is neither

the same as these five aggregates

affected by clinging nor is clinging

something apart from the five aggregates

affected by clinging it is the desire

the lust in regard to the five

aggregates affected by clinging that is

the clinging there we all want things we

desire them to be in a particular way

and that clouds our perception of things

it clouds our observation of things an

example

I see a rose and I cut it off and come

you're in a happy mood and I give you

that rose and you look at that and you

snug oh this is really great it's really

a pretty color it's perfect shape that

smells so good I really like this rose

no I can take that rose away and wait

until you're in a grumpy mood and I'll

come with you come to you with the roads

and they say look I'm giving this to you

and you look at it and your mind says ah

thorns I hate these kind of flowers

what's different rose is still the same

still the same flower your perspective

is different

because that desire colors the world

around you and what we have to learn how

to do is observed that these this kind

of desire is making the unhappiness

making the pain

more intense the desire for this to be

anything other than it is and desire is

really really tricky because a little

tiny desire could make you start leaning

out of the present moment into the next

one and cause that restlessness to arise

and if you lean back a little bit and

you desire for that then your mind does

a little careful with through these

actors

the way you're in the present moment

completely totally is to let go of the

desire to be in the present say that one

more time I'm not sure I can so the way

to be in the present moment is to

totally let go of your desire to be in

the present man just be stopped trying

you release the past the Rings for

future and just keep laughing

okay now we're going to talk a little

bit about personality do you know I have

a page of the supe we're gonna have to

come along a little bit quicker I have a

feeling lady how does personality view

come to be here Fred busacca an untaught

ordinary person who has no regard for

normal ones and is unskilled and

undisciplined in their dama who has no

regard for true men in and is unskilled

and disciplined in their government

regards material forms as self or self

as possessed of material form or

material form as in self for self as in

material form he regards feeling as self

or self as possessed of feeling or

feeling as in self herself as in feeling

he regards perception of self or self as

possessed of perception or perception as

in self or self as in protection of

perception he regards formations as self

or self as possessed of formations or

formations as in self or self as

informations he regards consciousness as

self or self as possessed of

or consciousness in self or self as in

consciousness that is how personality

who comes to be

taking it all personally in all of its

different ways that you can take a

person lady how does personality view

not come to be here friend visakha a

well taught noble disciple who has

regard for the noble ones and his guild

and disciplined in their Dhamma who has

regard for true men and his skilled and

disciplined at near Dhamma does not

regard material form as self for self as

possessed of material form or material

form as in self or self as in material

form he does not regard feeling as self

or self as possessed of feeling or

feeling as in self or self as in feeling

he does not regard perception as self or

self as possessed of perception or

perception as in self or self as in

perception he does not regard formations

as self or self as forming possessed of

formations or formations as in self or

self as informations he does not regard

consciousness as self or self as

possessed of consciousness or

consciousness as in self or self as in

consciousness that is how personality

does not come to be

what does that mean

what does that mean yeah everything that

the personality everything's easy to

attach itself to you identified is not

self so you have no right person there's

no person right so there's no thoughts

that are yours but they're just thoughts

yeah so if if there is no conscious like

if the selfs not conscious then if

everything is a process was the observer

this consol that's where do you let go

of craving gonna have this pure sound

like drew is just a right crews here

without craving there is pure

observation but that's also part of the

process like this or itself there is no

so so there is only wisdoms I

it's like a third or a shrink if they're

not just systems I is always in personal

observation of how but that's still

consciousness fact that just

consciousness detached of craving so

it's still in the process like it's just

a process of serving itself didn't I

read a suit that to you not too long ago

about a month by the name of sati

misguided we've said that consciousness

goes here in there and does this and

that good deed and it's the same

consciousness that runs from 1 existence

of the next that means that is a

personal self belief

consciousness is dependent on something

else

person

what you

see

ok

keep going mm-hmm no yeah that you can

even call it consciousness is just the

consciousness but there are six kinds of

consciousness a consciousness here

consciousness knows consciousness

consciousness body consciousness and

mind consciousness none of that is

personal they are just different forms

of consciousness

and the observation is it a mind

consciousness

what you just said in the Sutra was

basically what race that this does not

me this is not mine this is not myself

that's what it declared right foreboding

feeling perception thoughts and

