From: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DrnY969yGkY

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

[Music]

ah

and a happy good day to you i hope

you're all feeling well

the suit tonight

for today is

109

the greater discourse on the full moon

night

now this suit it has an awful lot of

repetition in it

and it has some things in it that aren't

supposed to be here

in the suta itself

it tells you about

the

um

casino meditation do you want to put the

lights on too

i think that's better at least i can see

better

and

it has the earth casino and water casino

and

a lot of other psychic developments

but that's from the

the brahman point of view that's from a

one-pointed point of view so i'm taking

that out of the

the

discourse

and also there's an awful lot of

repeating the same thing over and over

again

and i'm going to take the repetition out

so if you're following me it might be

somewhat difficult at first

so you get the gist of what i'm doing

so

thus if i heard on one occasion the

blessed one was living at sawatee in the

eastern park

in the palace of megara's mother

magara's mother is actually

magara's

uh

sister

or not sister uh

daughter

and she did some things and helped him

in the dhamma

and so he started saying that she is his

mother

that's what that's talking about

if you want to know about that go to the

janika tale

uh commentary

and there's great stories in there

it's real fun reading all of those

stories because the guy that wrote it

was

uh

just a regular

author but he had a great sense of humor

so it's real fun to to read this stuff

on that occasion

on the upasata day of the 15th

the 1st and the 15th

is

days where everybody would take their 8

precepts

and

spend the day either

at a temple

and they would be

listening to dhamma talks and reading

sutas and things like that

so every first and fifteenth they did

this sort of thing

and that's that's when everybody wore

white clothes too

okay on the full moon night the blessed

one was sitted and seated in the open

surrounded by a sangha of monks

then a certain monk rose from his seat

arranged his upper robe on one shoulder

and extended his hands in reverential

salutation towards a blessed one and

said to him

[Music]

venerable sir i would ask the blessed

one about a certain point

if the blessed one would grant me

an answer to my question

sit on your seat monk

now

this is an important little thing that

most people think that you've got to sit

on the floor to do the meditation

and i used to tell people they didn't

have chairs and such they did

they sat on seats

they sat on seats when they were doing

their meditation

sitting on the floor is no magic and it

causes an awful lot of pain

now in india you go to somebody's house

they always sit on the floor but after

about 15 or 20 minutes they're all

squirming because they have a lot of

pain coming up

and it takes a long time to be able to

get used to sitting on the floor without

moving

that was because the brahmanas that were

doing meditation for long periods of

time they'd go into the forest they just

find a place to sit down

and then they would be sitting on the

ground and they'd do their meditation so

that's where this

tradition came from that's not truly the

tradition of

doing your practice when you're

doing the meditation

and that makes me real excited to think

that

this

is a good thing

to sit in a chair and sit comfortably so

you don't have a tendency to move

okay sit on your own seat monk

and ask what you like

so the monk sat on his own seat and said

to the blessed one

are there not

venerable sir the five aggregates

affected by craving and clinging that is

material form aggregate

the feeling aggregate

the perception aggregate the formation

aggregate

and the consciousness aggregate

and now i'm going to break here for just

a moment those who are more advanced in

their meditation

they've come to me for years saying

this is like nibana

and it is very much like nibana but it's

mundane nibana

you can walk around you can be doing

your job you can be doing anything

and

the aggregates don't arise

it comes from a pure mind

so when the aggregates don't arise

there's nothing that disturbs your mind

so this is a real good thing

and

as you go deeper and deeper in your

meditation you'll see for yourself yeah

i like this my mind's exceptionally

clear everything is bright everything is

real amazing

and this is a form of nibana

because there's no craving that arises

there's no hindrances that arise

your mind is just

super clear

and that's why it is still mundane

okay

these monks are the five aggregates

affected by clinging and it goes through

the whole thing again saying good

venerable sir the monk delighted and

rejoiced in the blessed one's words then

ask him a further question

but venerable sir and what of these five

aggregates affected by clinging are

rooted

[Music]

these five aggregates affected by

clinging are rooted in desire

and desire monk

i would never say that

it's rooted in craving

that's the cause of

the false belief in a personal self

that's the cause of all hindrances

arising

venerable sir is that the is that

clinging the same as the five aggregates

affected by clinging

or is that clinging something apart

from the five aggregates affected by

clinging

monk that clinging is neither the same

nor is it apart

from the five aggregates affected by

clinging

it is the craving and lust in regard to

those five aggregates

but venerable sir can there be diversity

in that craving

and lust regarding the five aggregates

there can be monk

the blessed one said here

someone thinks

may my material form be thus in the

future

or feeling or perception or formations

or consciousness

thus there is diversity in that craving

and lust

regarding the five aggregates

but venerable sir in what way does the

term aggregate apply to the aggregates

any kind of material form whatever

whether past future or present

internal or external gross or subtle

inferior or superior

far or nearer

this is the material aggregate

and any kind of feeling any kind of

perception any any kind

of formation any kind of consciousness

in this way monks

that term aggregate applies to the

aggregates

that makes sense

you can also give the definition of

aggregate as

things held together

and what are things held together with

craving

when you attain are a hardship there's

nothing holding these aggregates

together anymore

and they

dissipate

and this is an agreement with science

these days because they say that there's

a kind of consciousness

in space

in the vacuum of space there's still a

kind of consciousness

and they're finding out too

that

not only is their consciousness

beings

can have these

aggregates come

and form little tiny animals

or

bacteria or whatever you want to call it

they're little tiny beings

so

when people are trying to say that

everything is alive

and it's true

it's all held together with

craving

and

the kind of

animal that

is reborn

occurs because of karmic action that

they did in the past that's how you know

you're reborn here or there whatever

i know this is getting kind of deep

but it is real interesting

to start to see

how everything is connected on the

physical plane

so

by you're doing your meditation and

you're letting go of craving

you are in uh you are affecting the

entire universe

with your positive actions

kind of fun thinking like that isn't it

you affect the world but not the world

the universe around you in a positive

way when you're positive

when you're laughing when you're having

fun

so why do i try to get you to smile all

the time

[Music]

because i know the effect that it has

on you

and every material thing around you

i know some people that they they take

joy in cursing

they take joy

in breaking precepts in one way or

another

and they're pulling the whole universe

down by doing that

and you're counteracting their bad

actions when enough people get together

that are super positive

that can walk around with aggregates

that don't

arise

then you're affecting your universe in

such a positive way that everything in

that universe will start to change again

and this is according to the physics of

the of our time that always changes

because of new ideas and such

but it's pretty amazing when you start

thinking like this

so you affect the world around you you

affect the universe around you every

time

you have a happy thought

every time you're grateful for something

every time

you wish somebody else happiness

fun

to me that's fun anyway

what is the cause and condition

venerable serve for the manifestation of

material form aggregate

and for feeling and for perception and

formations and consciousness

the four great elements

are the cause and condition for the

manifestation of

[Music]

