Saturday, September 11, 2010

No body no self

:"Do we watch our Khandhas as self or belongs to our self?" This is the question posed to Venerable Khemaka by Venerable Dasaka as is found in the Khemaka Sutta

This sutta is very relevant to yogis especially those that participated in this 9-days Vipassana Retreat in Bukit Mertajam Buddhist Meditation Centre, said Sayadaw U Vimalacarabhivamsa.
Observing the 5 Khandhas not as self or belonging to self constitute the wrong views. Yogis always complain that their bodies, legs, hands and heads encounter pain. This is wrong observation because if you note it as the legs or hands or backs then you are observing the self.

We have to observe our Forms, Feelings, Perceptions, Consciousness and Mental formations, not as self or belong to self but as impermanent, suffering and nothingness. 

As the Sutta goes, Venerable Khemaka explain the Dhamma to the 60 Theras who had initially posed the question that is conveyed by Ven. Dasaka. As both the teacher and the listeners listen to the Dhamma they observe the words and practiced the Dhamma and eventually all of them attained Arahantship. Here, yogis should emulate the venerables when they listened to Dhamma from their teacher. We should listen and practice what we had just heard.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

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