consciousness this is not me this is not

mine this is not myself right but her

question which is a good one right is it

seems like there's a self in there

somewhere but it is all a part of a

process that we have always taken to be

a self but that mentioned personality

right which is to me like is one step

away from yes I'm essential cell that

personality is how humid it I do think

that like it's a habit and what's our

fates it's all of depending on your

perspective when you see it is in person

then it is just the arising and passing

away of phenomena but there's nobody

home

do you remember in the movie the one of

the matrix is where he met the master

controller and neo was talking to the

guy and behind him were all the screens

yeah those were all his personalities

but he didn't take him to be self he

stayed centered in the midst of all

those backgrounds ready it's possible

and he's filled all of them mopping up

and that's what that mean yeah that's it

and that's what wisdoms I doubt it can

see all kinds of other things arising

and passing away and it just doesn't pay

much attention to it it knows it's there

it doesn't pay attention to it it's oh

this is what we're doing right here

right now and that's part of the cause

and effect relationship of the

yeah isn't that just identifying as I

and then whenever you're just being here

you just are and you're not those that

are coming right you're just here now

you're part I'm not identifying as those

things there there is a large continuum

that is happening but it's the arising

and passing away of the links of

dependent origination so if the observer

is also a kind of mind consciousness

you'll eventually let go of even the

observation when you get into perception

the cessation of perception and feeling

you're not there there is no

consciousness okay the only one who

could ever reach me with the great

wineries I didn't sing it there yeah I'm

not saying yeah okay now we have the

Noble Eightfold Path lady what is the

Noble Eightfold Path friend it socket is

just this noble eightfold path that is

harmonious perspective harmonious

imaging harmonious communication

harmonious movement harmonious lifestyle

harmonious practice harmonious

observation and harmonious

collectiveness lady is the Noble

Eightfold Path condition or

unconditioned

what do you think

lady friend visakha the Noble Eightfold

Path is condition lady are there three

aggregates included in the Noble

Eightfold Path or is the Noble Eightfold

Path included by these three aggregates

the three aggregates are not included by

the Noble Eightfold Path but the Noble

Eightfold Path is included by the three

aggregate right speech or harmonious

communication harmonious movement and

harmonious lifestyle these states are

included in the aggregate of virtue

harmonious practice harmonious

observation harmonious collectiveness

these states are included in the

aggregate of concentration harmonious

perspective and harmonious imaging these

states are included

driggett of wisdom

and this is where I've gotten into a lot

of fights because there's an awful lot

of people that are teaching the Noble

Eightfold Path in meditation and may say

well you don't have to pay attention to

harmonious communication harmonious

action our movement and harmonious

lifestyle because your virtue is already

very cure so what they're saying is

forget the Noble Eightfold Path and

practice the noble five fold path and

then if you practice straight vipassana

they say well the last of the Eightfold

Path they are money is collected pneus

which is always defined as the

experience of the dramas well you don't

have to worry about that because when

you practice moment to moment

concentration that's the same thing as

getting into

it's not so now they're not practicing

the Eightfold Path they're not

practicing a five-fold that they're

practicing the fourfold death how do you

experience practicing before go back

I always contend that you need all of

the Eightfold Path while you're

practicing meditation and you have that

idea of that because of the way I talk

about the communication and movement in

the lifestyle both all three we need to

have those in your practice while York

City and the reason that I say that is

because the first discourse that the

Buddha gave was on the Eightfold Path

now these monks were very virtuous

they've been practicing the whole time

while they were the Buddha's attendance

they didn't have problems with their

virtue why would he bring virtue up

because of the way you looked at the

Eightfold Path with what i just showed

in relationship to the meditation

relationship to the right atrium see the

right livelihood is always talked about

as well you don't kill it in beings you

don't

sell weapons you don't sell poisons what

does that have to do with your

medication oh I can tell you

while you're sitting in meditation but

Williams comes up the bad deeds come

back to haunt you while you're trying to

be best not the same thing that's

talking about right here right now

practicing right livelihood are you

going to go out and get some poison and

sell it to somebody else are you gonna

are you gonna sell weapons are you going

to harm other beings no so the right the

right life livelihood or harmonious

lifestyle has to be something other than

what they give is their definition so

it's being careful with what you put in

front of you and flex your practicing in

your daily activities

I just think it's interesting that this

has been an old argument for a long time

yeah that this was brought up to us last

year that this has been centuries old

that the monks have been talking about

the line between my powers who want to