all of the aggregates

now if you're following what i'm

what i'm reading right now you're seeing

how much i'm really cutting out because

it goes through each of the individual

consciousnesses and you don't really

need that

oops

there

venerable sir how does personality view

come to be

that's an interesting question and a

question i get asked a lot

okay

but

it happens because of the aggregate

aggregates and the craving

it's mainly the craving

but venerable sir how does the

personality view not come to be

hear a well-taught noble disciple who

has regard for noble ones

is skilled and disciplined in their

diamonds that is you

all of you

you're well taught

so that makes you part of the buddhist

sangha

but you don't have to go through any

ceremony to do it

you have to just start being more more

and more aware of what where you are and

what you're doing

okay

regarding the true men

and the noble disciples

one does not regard material form as

self

everything is impersonal

and you see the impersonality

nature

very very clearly when you do your

meditation

i have some people that are kind of

confused and they'll say

well

but i have a self

in a non-self kind of

way what does that mean

it's really confusing

but

when you use your intuition and ask

these kind of questions

your intuition will come and tell you

what it means

venerable sir what is the gratification

what is the danger

what is the escape

in the case of all of these aggregates

pleasure and joy

that arise independence on one of these

aggregates

hmm

so pleasure and joy

changing the universe

that's

where you become grateful

that's what true gratification

is talking about

it's talking about this uplifted mind

that's happy

that's grateful for all of the wonderful

things around you

you see how this is all getting

interconnected

in suta

suta means plus

and all of these different little things

are put together to make this truly

magnificent cloth

of dhamma

of changing the universe

of being more and more happy as time

goes by

okay

suit is short when you take out all of

the repetition

it was like 14 pages now it's two

[Laughter]

oh venerable sir how does one know how

does one see

so in regard to this body with his

consciousness and all external signs

there is no

eye-making mind-making underlying

tendency to conceit

any kind of

aggregate whatever

whether past or present

internal or external

gross or subtle

inferior or superior far or near

one sees all of these aggregates as they

actually are with proper wisdom thus

this is not mine this i am not this is

not myself

then

in mind of a certain monk

this thought arose

so it seems

all material

form is not self all feeling is not self

all perception is not self

all for me all formations are not self

[Music]

all consciousness is not self

whatsoever then will

actions done by that non-self effect

confused question

then the blessed one knowing in his mind

the thought in mind of that monk

addressed amongst us

it is possible that some misguided men

here

obtuse and ignorant

with his mind dominated by craving

might think that he can outstrip the

teacher's

dispensation list

so it seems material form is not self

and all the other aggregates are not

itself

what self then

will actions done by that non-self

effect

now monks

you have been trained by me through

interrogation on various occasions in

regard to these various things

what do you think

is material form permanent or

impermanent

impermanent venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering or

happiness

happiness suffering venerable sir excuse

me

is what is impermanent suffering and

subject to change fit to be regarded

this is mine this i am this is myself

no venerable sir

monk what do you think

is feeling perception formations are

consciousness permanent or impermanent

and permanent venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering or

happiness

suffering venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering and

subject to change fit to be regarded

thus

this is mine this i am this is myself

no venerable sir

there are four monks

any kind of aggregate whatever whether

past future or present

all aggregates should be seen as they

actually are with proper wisdom thus

this is not mine this i am not this is

not myself

seeing thus a well-taught noble disciple

becomes disenchanted with material form

now

everyone that has experienced jhana

the reason that it is such a major step

even if you only experience jonna one

time

in your life

you don't get caught up in your

emotional

identifications with the hindrances

you see them for what they actually are

they're only hindrances yeah they they

disturb your meditation yeah

but you're not taking it personally

in other words

you you don't have to worry about being

bipolar

you don't have to worry about being

a schizophrenic

because it's not going to happen

see how powerful this is

and

there are so many advantages in your

life

to be able to be around people that are

upset in one way or another emotionally

and to be able to radiate loving

kindness to them or equanimity to them

so their mind becomes balanced

and when you do that

you are affecting the entire universe

i used to think a lot about the word

universe

and i always gave it the definition of

one song

and that's how we're all interconnected

but that's not it

the universe

is

[Music]

the

coming together

of

the aggregate

think about that one for a while that's

nice and deep

so in a way it is one song because it's

all the same

in the angutra nikaya it talks about

what it's like

to die when you become an aura

well

what is it like

it's like a sand castle on the beach

made up of all of these tiny little

grains of sand

and the ocean comes and washes it down

flat

can you put that exact same

sand castle back together again

[Music]

and that's what happens with our eyes

when they die

it's not that consciousness is it

disappears

it's still there

or feeling or perception

or formations or

consciousness they're still there

but they're not held together by craving

any longer

so i'm giving you a pretty deep

suta today something to think about a

lot

but i think it should make all of you

very happy to hear what i'm saying

because

why are we here

we're here for two reasons

one

we're here to learn

to learn what

that everything is impersonal

everything in the universe is in person

and you affect the

person

or the impersonal nature of everything

by being happy

by having an uplifted mind by not taking

things impersonally

i it's a hard concept to grasp

i'll give you that

but it is the truth

and to be quite honest as i'm saying

this right now i'm reconfirming yeah

that is true

i've never thought of it in this way

but this is the way the buddha was

teaching us this is why it's not a

religion it doesn't have anything to do

with religion

it has to do with

how things in the universe actually work

from the smallest

virus

to the biggest animal

to the biggest planet to the biggest sun

they all work in exactly the same way

and you affect all of them

by being happy

by having uplifting thoughts

by having

this passion arise if you happen to

break a precept

how much guilt do you feel because of

that oh my it's really a lot

and you think about it over and over

again you have it

occurring

so much of the time

but when you change your perspective

and you start to see

the impersonal nature of everything

and you see how

having a happy uplifted mind how

powerful it actually is

do you want to affect pluto today

smile and send that smiling thought to

pluto

you want to have more

planets that have life form on them

then smile and wish that to happen

that's how powerful you really are

it's not a maybe

this is the way it works

and the more people that get together

with happy uplifted mind

the more powerful it becomes

you want to change the way the

government works right now

because it's really not very nice

get together with your friends and wish

them loving and kind thoughts

to radiate every cell in their body

wish them happiness

and see how fast the government changes

now this is kind of an agreement with

what the bible says

the bible talks about a thousand years

of of

health and prosperity and all kinds of

wonderful things i think that's

the time limit is too short on that sort

of thing

but it can be the entire universe

that's why we're here

we're here to learn

and we're here

to spread

this

positive feeling throughout the universe

you know a lot of people they they talk

about oh the universe is so big and no

it's not

it's only as big as you think it is

so

what do you want to do

do you want to go around and suffer

curse all the gods for causing the

suffering

or not it's your choice

i'm not here to dictate anything to

anybody

my job

is just to inform

i am a teacher

that's all

you want to believe what i have to say

fine if you don't fine i don't care

i really don't

i can be happy whether you like me or

not

i can be happy if you want to cause me

physical pain

what's physical pain is just stuff

coming up it's nothing

you're all going to have a good rebirth

if you follow these directions

it's that simple

and watch your universe change around

you as you do that

laugh have fun

okay

now this is really an important suta it

is very deep i gotta grant you that

as i said it was 15 pages but i took all

a repetition out and made it into two or

three

so it's a lot faster than i thought was

going to happen

okay being disenchanted you becomes

dispassionate that means giving up all

of the hindrances

this passion his mind is liberated no

more attachments no more aggregates no

more anything

when it is liberated there comes the

knowledge it is liberated

now some people say well

if you're in our heart that means you

just stop existing no that's not true

you walk around without having any

aggregates

disturbing

so you walk around with a clear mind and

anybody ask you a question

you'll be able to answer it

not because you're so super smart

but because you understand

how this process actually works

the all things including

dependent origination

are part of the mundane

suffering

[Music]

