Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu encourages us to seek the new life that is free of selfishness, and to always keep the heart of Buddhism in mind – the cessation of pain and suffering, of dukkha. He asks us to reflect on that we call ‘good’ or ‘goodness’ because if we are not careful it leads to attachment. He explains how basic stupidity of self grows into attachments to good and evil, positive and negative, which entrap life. So we need to understand this thing that we call the ‘self,’ a delusion that is imposed upon the five khandhas. He also emphasizes the three characteristics of the five khandhas that we must know – everything is changing, that change is very difficult to bear, and there is nothing which can control it. In conclusion he states that when we begin to see the pain of the life of attachment, we’ll start to think about, we’ll seriously consider getting rid of the self and selfishness.

– Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu –

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ENDING SELFISHNESS 

8709 (3 of 5) Destroying Selfishness

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