make it the five fold path and the

practice errs who want to keep at the

Eightfold Path that's been going on for

sits a few hundred years ago but I still

think that that's misunderstanding on

the scholars part

okay now we go to concentration I don't

like that word it's like a four-letter

word don't say you call it

collectiveness it has a degree of

concentration in it yes it does but

anytime you talk about concentration and

this culture it means one-pointed

absorption kind of concentration reading

a book you're really into that book

somebody comes up and they say hey I

want to do this you don't hear because

you're so absorbed in what you're

reading don't pay attention to any

external distractions that's the wrong

kind of concentration

the right kind of concentration as a

mind that is very collective he's still

alert that's what we're talking about

the

the word for concentration in poly is

somebody this word was never used before

the Buddha started using he made up this

word to describe something other than

one point in concentration

so that gives you an idea again the

difference between the absorption

concentration and the summit ave po sana

different kind of meditation entirely

than absorption cuts

ah lady what is concentration what is

the basis of concentration that

collectiveness use me what is the

equipment of collected that's what is

the development of collectiveness

unification of mine friendless archives

is collectiveness that doesn't say deep

absorption it says unification of mine

certainly seemed to mean drawing a lot

of dogs towards you anyway

the four foundations of mindfulness are

the basis for collectiveness the four

right kinds of striving are the

equipment of collectiveness the

repetition development and cultivation

of those same states is the development

of collectiveness there ok how's it

that's good

now we come to formations lady how many

formations are there there are these

three formations from Osaka the bodily

formation the verbal formation and the

mental in what but lady what is the

bodily formation what is the verbal

formation what is the mental formation

this is the formations that we talked

about and dependent origination side

right after ignorance formations arise

engraving and out breathing from our

bodily formation thinking and examining

our global formation perception and

feeling our mental formation

but lady why are in breathing and

upgrading the bodily formation why are

thinking and examining the verbal

formation why our perception and feeling

the mental formation friend Asaka in

breathing out breathing our bodily these

are States bound up with the body that

is why in breathing and operating are

the bodily formation first one thinks

and then examines thus and subsequently

one breaks out into internal dialogue

that is why thinking and examining that

are the verbal formation perception and

feeling are mental these are states

bound up with the mind that is why

perception and feeling our mental for a

lady how does the attainment of the

cessation of perception and feeling come

to be Brenda Sokka when a monk is

attaining the cessation of perception

feeling it does not occur to him I shall

attain the cessation of perception and

feeling or I am attaining the cessation

of perception and feeling or I have

attained the cessation of perception and

feeling but rather his mind has

previously been developed in such a way

that it leads to that state

so it's saying that while when you

experience a cessation of perception and

bailing you don't plan on it just going

to happen when it happened you don't

notice it while it's happening why

because there is no perception and

there's no feeling and you're not in

that state realizing that you're in that

state it just happens lady when a monk

is attaining the cessation of perception

and feeling which states cease in him

first the bodily formation of verbal

formation or the mental formation friend

bussaco when a monk is attaining the

cessation of perception and feeling

first the verbal formation ceases then

the bodily formation ceases and then the

mental formation lady how does emergence

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling come to be Brenda

Sokka when a monk is emerging from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling it does not occur

to him I shall emerge from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling or I am emerging

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling or I have emerged

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling but rather his

mind has previously been developed in

such a way that it leads him to that

state the first time the cessation of

perception in

kurz it will just be for a short period

of time and go plan on it happening when

your mind has the perception in dealing

arise again you don't plan on it being

able to have the perception I'm feeling

arrives it does it by itself

and this is when you would see the links

of dependent origination

lady when a monk is emerging from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling which dates arise

in him first the bodily formation the

verbal formation or the mental formation

friend visakha when a monk is emerging

from the attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling first the mental

formation arises and bodily formation

and the verbal formation that mental

formation is where you see the links of

dependent origination there is no body

there is no verbalization there is just

seeing this and it happens fast it's big

big big make you think that's it

it happens very quickly

lady when a monk has emerged from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling how many kinds of