processes

but understanding how these things arise

and you stop taking

you stop taking them personally

and you change the universe around you

then

you can explain that to other people

i was just telling one of my students

this is an

incredibly incredibly important time to

be born

i mean we're so close to the buddha's

teaching and now the buddhist teaching

is starting to really

show us the way to overcome suffering

and overcome that false belief in a

personal self

if you experience one genre one time in

your life

that is

not one pointed concentration because

that has the i am that attached to it

you've all been lucky enough to come

around to a teaching

that is absolutely perfect

it's absolutely pure

there's no dying

what what dies

if everything is impersonal there's

there is no dying there's just horizon

passing away of stuff

that's all

and what relief is there in that

it's truly remarkable

he understands birth is destroyed the

holy life has been lived

i love that statement the holy life has

been lived because you're living the

holy life

you're all

saints

but not the definition that other

religions give to

the idea of being a saint

you're all saints because you affect the

universe around you

that you live in

so anybody tries to trick you with any

kind of weird question you know what the

truth is you can give them the proper

answer

whether they accept it or not

not yours to worry

about all you're doing is giving out

information

what had to be done has been done

there is no more coming to any state of

being

and that's going to happen to all of us

when we die

eventually

that's what the blessed one said the

monks were satisfied and delighted in

the blessed one's words

now while this discourse was being

spoken through not creating and clinging

or

taking things personally

the minds of many many monks were

liberated from the things

see that's how powerful this suit that

is

it's number 77 i i encourage everybody

to look

excuse me

i was thinking of another suit

109 thank you david

it's really

an amazing suta

especially when you start realizing the

impersonal nature of everything

and how the process of life continues on

and you are no different

than the smallest tiniest little animal

you still have your aggregates

they might not be so apparent

but it doesn't matter

and i've struggled with the idea of

no death

because

it just seemed like they i see a lot of

people that are born and then they

i see a lot of that

and i'm thinking how can there be no

death

well if there's no life there is no

death

right

think about that for a minute and you'll

you'll see what i'm saying

there's only a coming together

of these aggregates that are affected by

craving and clinging

in every being around

so it's quite an amazing

insight

you're gonna disappear from this realm

go to another realm

okay

one of the things that happens

especially with the christians they they

want to know when

what

made this world come to be

[Music]

our

belief system

and they have they have to believe

something and there is a real problem

with that because it doesn't agree with

the way things actually work

so i've been talking for a short time

this time

[Laughter]

ah

i really like seeing your faces light up

the way they have been

because this kind of understanding is

truly

unusual

it's absolutely fantastic

it's amazing

oh we have a question in the chat

okay we have a question in the chat so

what is that

[Music]

yes of course

yes

always

just like you do

the question was do the buddha and all

of the arahats

still affect

the universe

and the answer is yes absolutely just

like you do

it does you don't have to have a body

or a consciousness that's attached to

anything

to be happy

right

so the more you spend time on

being happy and smiling

the more you affect the universe

positively

and maybe we'll stop

worrying about asteroids getting too

close to the

to the planet

so i'm sorry that this is such a short

thing but i think it's

very important

so we'll see what happens

between now and next week see how it

goes let's affect

something little like the government

just start being happy with every time

you turn on the television

radiate loving kindness to them without

any resistance just really loving

kindness okay

we'll see if we can change things around

okay so

i'll share some merit

may suffering ones be suffering free and

the fear struck fearless beat

may the grieving shed all grief and male

beings find greed

may all beings share this merit that we

thus acquired for the acquisition of all

kinds of happiness

many beings inhabiting space and earth

davis and not as a mighty power share of

this merit of ours

[Music]

have a good week

and keep smiling

thank you bunsen

thank you bonte

[Music]

you

[Music]

ah

and a happy good day to you i hope

you're all feeling well

the suit tonight

for today is

109

the greater discourse on the full moon

night

now this suit it has an awful lot of

repetition in it

and it has some things in it that aren't

supposed to be here

in the suta itself

it tells you about

the

um

casino meditation do you want to put the

lights on too

i think that's better at least i can see

better

and

it has the earth casino and water casino

and

a lot of other psychic developments

but that's from the

the brahman point of view that's from a

one-pointed point of view so i'm taking

that out of the

the

discourse

and also there's an awful lot of

repeating the same thing over and over

again

and i'm going to take the repetition out

so if you're following me it might be

somewhat difficult at first

so you get the gist of what i'm doing

so

thus if i heard on one occasion the

blessed one was living at sawatee in the

eastern park

in the palace of megara's mother

magara's mother is actually

magara's

uh

sister

or not sister uh

daughter

and she did some things and helped him

in the dhamma

and so he started saying that she is his

mother

that's what that's talking about

if you want to know about that go to the

janika tale

uh commentary

and there's great stories in there

it's real fun reading all of those

stories because the guy that wrote it

was

uh

just a regular

author but he had a great sense of humor

so it's real fun to to read this stuff

on that occasion

on the upasata day of the 15th

the 1st and the 15th

is

days where everybody would take their 8

precepts

and

spend the day either

at a temple

and they would be

listening to dhamma talks and reading

sutas and things like that

so every first and fifteenth they did

this sort of thing

and that's that's when everybody wore

white clothes too

okay on the full moon night the blessed

one was sitted and seated in the open

surrounded by a sangha of monks

then a certain monk rose from his seat

arranged his upper robe on one shoulder

and extended his hands in reverential

salutation towards a blessed one and

said to him

[Music]

