Non-self - a unique teaching of the Buddha | Ajahn Brahmali | 21-11-2014 

Indeed.

Me too. I had problem with his accent. But he spoke the essence of Buddhism so well. He is a good teacher.

He's one of my favorites....

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Hmmm...sounds like a comparison...hmmmmm

@@SandraLovesRoses Comparisons are valid.

He speaks from a Thervada point of view. In Mahayana the term used is Sunyatta or emptiness. There is nothing permenant. Seems like cutting straws but there is a difference.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Sir

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I find it useful to think of the meaning of 'conceit' as 'untruth'

@@jqwerty4587 correct, only time will tell.

Even DNA changes with time..... genetics.thetech.org/original_news/news91 /|\

Sorry no ghost in the machine. You are a composite being. I is an illusion.

All of spirituality is just for one sake, so that we do not add stories to reality and accept reality exactly for what it is . For example Instead of cribbing about the wretched weather. All of spirituality is just for one sake, so that we do not add stories to reality and accept reality exactly for what it is . For All of spirituality is just for one sake, so that we do not add stories to reality and accept reality exactly for what it is . For example life would be simpler if instead of cribbing about the wretched weather, one would simply say, it is raining. Similarly instead of saying that I live in a one room apartment and my life is going down the tube, it would be so much simpler and truer if you say this.. There is just a of me that wants to experience a multi room apartment. With these understanding and insight , don't worry, the effort you put in your work will remain the same but your life would be simpler and lighter and rational.

Allen Morgan, I hope your life changes for the better Allen. We all have obstacles and struggles to overcome in our lives. God Bless you.

Repent of your sins and believe onto Jesus Christ.

If you would like to know what the person who asked that question thinks you should look for a book called "Analytic Buddhism." Miri is the author!

Well be careful that the external world does not hit youy alongside that head. You live in both. External and internal.

The Middle Way is free from the extremes.

If it were not, likely it would not be true.

3 different things, the self is what we call, I , me , myself which is ego, ego is not me, not you. It is it what you believe you are so the practice is been non self every time we think that we are thinking identified with ourselves, actually the self is very tricky word in Buddhism like a lot other ones... I hope make more sense to you.

No. Depression is caused by delusion, aversion and greed. It is a strong feeling of suffering, caused by a craving for experience to be significantly different to what it is, but no right view/intention/action...effort/mindfulness/concentration is being progressed. Also, depression is self identification with the feeling. In other words, depression is the strongest craving of the self to update it's wrong view.

We are in the Samsara along with them. It's just that our ignorant mind manifest in different ways. They also feel better than the rest, that's why the care only for themselves. You feel better than them, that's why you do things good for others. There's a conceit in that motivation, it's not purely altruistic. Forgett what others do or not do, be mindful of your conduct and motivation.

Calm the mind. Enlightenment.

@@harrymcnicholas9468 To see things as they are via meditation. If you do see things as they really are--that there is non-self, all changes constantly, and we suffer when we cling to this identity view by attachment, then you can end the clinging that is defined in the second Noble Truth. The clinging that arises out of our ignorance, our wrong view about what is really going on. Meditation is method (Samadhi and Vipassana) to gain insight into to this and thus do away with the clinging that arises out of our whole misunderstanding.

@@Rainasuan2023 I wonder if it includes imperience of the Absolute Unborn Self of Ramana Maharshi is also impermanent. 😌

The you find it in another category of teachings.

Soul is an illusion. Show us your soul?

That"s plane fantasy.

I think there is a temporary self and an actor who can act selfishly and spread that karmic effect in the world. We also carry our self identification with us, for some time. Non-self to me means there is no inherent self. It's transitory. It dissipates over time. I think having no soul is a key Buddhist differentiator though. No self is both a conceptual tool to reduce attachment and suffering and a reality as life changes

Would it no? You would then call it the restoration of the Gothic Cathredral. We cannot stop change.

All compunded things changes, no matter if they are unique or not. Even the evaluation the people do on that artwork changes.

Ven. Brahmali Pays respect to his teacher Ajhan Chan.

Robert Green One who seeks the teachings of the "Buddhist" way truly does not "pray" as it would be recognized in a world religion. There is no "God" to pray to. One would meditate on thought, perception, acceptance, observance, breathing (as in life itself). It is through ones own understanding that one will achieve enlightenment. Peace. Namaste.

A Buddhist prayer is not petitionary like that of Christians. It is an acknowledgement of hope.

Alfred Nagy they show up. hi

Nobody. We are just the movement of karma. Study the *Twelve Links of Dependent of Origination.*

Nobody. Kindness, compassion, altruism, is just the true pristine nature of the mind. Just like the sun works giving light and heat without any self.