contact touch Brenda Sokka when a monk

has emerged from the attainment of the

cessation of perception and feeling

three kinds of contact touch him

voidness contact I was talking about

voidness a while back sign lyst kind

contact and desireless

sign this contact means there is no sign

if there's no perception and feeling

there is no sign that arises and there

is no desire that can that will arise

there is a void pneus but it's there's

still something

just because you don't have perception

and dealing if there wasn't something

your body would die at that point your

body is still there

lady when a monk has emerged from the

attainment of the cessation of

perception and feeling too what does his

mind inclined to what does it mean to

what does it tend friend Osaka when a

monk has emerged from the attainment of

the cessation of perception and feeling

his mind inclines to seclusion leans to

seclusion tends to seclusion

lady how many kinds of feeling are there

brendan Sokka there are three kinds of

feeling pleasant feeling painful feeling

and neither painful more pleasant

feeling but lady what is pleasant

feeling what is painful feeling what is

neither painful more pleasant feeling

Brenda Sokka what ever is felt bodily or

mentally as pleasant and soothing is

pleasant feeling whatever is felt bodily

or mentally as painful and hurting is

painful feeling whatever is felt bodily

or mentally as neither soothing nor

early is neither painful more pleasant

feeling lady what is pleasant and what

is painful in regard to pleasant feeling

what is painful and what is pleasant in

regard to painful feeling what is

pleasant and what is painful in regard

to neither painful more pleasant feeling

Brenda's acha pleasant feeling is

pleasant when it persists and painful

when it changes

painful feeling is painful when its

present and pleasant when it changes

neither painful more pleasant feeling is

pleasant when there is knowledge of it

and painful when there is no knowledge

of it does that mean knowledge of an

either painful more pleasant feeling

means you are experiencing equanimity no

knowledge of it means that you are

indifferent to it you're not paying

attention to it and that is painful

because of the lack of mindfulness at

that

most people occasionally

you're not seeing it as it truly is

underlying tendency lady what underlying

tendency underlies pleasant feeling what

underlying tendency underlies painful

feeling what underlying tendency

underlies neither painful more pleasant

feeling friend moussaka the underlying

tendency to lust underlies painful or

pleasant feeling right yeah we're

pleasant feeling I want to keep that one

no that would

the underlying tendency to aversion

underlies painful feeling painful

feeling there izes it's only natural

that we want to push it away what to

stop it the underlying tendency to

ignorance underlies the neither painful

more pleasant feeling when you're

indifferent to that then you're not

seeing it as it actually is and you're

not seeing the Four Noble Truths that's

why as we because it leads to more

suffering it

lady does the underlying tendency to

lust underlie all a pleasant feeling

does the underlying tendency to aversion

underlie all painful feeling does the

underlying tendency to ignorance

underlie all neither painful or pleasant

feeling very PV the answer friend

busacca the underlying tendency to lust

does not underlie all Pleasant feelings

the underlying tendency to aversion does

not underlie all painful feeling the

underlying tendency to ignorance does

not underlie all neither painful more

pleasant feeling

what would a pleasant feeling the what

kind of feeling would it be that is

pleasant that doesn't have lust as its

underlying tendency

equanimity

close but no cigar what kind saving of

what kind of feeling when a pleasant

feeling arises it doesn't have lust as

its underlying chain bility hmm

tranquility no loving kindness nope

John that's it

there's no lust in your mind because

your mind is very Puritan and its

pleasant

it is definitely pleasant abiding here

and now that's one of the major insights

that the the Bodhisattva had on the

night of his enlightenment because he

was into such heavy duty austerities and

punishing the body he was afraid of all

pleasant feeling and then he got into

the Jama and he went wait why have I

been afraid of this there is no lust

involved in this this is a pleasant

feeling without lust okay the underlying

tendency to aversion does not underlie

all painful feeling what is the

underlying tendency to aversion

with the painful period

what's the underlying tendency

the underlying tendency to aversion does

not underlie all painful feeling how

does that come to be painful feeling

how many times have I told you this

come on guys loving acceptance wait a

minute I was thinking a painful feeling

that didn't have craving attached to it

wouldn't have the underlined

introversion trick

now what is the underlying tendency to

ignorance instead it before

the are not the the underlying tendency

to ignorance does not underlie all

neither painful more pleasant feeling

what is that a chronometer within 50

okay

except

I told supposed to guess

lady what should be abandoned in regard

to pleasant feeling what should be

abandoned in regard to painful feeling

what should be abandoned in regard to

neither painful or pleasant feeling

friend Asaka the underlying tendency to

lust should be abandoned in regard to

pleasant view the underlying tendency to

aversion should be abandoned in regard

to painful feeling the underlying

tendency to ignorance should be

abandoned in regard to neither painful

more pleasant feeling lady does the

underlying tendency to lust have to be

abandoned in regard to all pleasant

feeling does the underlying tendency to

aversion have to be abandoned in regard