venerable sir i would ask the blessed

one about a certain point

if the blessed one would grant me

an answer to my question

sit on your seat monk

now

this is an important little thing that

most people think that you've got to sit

on the floor to do the meditation

and i used to tell people they didn't

have chairs and such they did

they sat on seats

they sat on seats when they were doing

their meditation

sitting on the floor is no magic and it

causes an awful lot of pain

now in india you go to somebody's house

they always sit on the floor but after

about 15 or 20 minutes they're all

squirming because they have a lot of

pain coming up

and it takes a long time to be able to

get used to sitting on the floor without

moving

that was because the brahmanas that were

doing meditation for long periods of

time they'd go into the forest they just

find a place to sit down

and then they would be sitting on the

ground and they'd do their meditation so

that's where this

tradition came from that's not truly the

tradition of

doing your practice when you're

doing the meditation

and that makes me real excited to think

that

this

is a good thing

to sit in a chair and sit comfortably so

you don't have a tendency to move

okay sit on your own seat monk

and ask what you like

so the monk sat on his own seat and said

to the blessed one

are there not

venerable sir the five aggregates

affected by craving and clinging that is

material form aggregate

the feeling aggregate

the perception aggregate the formation

aggregate

and the consciousness aggregate

and now i'm going to break here for just

a moment those who are more advanced in

their meditation

they've come to me for years saying

this is like nibana

and it is very much like nibana but it's

mundane nibana

you can walk around you can be doing

your job you can be doing anything

and

the aggregates don't arise

it comes from a pure mind

so when the aggregates don't arise

there's nothing that disturbs your mind

so this is a real good thing

and

as you go deeper and deeper in your

meditation you'll see for yourself yeah

i like this my mind's exceptionally

clear everything is bright everything is

real amazing

and this is a form of nibana

because there's no craving that arises

there's no hindrances that arise

your mind is just

super clear

and that's why it is still mundane

okay

these monks are the five aggregates

affected by clinging and it goes through

the whole thing again saying good

venerable sir the monk delighted and

rejoiced in the blessed one's words then

ask him a further question

but venerable sir and what of these five

aggregates affected by clinging are

rooted

[Music]

these five aggregates affected by

clinging are rooted in desire

and desire monk

i would never say that

it's rooted in craving

that's the cause of

the false belief in a personal self

that's the cause of all hindrances

arising

venerable sir is that the is that

clinging the same as the five aggregates

affected by clinging

or is that clinging something apart

from the five aggregates affected by

clinging

monk that clinging is neither the same

nor is it apart

from the five aggregates affected by

clinging

it is the craving and lust in regard to

those five aggregates

but venerable sir can there be diversity

in that craving

and lust regarding the five aggregates

there can be monk

the blessed one said here

someone thinks

may my material form be thus in the

future

or feeling or perception or formations

or consciousness

thus there is diversity in that craving

and lust

regarding the five aggregates

but venerable sir in what way does the

term aggregate apply to the aggregates

any kind of material form whatever

whether past future or present

internal or external gross or subtle

inferior or superior

far or nearer

this is the material aggregate

and any kind of feeling any kind of

perception any any kind

of formation any kind of consciousness

in this way monks

that term aggregate applies to the

aggregates

that makes sense

you can also give the definition of

aggregate as

things held together

and what are things held together with

craving

when you attain are a hardship there's

nothing holding these aggregates

together anymore

and they

dissipate

and this is an agreement with science

these days because they say that there's

a kind of consciousness

in space

in the vacuum of space there's still a

kind of consciousness

and they're finding out too

that

not only is their consciousness

beings

can have these

aggregates come

and form little tiny animals

or

bacteria or whatever you want to call it

they're little tiny beings

so

when people are trying to say that

everything is alive

and it's true

it's all held together with

craving

and

the kind of

animal that

is reborn

occurs because of karmic action that

they did in the past that's how you know

you're reborn here or there whatever

i know this is getting kind of deep

but it is real interesting

to start to see

how everything is connected on the

physical plane

so

by you're doing your meditation and

you're letting go of craving

you are in uh you are affecting the

entire universe

with your positive actions

kind of fun thinking like that isn't it

you affect the world but not the world

the universe around you in a positive

way when you're positive

when you're laughing when you're having

fun

so why do i try to get you to smile all

the time

[Music]

because i know the effect that it has

on you

and every material thing around you

i know some people that they they take

joy in cursing

they take joy

in breaking precepts in one way or

another

and they're pulling the whole universe

down by doing that

and you're counteracting their bad

actions when enough people get together

that are super positive

that can walk around with aggregates

that don't

arise

then you're affecting your universe in

such a positive way that everything in

that universe will start to change again

and this is according to the physics of

the of our time that always changes

because of new ideas and such

but it's pretty amazing when you start

thinking like this

so you affect the world around you you

affect the universe around you every

time

you have a happy thought

every time you're grateful for something

every time

you wish somebody else happiness

fun

to me that's fun anyway

what is the cause and condition

venerable serve for the manifestation of

material form aggregate

and for feeling and for perception and

formations and consciousness

the four great elements

are the cause and condition for the

manifestation of

[Music]

all of the aggregates

now if you're following what i'm

what i'm reading right now you're seeing

how much i'm really cutting out because

it goes through each of the individual

consciousnesses and you don't really

need that

oops

there

venerable sir how does personality view

come to be

that's an interesting question and a

question i get asked a lot

okay

but

it happens because of the aggregate

aggregates and the craving

it's mainly the craving

but venerable sir how does the

personality view not come to be

hear a well-taught noble disciple who

has regard for noble ones

is skilled and disciplined in their

diamonds that is you

all of you

you're well taught

so that makes you part of the buddhist

sangha

but you don't have to go through any

ceremony to do it

you have to just start being more more

and more aware of what where you are and

what you're doing

okay

regarding the true men

and the noble disciples

one does not regard material form as

self

everything is impersonal

and you see the impersonality

nature

very very clearly when you do your

meditation

i have some people that are kind of

confused and they'll say

well

but i have a self

in a non-self kind of

way what does that mean

it's really confusing

but

when you use your intuition and ask

these kind of questions

your intuition will come and tell you

what it means

venerable sir what is the gratification

what is the danger

what is the escape

in the case of all of these aggregates

pleasure and joy

that arise independence on one of these

aggregates

hmm

so pleasure and joy

changing the universe

that's

where you become grateful

that's what true gratification

is talking about

it's talking about this uplifted mind

that's happy

that's grateful for all of the wonderful

things around you

you see how this is all getting

interconnected

in suta

suta means plus

and all of these different little things

are put together to make this truly

magnificent cloth

of dhamma

of changing the universe

of being more and more happy as time

goes by

okay

suit is short when you take out all of

the repetition

it was like 14 pages now it's two

[Laughter]

oh venerable sir how does one know how

does one see

so in regard to this body with his

consciousness and all external signs

there is no

eye-making mind-making underlying

tendency to conceit

any kind of

aggregate whatever

whether past or present

internal or external

gross or subtle

inferior or superior far or near

one sees all of these aggregates as they

actually are with proper wisdom thus

this is not mine this i am not this is

not myself

then

in mind of a certain monk

this thought arose

so it seems

all material

form is not self all feeling is not self

all perception is not self

all for me all formations are not self

[Music]

