8608 – [3 of 3] Flowing Benefits of the New Life
Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu tells about the advantages of the New Life in terms of freedom from dukkha. He introduces the idea of ‘absolute good,’ a kind of good that is above good or beyond good, which in Buddhism is called ‘void’ or ‘empty.’ He explains that good life is constantly about death, but that with void life there is no death. Void life is beyond good, evil, and death, beyond positive and negative. New Life is the life that is free, no longer tied up and bonded to the opposites.
This Dhamma teaching was offered by Tan Ajahn on 8th August 1986.
Live English translation by Santikaro Bhikkhu; 75 minutes
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