to all painful killing does the

underlying tendency to ignorance have to

be abandoned in regard to all either

painful nor pleasant feeling friend

visakha the underlying tendency does not

have to be abandoned in regard to all

fuzzy feeling why because there are some

that do not have that right

the underlying tendency to aversion does

not have to be abandoned in regard to

all painful

because there are some that do not have

a birthing st under nine tens when you

six are in the right way then you're

learning how to love it we accept the

feeling that it is a painful feeling

without resistance the same true for

fuzzy feelings that are six art that are

not on it if it's done soon enough yeah

if you see the feeling arise in your six

aren't right then of course there with

me no less but the pleasant feeling

would still be there

okay the underlying tendency the

tendency to ignorance does not have to

be does not have to be abandoned in

regard to all neither painful or closed

and feeling right here friend Osaka

quite secluded from sensual pleasures

secluded from unwholesome states a monk

enters upon and abides in the first

child which is accompanied by thinking

in salmon II thought with joy and

happiness born of seclusion with that he

abandons lust and the underlying

tendency to lust does not underlie that

here a monk considers thus when shall I

enter upon and abide in the base that

the noble ones now enter upon and abide

in and one who thus generates a longing

for the supreme liberation grief arises

with that longing has conditioned

Oh

you can want it all you want but that

doesn't mean you're going to get it

with that he abandons a version and the

underlying tendency to aversion and what

she was saying about letting go of the

craving is the finer degree of that the

longing still has I want in it when we

take the craving out there is no I wat

there is no

on computer

here with the abandoning of pleasure in

pain with the previous disappearance of

joy and grief the monk enters upon and

abides in the fourth Toronto which has

neither pain nor pleasure and purity of

mindfulness due to equanimity with that

he abandons ignorance and the underlying

tendency to ignorance does not underlie

that talking about equanimity and the

stronger aspect of the equanimity is

getting into the 4th jhana where that is

the feeling

what is the counterpart of pleasant

feeling friend this acha painful feeling

is the counterpart of pleasant feeling

and what is the counterpart of painful

feeling pleasant feeling is the

counterpart of painful feeling and what

is the counterpart of neither painful

nor pleasant feeling ignorance is the

counterpart of neither painful more

pleasant feeling what is the

counterpoint part of ignorance true

knowledge is the counterpart of

ignorance what is the counterpart of

true knowledge deliverance is the

counterpoint of true knowledge what is

the counterpoint of deliverance Nibhana

is the counterpoint of indifference lady

what is the counterpoint of

here friend visakha you pushed this line

of questioning too far you were not able

to grasp the limit two questions for the

holy life friend visakha merges in

nevada culminates in nevada ends in

Nevada if you wish friend this I could

go to the blessed one and ask him about

the meaning of this as the blessed one

explains it to you you should remember

it Denzil a follower visakha having

delighted and rejoiced in the Baku need

a Medina's words rose from his seat and

after paying homage to her keeping her

on his right he went to the blessed one

after paying homage to him he sat down

at one side and told the blessed one his

entire conversation with the Baku need a

medina when he finished speaking the

blessed one told him the Baku need a

novena is wise with soccer the Bakunin

Vickery da medina has great wisdom if

you had asked me the meaning of this I

would have explained it to you in the

same way that the bhikkhuni da Medina

has explained it such as its meaning and

so you should remember it that is what

the Blessed One said the late follower

visakha was satisfied and delighted

a lot

so

I always get teaser about being sexist

because there is no sex not really damas

is doubtful it doesn't your lips or your

lips of your lives when it's absolutely

true there is no question that is true

and you see it from your direct

experience then what does it matter

whose mouth

so this idea of dividing men against

women are pitting men against women when

it comes to teaching it doesn't have it

so I can call her a sexist because she

knows that business that you think

okay does anybody have any questions is

everyone to lighting or enjoy I was

doing this event in your choice there's

always delighting your enjoy singing the

city's man there you bad there to light

it in her choice all all the time

because it really there's not a lot of

questions things that you wouldn't

normally consider and then when the

Buddha tells you the answer it's like oh

yeah that's right so you get kind of

happy with

good it is a consistent and the one

right before it is also very good the

greater questions and answers it has to

do with sorry Putin disgusting

right

that was a first suit to that you listen

to that was very very deep blue your

mind not be the West remember don't take

much blow mom everyone this is ray I

think you know that guy over there yeah

this is joshua under kind of a little

flower boss nobody

so

go to work group

if you wake up during the night for so

long as you feel like city

so let's share some

and suffering Moines be suffering free

and the fair struck fear to see a

breathing shed all beings really helped

me share this vanilla sky with the

acquisition of all transactions matings

inhabiting safes under Davis and numbers

of mighty power share the spirit of

others along protect the guido sensation

you