all consciousness is not self

whatsoever then will

actions done by that non-self effect

confused question

then the blessed one knowing in his mind

the thought in mind of that monk

addressed amongst us

it is possible that some misguided men

here

obtuse and ignorant

with his mind dominated by craving

might think that he can outstrip the

teacher's

dispensation list

so it seems material form is not self

and all the other aggregates are not

itself

what self then

will actions done by that non-self

effect

now monks

you have been trained by me through

interrogation on various occasions in

regard to these various things

what do you think

is material form permanent or

impermanent

impermanent venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering or

happiness

happiness suffering venerable sir excuse

me

is what is impermanent suffering and

subject to change fit to be regarded

this is mine this i am this is myself

no venerable sir

monk what do you think

is feeling perception formations are

consciousness permanent or impermanent

and permanent venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering or

happiness

suffering venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering and

subject to change fit to be regarded

thus

this is mine this i am this is myself

no venerable sir

there are four monks

any kind of aggregate whatever whether

past future or present

all aggregates should be seen as they

actually are with proper wisdom thus

this is not mine this i am not this is

not myself

seeing thus a well-taught noble disciple

becomes disenchanted with material form

now

everyone that has experienced jhana

the reason that it is such a major step

even if you only experience jonna one

time

in your life

you don't get caught up in your

emotional

identifications with the hindrances

you see them for what they actually are

they're only hindrances yeah they they

disturb your meditation yeah

but you're not taking it personally

in other words

you you don't have to worry about being

bipolar

you don't have to worry about being

a schizophrenic

because it's not going to happen

see how powerful this is

and

there are so many advantages in your

life

to be able to be around people that are

upset in one way or another emotionally

and to be able to radiate loving

kindness to them or equanimity to them

so their mind becomes balanced

and when you do that

you are affecting the entire universe

i used to think a lot about the word

universe

and i always gave it the definition of

one song

and that's how we're all interconnected

but that's not it

the universe

is

[Music]

the

coming together

of

the aggregate

think about that one for a while that's

nice and deep

so in a way it is one song because it's

all the same

in the angutra nikaya it talks about

what it's like

to die when you become an aura

well

what is it like

it's like a sand castle on the beach

made up of all of these tiny little

grains of sand

and the ocean comes and washes it down

flat

can you put that exact same

sand castle back together again

[Music]

and that's what happens with our eyes

when they die

it's not that consciousness is it

disappears

it's still there

or feeling or perception

or formations or

consciousness they're still there

but they're not held together by craving

any longer

so i'm giving you a pretty deep

suta today something to think about a

lot

but i think it should make all of you

very happy to hear what i'm saying

because

why are we here

we're here for two reasons

one

we're here to learn

to learn what

that everything is impersonal

everything in the universe is in person

and you affect the

person

or the impersonal nature of everything

by being happy

by having an uplifted mind by not taking

things impersonally

i it's a hard concept to grasp

i'll give you that

but it is the truth

and to be quite honest as i'm saying

this right now i'm reconfirming yeah

that is true

i've never thought of it in this way

but this is the way the buddha was

teaching us this is why it's not a

religion it doesn't have anything to do

with religion

it has to do with

how things in the universe actually work

from the smallest

virus

to the biggest animal

to the biggest planet to the biggest sun

they all work in exactly the same way

and you affect all of them

by being happy

by having uplifting thoughts

by having

this passion arise if you happen to

break a precept

how much guilt do you feel because of

that oh my it's really a lot

and you think about it over and over

again you have it

occurring

so much of the time

but when you change your perspective

and you start to see

the impersonal nature of everything

and you see how

having a happy uplifted mind how

powerful it actually is

do you want to affect pluto today

smile and send that smiling thought to

pluto

you want to have more

planets that have life form on them

then smile and wish that to happen

that's how powerful you really are

it's not a maybe

this is the way it works

and the more people that get together

with happy uplifted mind

the more powerful it becomes

you want to change the way the

government works right now

because it's really not very nice

get together with your friends and wish

them loving and kind thoughts

to radiate every cell in their body

wish them happiness

and see how fast the government changes

now this is kind of an agreement with

what the bible says

the bible talks about a thousand years

of of

health and prosperity and all kinds of

wonderful things i think that's

the time limit is too short on that sort

of thing

but it can be the entire universe

that's why we're here

we're here to learn

and we're here

to spread

this

positive feeling throughout the universe

you know a lot of people they they talk

about oh the universe is so big and no

it's not

it's only as big as you think it is

so

what do you want to do

do you want to go around and suffer

curse all the gods for causing the

suffering

or not it's your choice

i'm not here to dictate anything to

anybody

my job

is just to inform

i am a teacher

that's all

you want to believe what i have to say

fine if you don't fine i don't care

i really don't

i can be happy whether you like me or

not

i can be happy if you want to cause me

physical pain

what's physical pain is just stuff

coming up it's nothing

you're all going to have a good rebirth

if you follow these directions

it's that simple

and watch your universe change around

you as you do that

laugh have fun

okay

now this is really an important suta it

is very deep i gotta grant you that

as i said it was 15 pages but i took all

a repetition out and made it into two or

three

so it's a lot faster than i thought was

going to happen

okay being disenchanted you becomes

dispassionate that means giving up all

of the hindrances

this passion his mind is liberated no

more attachments no more aggregates no

more anything

when it is liberated there comes the

knowledge it is liberated

now some people say well

if you're in our heart that means you

just stop existing no that's not true

you walk around without having any

aggregates

disturbing

so you walk around with a clear mind and

anybody ask you a question

you'll be able to answer it

not because you're so super smart

but because you understand

how this process actually works

the all things including

dependent origination

are part of the mundane

suffering

[Music]

processes

but understanding how these things arise

and you stop taking

you stop taking them personally

and you change the universe around you

then

you can explain that to other people

i was just telling one of my students

this is an

incredibly incredibly important time to

be born

i mean we're so close to the buddha's

teaching and now the buddhist teaching

is starting to really

show us the way to overcome suffering

and overcome that false belief in a

personal self

if you experience one genre one time in

your life

that is

not one pointed concentration because

that has the i am that attached to it

you've all been lucky enough to come

around to a teaching

that is absolutely perfect

it's absolutely pure

there's no dying

what what dies

if everything is impersonal there's

there is no dying there's just horizon

passing away of stuff

that's all

and what relief is there in that

it's truly remarkable

he understands birth is destroyed the

holy life has been lived

i love that statement the holy life has

been lived because you're living the

holy life

you're all

saints

but not the definition that other

religions give to

the idea of being a saint

you're all saints because you affect the

universe around you

that you live in

so anybody tries to trick you with any

kind of weird question you know what the

truth is you can give them the proper

answer

whether they accept it or not

not yours to worry

about all you're doing is giving out

information

what had to be done has been done

there is no more coming to any state of

being

and that's going to happen to all of us

when we die

eventually

that's what the blessed one said the

monks were satisfied and delighted in

the blessed one's words

now while this discourse was being

spoken through not creating and clinging

or

taking things personally

the minds of many many monks were

liberated from the things

see that's how powerful this suit that

is

it's number 77 i i encourage everybody

to look

excuse me

i was thinking of another suit

109 thank you david

it's really

an amazing suta

especially when you start realizing the

impersonal nature of everything

and how the process of life continues on

and you are no different

than the smallest tiniest little animal

you still have your aggregates

they might not be so apparent

but it doesn't matter

and i've struggled with the idea of

no death

because

it just seemed like they i see a lot of

people that are born and then they

i see a lot of that

and i'm thinking how can there be no

death

well if there's no life there is no

death

right

think about that for a minute and you'll

you'll see what i'm saying

there's only a coming together

of these aggregates that are affected by

craving and clinging

in every being around

so it's quite an amazing

insight

you're gonna disappear from this realm

go to another realm

okay

one of the things that happens

especially with the christians they they

want to know when

what

made this world come to be

[Music]