I would like to add that without imperience of the UNBORN ABSOLUTE UNIVERSAL SELF, can one imperience the non-self of Gautam, the Buddha?

Your introspective research is wrong. You couldn't possible to point out some inherent essence and knowing if is permanent or impermanent. If it's permanent it has to be solid and independent, which violates the reality of Dependent Origination, if its impermanent, is interdependent, empty and is Not self.

No. The first is a concept the second is a direct recognition.

@Buddhist Philosopher I disagree. The Buddha taught that all form is merely an appearance to our minds, and this is not a concept, but a truth realised by many. The false ego self identifies with form, including bodies, yet these are just false concepts, or beliefs. The ego self is one with its beliefs.

@@Buddhist_Philosopher Perhaps you are not a Mahayana Buddhist , and therefore reject the teachings of Sunyata ??

@@kimbirch1202 You asked for a belief, a belief is a type concept, but that's not the direct recognition of selflesness.

@Buddhist Philosopher No, you misunderstand. I was talking about seeing the falseness, OF the belief, in a real, objectively - existing world, separate from the mind . According to Buddha, and Christ, this belief IS the ego. The world has no existence whatsoever, because it was made by the ego. No world, then no ego. Cause and effect are not separate.

Fast 5 days a month and daily 18 plus hours,water only, walk daily 1 hour, cold showers, sunshine, high fat died, prog muscle relaxation, lift some heavy things.The ketones fuelling heart and brain 25% more effic than glucose and then one"ll forget such genuinely silly questions.The elevated stress profiles of such brains are easily sorted if ones lucky enough to live in the West and not have some genetically inherited conditions or addictions.The Buddha was a stress reduction teacher, perhaps the first and hats off to him but ref what we know today the teachings are profoundly uninformed, profoundly.If one wants a quiet brain adopt practises that were laid down by h-g's 1-200, 000 yrs ago not some geezer in India 2500 yrs ago, not even yesterday in histoire naturale.Good luck and god health too.

The experiencer is the experience itself. Atman is illusion

There is no who. There is just consciousness. Consciousness. is constantly changing. Where di you get the idea that in deep sleep your body and mind are not functioning? You would be considered dead. Again there is no who. Show me this who?

The especto of *Clarity* of the mind. This teachngs is not present in the Theravada tradition

@@jrwilliam3742 That would be like saying that sword cuts itself or a that candle enlightened to itself. The minds needs a factor of recognition.

We are the same in the sense that our minds work the same way, not that I am you or you are me. One iPhone and another iPhone work in the same way and have the same principle governing their mechanism.The Buddha said "But that which is called 'mind' and 'mentality' and 'consciousness' arises as one thing and ceases as another by day and by night", meaning that consciousness isn't one continuous stream, but one arises, continues for a while, ceases, and another arises. If you look at a tree, the consciousness that is observing the tree at this second isn't the same one as the one at the previous second. This is why there is no self, the core single thing that you can point at and define it "me". Then, rebirth isn't a core self or soul moving to the next body. What we mistakenly call "self" is but a product of dependent origination, a product of the law of cause and effect, not something that can exist by itself (dependent origination as mentioned in the video). Rebirth occurs because of the collaboration of multiple components, not just a soul or self floating out of the body and moving to another body. Check this site out www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/n_r/paticca_samuppaada.htm Paticcasamuppada explains the process of rebirth. Keep in mind that in Buddhism, rebirth is happening all the time, not just when you die. You are being reborn all the time because, as the Buddha said, "But that which is called 'mind' and 'mentality' and 'consciousness' arises as one thing and ceases as another by day and by night".

You are being misled a bit. Theravada stresses that when a person dies the consciousness is reborn or reincarnated into a new body. This is very low level thinking. There is nothing permanent. Your body and your mind are dying and being reborn again and again. This can only end when you become a Buddha. In other words, what happens to your body when it dies. Nobody knows and anyone telling they do know is a liar.

It's the Karma. We our karmic beings. Study the *Twelve Links of Dependent Origination.*

He is rubbing his right eye to have right view.

Is this the same Eddie from way back a number of years on the Buddhist Philosophy forum?

Because you still hold an eternalist view.

Anatma does not arise from anything. Anatman is not a thing. It's just the empty nature of beings and reality.

@@Buddhist_Philosopher The empty is really something right?

@@vladimirkrisnov4322 No; emptyness is empty of itself. It's not a substance or essence. It just means that all phenomenon lacks of an inherent and independent essence.