Lay Supporter : I don't understand what is the meaning of no oneself or no selfness.
Luangta : Be carefully search into your body to find where your real selfness is.
In “Nirvana”, there is no existing of oneself or selfness that we have falsely hold onto.
Then, where is that oneself or selfness in this body?
Searching more and more in this body.
Is oneself or selfness in the hair? If it is in the hair, the selfness has to be totally disappeared after hair losing and Nirvana will be reached. But it is not like that because the feeling of oneself still exists even the hair is lost.
Is the selfness existing in the nail, teeth, skin, muscle, tendon, bone or internal organs like as liver, kidney, intestine, spleen, lung or heart?
All mentioned solid organs are composition of earth elements because they will finally decay into the dust or part of earth after dying.
Is the selfness in any organ or in the earth element? Surely, it is not.
After thoroughly searching, there is not any selfness found in any organ. But, why do we still have the feeling of existed selfness? Where is the real selfness?
Is the selfness in the liquid component? Is it in the blood, lymph, saliva, urine or oil?
If the selfness is not in the solid, it should be in the liquid. If that’s right, the selfness must be disappeared after urination.
Surely, it is not like that.
If the selfness is not in the solid or in the liquid, it should be in the breathing air. If that's right, the selfness must be disappeared after breathing air is totally exhaled.
Surly, it is not like that.
Is the selfness in the fire element that warm the body? If that's right, the selfness must be disappeared after body cooling down and heat disappearing from the body.
Surely, it's not like that.
Searching more and more into this body the whole day and night to find the real existing place of the selfness.
If the selfness is found in any organ or in any element of earth, water, air or fire, doctor can help you to remove that part out of the body in order to free you from the selfness, reaching to the "Nirvana" and "Free from the suffering"
Surely, it's not like that.
You should investigate more and more till your mind is accepted and surrendered to the natural truth and to the Buddha's teaching that there is no real existing of the selfness. There is only misunderstanding that the selfness is in this body.
If the selfness is not in the body (in the element of earth, water, air and fire), it should be in the feeling of consciousness mind.
So, if we can constantly keep the feeling of selfness in the mind, the selfness must not be disappeared. In fact, it is impossible to do that. Because the feeling of selfness will fade away during sleep and it will be created again in wakening. The selfness will be created according to the reaction that mind holds onto like as satisfaction or unsatisfaction. Whenever the reaction is changed, the selfness will be replaced with the new one. So, there is not constantly existing of selfness. It will arise and disappear at every moment according to the feeling that the mind holds onto.
After whole investigation into body and mind, can you find the existing of the constant or unchanged selfness? Where is it?
Investigating more and more till your mind is surrendered and accept that there is not the existing of selfness. At that moment, the ignorance or misunderstanding of selfness is suddenly destroyed.
Lay Supporter : Why are we still sitting here if there is no real selfness? Why is not there is only nothingness?
Luangta : Because we are still misunderstanding (being the ignorance) that there is the real existing of selfness though the impermanence is clearly shown.
Looking around. Looking at yourself. Are you still a baby now?
Lay Supporter : No.
Luangta : Can you be a young lady forever or you will get older like old lady beside you?
We are falsely holding onto the “Five Aggregates” that are impermanent, suffering, deteriorated and dead things as ourselves and belong to us though their uncertainty are clearly shown.
Is there anybody who’s born before or later never die?
Is there anybody who’s not getting older being a constant child or a constant adult?
Everyone is getting older and older like the old people here and dies like our grandparents at the end.
That is why everyone must come here to listen and to carefully consider about the truth till your mind is clearly understood and accept that there is not the real existing of selfness. There is only “the misunderstanding”.
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Body and mind are impermanent, suffering and not selfness then anyone should not hold onto them.
This fabrication (body and mind) is uncertain and it will finally disappear.
There is only occurrence of sadness when we have to face with dying, disappointing, unhappiness or separating from lover or loving thing. All are worldly sufferings.
Born for die, having for losing and meeting for separating are ordinary scenario of the world.
Anyone who is not mindful, no wisdom and not perceive the truth as it is, has to face with such sorrow.
“Born” always causes the suffering.
“No reborn” is free from the suffering.
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Luangta Narongsak Kheenalayo
Dhamma Teaching
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