our

belief system

and they have they have to believe

something and there is a real problem

with that because it doesn't agree with

the way things actually work

so i've been talking for a short time

this time

[Laughter]

ah

i really like seeing your faces light up

the way they have been

because this kind of understanding is

truly

unusual

it's absolutely fantastic

it's amazing

oh we have a question in the chat

okay we have a question in the chat so

what is that

[Music]

yes of course

yes

always

just like you do

the question was do the buddha and all

of the arahats

still affect

the universe

and the answer is yes absolutely just

like you do

it does you don't have to have a body

or a consciousness that's attached to

anything

to be happy

right

so the more you spend time on

being happy and smiling

the more you affect the universe

positively

and maybe we'll stop

worrying about asteroids getting too

close to the

to the planet

so i'm sorry that this is such a short

thing but i think it's

very important

so we'll see what happens

between now and next week see how it

goes let's affect

something little like the government

just start being happy with every time

you turn on the television

radiate loving kindness to them without

any resistance just really loving

kindness okay

we'll see if we can change things around

okay so

i'll share some merit

may suffering ones be suffering free and

the fear struck fearless beat

may the grieving shed all grief and male

beings find greed

may all beings share this merit that we

thus acquired for the acquisition of all

kinds of happiness

many beings inhabiting space and earth

davis and not as a mighty power share of

this merit of ours

[Music]

have a good week

and keep smiling

thank you bunsen

thank you bonte

[Music]

you

[Music]

ah

and a happy good day to you i hope

you're all feeling well

the suit tonight

for today is

109

the greater discourse on the full moon

night

now this suit it has an awful lot of

repetition in it

and it has some things in it that aren't

supposed to be here

in the suta itself

it tells you about

the

um

casino meditation do you want to put the

lights on too

i think that's better at least i can see

better

and

it has the earth casino and water casino

and

a lot of other psychic developments

but that's from the

the brahman point of view that's from a

one-pointed point of view so i'm taking

that out of the

the

discourse

and also there's an awful lot of

repeating the same thing over and over

again

and i'm going to take the repetition out

so if you're following me it might be

somewhat difficult at first

so you get the gist of what i'm doing

so

thus if i heard on one occasion the

blessed one was living at sawatee in the

eastern park

in the palace of megara's mother

magara's mother is actually

magara's

uh

sister

or not sister uh

daughter

and she did some things and helped him

in the dhamma

and so he started saying that she is his

mother

that's what that's talking about

if you want to know about that go to the

janika tale

uh commentary

and there's great stories in there

it's real fun reading all of those

stories because the guy that wrote it

was

uh

just a regular

author but he had a great sense of humor

so it's real fun to to read this stuff

on that occasion

on the upasata day of the 15th

the 1st and the 15th

is

days where everybody would take their 8

precepts

and

spend the day either

at a temple

and they would be

listening to dhamma talks and reading

sutas and things like that

so every first and fifteenth they did

this sort of thing

and that's that's when everybody wore

white clothes too

okay on the full moon night the blessed

one was sitted and seated in the open

surrounded by a sangha of monks

then a certain monk rose from his seat

arranged his upper robe on one shoulder

and extended his hands in reverential

salutation towards a blessed one and

said to him

[Music]

venerable sir i would ask the blessed

one about a certain point

if the blessed one would grant me

an answer to my question

sit on your seat monk

now

this is an important little thing that

most people think that you've got to sit

on the floor to do the meditation

and i used to tell people they didn't

have chairs and such they did

they sat on seats

they sat on seats when they were doing

their meditation

sitting on the floor is no magic and it

causes an awful lot of pain

now in india you go to somebody's house

they always sit on the floor but after

about 15 or 20 minutes they're all

squirming because they have a lot of

pain coming up

and it takes a long time to be able to

get used to sitting on the floor without

moving

that was because the brahmanas that were

doing meditation for long periods of

time they'd go into the forest they just

find a place to sit down

and then they would be sitting on the

ground and they'd do their meditation so

that's where this

tradition came from that's not truly the

tradition of

doing your practice when you're

doing the meditation

and that makes me real excited to think

that

this

is a good thing

to sit in a chair and sit comfortably so

you don't have a tendency to move

okay sit on your own seat monk

and ask what you like

so the monk sat on his own seat and said

to the blessed one

are there not

venerable sir the five aggregates

affected by craving and clinging that is

material form aggregate

the feeling aggregate

the perception aggregate the formation

aggregate

and the consciousness aggregate

and now i'm going to break here for just

a moment those who are more advanced in

their meditation

they've come to me for years saying

this is like nibana

and it is very much like nibana but it's

mundane nibana

you can walk around you can be doing

your job you can be doing anything

and

the aggregates don't arise

it comes from a pure mind

so when the aggregates don't arise

there's nothing that disturbs your mind

so this is a real good thing

and

as you go deeper and deeper in your

meditation you'll see for yourself yeah

i like this my mind's exceptionally

clear everything is bright everything is

real amazing

and this is a form of nibana

because there's no craving that arises

there's no hindrances that arise

your mind is just

super clear

and that's why it is still mundane

okay

these monks are the five aggregates

affected by clinging and it goes through

the whole thing again saying good

venerable sir the monk delighted and

rejoiced in the blessed one's words then

ask him a further question

but venerable sir and what of these five

aggregates affected by clinging are

rooted

[Music]

