Fw: Buddha-Direct 1483: Conceiving that I Am!

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A lot of our health problems, comes from the way we perceive ourselves and others. If we can learn to release the ego, we would be healthier and our world would be more peaceful. Below is food for thought. Blessings, Joy

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Friends:

'I am Better' & other false conceits arise from Attachment!

The Blessed Buddha once said:Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by holding badly on to what, do such thoughts occur: 'I am superior' or 'I am equal to' or 'I am inferior'?Venerable Sir, our understanding are rooted in the Blessed One, guided by the Blessed One, is initiated by the Blessed One. It would indeed be good if the Blessed One would explain the meaning of this subtle question in detail. Having heard this from the Buddha, the bhikkhus will remember & preserve it!When there is the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body & the mind,bhikkhus, by clinging to, by adhering to eye, ear, nose, tongue, body & the mind, these thoughts occur: 'I am superior' and 'I am equal to' and 'I am inferior'!What do you think, bhikkhus, is the eye permanent or impermanent?Impermanent, Venerable Sir...Is the ear permanent or impermanent? Impermanent, Venerable Sir...Is the nose permanent or impermanent? Impermanent, Venerable Sir...Is the tongue permanent or impermanent? Impermanent, Venerable Sir...Is the body permanent or impermanent? Impermanent, Venerable Sir...Is the mind permanent or impermanent? Impermanent, Venerable Sir...But without clinging to what is impermanent, suffering, & subject to change, could these thoughts occur: 'I am superior' or 'I am equal' or 'I am inferior???No, Venerable Sir...Understanding this, the intelligent noble disciple is disgusted with the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body & the mind... Disgust produces disillusion... This disillusion induces by detachment a mental release!!! When detached the mind is unagitated! Being entirely imperturbable one attains Awakening right there & instantly understands: This mind is eternally freed...!!!Rebirth is ended, this Noble Life is concluded, done is what should be done, there is no state beyond or exceeding this...The blessed Buddha once said:Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desire. Blissful is dwelling in complete harmlessness.Blissful is solitude for one content & learned.But highest is the bliss of uprooting the conceit 'I am'!Udana – Inspiration: II – 1More on this deepest self-deception: The conceit that "I Am!" (Asmi-mÄna):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Pride.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Conceit_I Am.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/I-dentification.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Prison_of_Pride.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anti-EGO-Tool.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/No_Panic_Here.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Uprooting_Egoism.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ending_Pain_Itself.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/No_Agent_is_Inside.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Solo_Self-Deception.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Mistaken_Reference.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Non-'I'-dentification.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Input_'I'-dentification.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Selfless_and_Harmless.htmhttp://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Clinging_to_the_notion_I_Am.htm

Source:The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV 88 The 6 senses section 35. Thread on 'I Am Superior': Seyyo Sutta (108) http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

Have a nice day!

Friendship is the Greatest! Bhikkhu SamÄhita, Sri Lanka ] http://What-Buddha-Said.net

Conceiving that "I Am"!

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