these five aggregates affected by

clinging are rooted in desire

and desire monk

i would never say that

it's rooted in craving

that's the cause of

the false belief in a personal self

that's the cause of all hindrances

arising

venerable sir is that the is that

clinging the same as the five aggregates

affected by clinging

or is that clinging something apart

from the five aggregates affected by

clinging

monk that clinging is neither the same

nor is it apart

from the five aggregates affected by

clinging

it is the craving and lust in regard to

those five aggregates

but venerable sir can there be diversity

in that craving

and lust regarding the five aggregates

there can be monk

the blessed one said here

someone thinks

may my material form be thus in the

future

or feeling or perception or formations

or consciousness

thus there is diversity in that craving

and lust

regarding the five aggregates

but venerable sir in what way does the

term aggregate apply to the aggregates

any kind of material form whatever

whether past future or present

internal or external gross or subtle

inferior or superior

far or nearer

this is the material aggregate

and any kind of feeling any kind of

perception any any kind

of formation any kind of consciousness

in this way monks

that term aggregate applies to the

aggregates

that makes sense

you can also give the definition of

aggregate as

things held together

and what are things held together with

craving

when you attain are a hardship there's

nothing holding these aggregates

together anymore

and they

dissipate

and this is an agreement with science

these days because they say that there's

a kind of consciousness

in space

in the vacuum of space there's still a

kind of consciousness

and they're finding out too

that

not only is their consciousness

beings

can have these

aggregates come

and form little tiny animals

or

bacteria or whatever you want to call it

they're little tiny beings

so

when people are trying to say that

everything is alive

and it's true

it's all held together with

craving

and

the kind of

animal that

is reborn

occurs because of karmic action that

they did in the past that's how you know

you're reborn here or there whatever

i know this is getting kind of deep

but it is real interesting

to start to see

how everything is connected on the

physical plane

so

by you're doing your meditation and

you're letting go of craving

you are in uh you are affecting the

entire universe

with your positive actions

kind of fun thinking like that isn't it

you affect the world but not the world

the universe around you in a positive

way when you're positive

when you're laughing when you're having

fun

so why do i try to get you to smile all

the time

[Music]

because i know the effect that it has

on you

and every material thing around you

i know some people that they they take

joy in cursing

they take joy

in breaking precepts in one way or

another

and they're pulling the whole universe

down by doing that

and you're counteracting their bad

actions when enough people get together

that are super positive

that can walk around with aggregates

that don't

arise

then you're affecting your universe in

such a positive way that everything in

that universe will start to change again

and this is according to the physics of

the of our time that always changes

because of new ideas and such

but it's pretty amazing when you start

thinking like this

so you affect the world around you you

affect the universe around you every

time

you have a happy thought

every time you're grateful for something

every time

you wish somebody else happiness

fun

to me that's fun anyway

what is the cause and condition

venerable serve for the manifestation of

material form aggregate

and for feeling and for perception and

formations and consciousness

the four great elements

are the cause and condition for the

manifestation of

[Music]

all of the aggregates

now if you're following what i'm

what i'm reading right now you're seeing

how much i'm really cutting out because

it goes through each of the individual

consciousnesses and you don't really

need that

oops

there

venerable sir how does personality view

come to be

that's an interesting question and a

question i get asked a lot

okay

but

it happens because of the aggregate

aggregates and the craving

it's mainly the craving

but venerable sir how does the

personality view not come to be

hear a well-taught noble disciple who

has regard for noble ones

is skilled and disciplined in their

diamonds that is you

all of you

you're well taught

so that makes you part of the buddhist

sangha

but you don't have to go through any

ceremony to do it

you have to just start being more more

and more aware of what where you are and

what you're doing

okay

regarding the true men

and the noble disciples

one does not regard material form as

self

everything is impersonal

and you see the impersonality

nature

very very clearly when you do your

meditation

i have some people that are kind of

confused and they'll say

well

but i have a self

in a non-self kind of

way what does that mean

it's really confusing

but

when you use your intuition and ask

these kind of questions

your intuition will come and tell you

what it means

venerable sir what is the gratification

what is the danger

what is the escape

in the case of all of these aggregates

pleasure and joy

that arise independence on one of these

aggregates

hmm

so pleasure and joy

changing the universe

that's

where you become grateful

that's what true gratification

is talking about

it's talking about this uplifted mind

that's happy

that's grateful for all of the wonderful

things around you

you see how this is all getting

interconnected

in suta

suta means plus

and all of these different little things

are put together to make this truly

magnificent cloth

of dhamma

of changing the universe

of being more and more happy as time

goes by

okay

suit is short when you take out all of

the repetition

it was like 14 pages now it's two

[Laughter]

oh venerable sir how does one know how

does one see

so in regard to this body with his

consciousness and all external signs

there is no

eye-making mind-making underlying

tendency to conceit

any kind of

aggregate whatever

whether past or present

internal or external

gross or subtle

inferior or superior far or near

one sees all of these aggregates as they

actually are with proper wisdom thus

this is not mine this i am not this is

not myself

then

in mind of a certain monk

this thought arose

so it seems

all material

form is not self all feeling is not self

all perception is not self

all for me all formations are not self

[Music]

all consciousness is not self

whatsoever then will

actions done by that non-self effect

confused question

then the blessed one knowing in his mind

the thought in mind of that monk

addressed amongst us

it is possible that some misguided men

here

obtuse and ignorant

with his mind dominated by craving

might think that he can outstrip the

teacher's

dispensation list

so it seems material form is not self

and all the other aggregates are not

itself

what self then

will actions done by that non-self

effect

now monks

you have been trained by me through

interrogation on various occasions in

regard to these various things

what do you think

is material form permanent or

impermanent

impermanent venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering or

happiness

happiness suffering venerable sir excuse

me

is what is impermanent suffering and

subject to change fit to be regarded

this is mine this i am this is myself

no venerable sir

monk what do you think

is feeling perception formations are

consciousness permanent or impermanent

and permanent venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering or

happiness

suffering venerable sir

is what is impermanent suffering and

subject to change fit to be regarded

thus

this is mine this i am this is myself

no venerable sir

there are four monks

any kind of aggregate whatever whether

past future or present

all aggregates should be seen as they

actually are with proper wisdom thus

this is not mine this i am not this is

not myself

seeing thus a well-taught noble disciple

becomes disenchanted with material form

now

everyone that has experienced jhana

the reason that it is such a major step

even if you only experience jonna one

time

in your life

you don't get caught up in your

emotional

identifications with the hindrances

you see them for what they actually are

they're only hindrances yeah they they

disturb your meditation yeah

but you're not taking it personally

in other words

you you don't have to worry about being

bipolar

you don't have to worry about being

a schizophrenic

because it's not going to happen

see how powerful this is

and

there are so many advantages in your

life

to be able to be around people that are

upset in one way or another emotionally

and to be able to radiate loving

kindness to them or equanimity to them

so their mind becomes balanced

and when you do that

you are affecting the entire universe

i used to think a lot about the word

universe

and i always gave it the definition of

one song

and that's how we're all interconnected

but that's not it

the universe

is

[Music]

the

coming together

of

the aggregate

think about that one for a while that's

nice and deep

so in a way it is one song because it's

all the same

in the angutra nikaya it talks about

what it's like

to die when you become an aura

well

what is it like

it's like a sand castle on the beach

made up of all of these tiny little

grains of sand

and the ocean comes and washes it down

flat

can you put that exact same

sand castle back together again

[Music]

and that's what happens with our eyes

when they die

it's not that consciousness is it

disappears

it's still there

or feeling or perception

or formations or

consciousness they're still there

but they're not held together by craving

any longer

so i'm giving you a pretty deep

suta today something to think about a

lot

but i think it should make all of you

very happy to hear what i'm saying

because

why are we here

we're here for two reasons

one

we're here to learn

to learn what

that everything is impersonal

everything in the universe is in person

and you affect the

person

or the impersonal nature of everything

by being happy

by having an uplifted mind by not taking

things impersonally

i it's a hard concept to grasp

i'll give you that

but it is the truth

and to be quite honest as i'm saying

this right now i'm reconfirming yeah

that is true

i've never thought of it in this way

but this is the way the buddha was

teaching us this is why it's not a

religion it doesn't have anything to do

with religion

it has to do with

how things in the universe actually work

from the smallest

virus

to the biggest animal

to the biggest planet to the biggest sun

they all work in exactly the same way

and you affect all of them

by being happy

by having uplifting thoughts

by having

this passion arise if you happen to

break a precept

how much guilt do you feel because of

that oh my it's really a lot

and you think about it over and over

again you have it

occurring

so much of the time

but when you change your perspective

and you start to see

the impersonal nature of everything

and you see how

having a happy uplifted mind how

powerful it actually is

do you want to affect pluto today

smile and send that smiling thought to

pluto

you want to have more

planets that have life form on them

then smile and wish that to happen

that's how powerful you really are

it's not a maybe

this is the way it works

and the more people that get together

with happy uplifted mind

the more powerful it becomes

you want to change the way the

government works right now

because it's really not very nice

get together with your friends and wish

them loving and kind thoughts

to radiate every cell in their body

wish them happiness

and see how fast the government changes

now this is kind of an agreement with

what the bible says

the bible talks about a thousand years

of of

health and prosperity and all kinds of

wonderful things i think that's

the time limit is too short on that sort

of thing

but it can be the entire universe

that's why we're here

we're here to learn

and we're here

to spread

this

positive feeling throughout the universe

you know a lot of people they they talk

about oh the universe is so big and no

it's not

it's only as big as you think it is

so

what do you want to do

do you want to go around and suffer

curse all the gods for causing the

suffering

or not it's your choice

i'm not here to dictate anything to

anybody

my job

is just to inform

i am a teacher

that's all

you want to believe what i have to say

fine if you don't fine i don't care

i really don't

i can be happy whether you like me or

not

i can be happy if you want to cause me

physical pain

what's physical pain is just stuff

coming up it's nothing

you're all going to have a good rebirth

if you follow these directions

it's that simple

and watch your universe change around

you as you do that

laugh have fun

okay

now this is really an important suta it

is very deep i gotta grant you that

as i said it was 15 pages but i took all

a repetition out and made it into two or

three

so it's a lot faster than i thought was

going to happen

okay being disenchanted you becomes

dispassionate that means giving up all

of the hindrances

this passion his mind is liberated no

more attachments no more aggregates no

more anything

when it is liberated there comes the

knowledge it is liberated

now some people say well

if you're in our heart that means you

just stop existing no that's not true

you walk around without having any

aggregates

disturbing

so you walk around with a clear mind and

anybody ask you a question

you'll be able to answer it

not because you're so super smart

but because you understand

how this process actually works

the all things including

dependent origination

are part of the mundane

suffering

[Music]

processes

but understanding how these things arise

and you stop taking

you stop taking them personally

and you change the universe around you

then

you can explain that to other people

i was just telling one of my students

this is an

incredibly incredibly important time to

be born

i mean we're so close to the buddha's

teaching and now the buddhist teaching

is starting to really

show us the way to overcome suffering

and overcome that false belief in a

personal self

if you experience one genre one time in

your life

that is

not one pointed concentration because

that has the i am that attached to it

you've all been lucky enough to come

around to a teaching

that is absolutely perfect

it's absolutely pure

there's no dying

what what dies

if everything is impersonal there's

there is no dying there's just horizon

passing away of stuff

that's all

and what relief is there in that

it's truly remarkable

he understands birth is destroyed the

holy life has been lived

i love that statement the holy life has

been lived because you're living the

holy life

you're all

saints

but not the definition that other

religions give to

the idea of being a saint

you're all saints because you affect the

universe around you

that you live in

so anybody tries to trick you with any

kind of weird question you know what the

truth is you can give them the proper

answer

whether they accept it or not

not yours to worry

about all you're doing is giving out

information

what had to be done has been done

there is no more coming to any state of

being

and that's going to happen to all of us

when we die

eventually

that's what the blessed one said the

monks were satisfied and delighted in

the blessed one's words

now while this discourse was being

spoken through not creating and clinging

or

taking things personally

the minds of many many monks were

liberated from the things

see that's how powerful this suit that

is

it's number 77 i i encourage everybody

to look

excuse me

i was thinking of another suit

109 thank you david

it's really

an amazing suta

especially when you start realizing the

impersonal nature of everything

and how the process of life continues on

and you are no different

than the smallest tiniest little animal

you still have your aggregates

they might not be so apparent

but it doesn't matter

and i've struggled with the idea of

no death

because

it just seemed like they i see a lot of

people that are born and then they

i see a lot of that

and i'm thinking how can there be no

death

well if there's no life there is no

death

right

think about that for a minute and you'll

you'll see what i'm saying

there's only a coming together

of these aggregates that are affected by

craving and clinging

in every being around

so it's quite an amazing

insight

you're gonna disappear from this realm

go to another realm

okay

one of the things that happens

especially with the christians they they

want to know when

what

made this world come to be

[Music]

our

belief system

and they have they have to believe

something and there is a real problem

with that because it doesn't agree with

the way things actually work

so i've been talking for a short time

this time

[Laughter]

ah

i really like seeing your faces light up

the way they have been

because this kind of understanding is

truly

unusual

it's absolutely fantastic

it's amazing

oh we have a question in the chat

okay we have a question in the chat so

what is that

[Music]

yes of course

yes

always

just like you do

the question was do the buddha and all

of the arahats

still affect

the universe

and the answer is yes absolutely just

like you do

it does you don't have to have a body

or a consciousness that's attached to

anything

to be happy

right

so the more you spend time on

being happy and smiling

the more you affect the universe

positively

and maybe we'll stop

worrying about asteroids getting too

close to the

to the planet

so i'm sorry that this is such a short

thing but i think it's

very important

so we'll see what happens

between now and next week see how it

goes let's affect

something little like the government

just start being happy with every time

you turn on the television

radiate loving kindness to them without

any resistance just really loving

kindness okay

we'll see if we can change things around

okay so

i'll share some merit

may suffering ones be suffering free and

the fear struck fearless beat

may the grieving shed all grief and male

beings find greed

may all beings share this merit that we

thus acquired for the acquisition of all

kinds of happiness

many beings inhabiting space and earth

davis and not as a mighty power share of

this merit of ours

[Music]

have a good week

and keep smiling

thank you bunsen

thank you bonte

[Music]

you