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that that whenever we experience natural conditions that that enter via the the the six apertures: Be they our eyes ears nose tongue physical body mind—Regardless of of the the the the kind of of natural natural conditions conditions it it it is but especially the the natural natural conditions conditions that are are unwholesome we should should be be promptly aware We We should should should not not be be deceived into holding onto (these natural conditions) as as us us as as ours We We should should not not allow the the the the sense of “us” to to to to to to emerge Practitioners have have the the the the the the duty to to to to to to study the the the the the the Truth Truth Truth to to to to to to have have insights into the the the the the the Truth Truth Truth to to to to to to accept the the the the the the Truth Truth Truth and to to to to to to live with the the the the the the reality reality that emerges Therefore the the the the the the words “dhamma” or or or “Ultimate Truth” are the the the the the the reality reality of of of nature of of of the the the the the the physical and and and mental phenomena of of of the the the the the body and and and the the the the the mind both internal and and and external— This is is the the the Ultimate Truth that we should study Therefore by separating the the the the physical and and the the the the mental phenomena / the the the the the the body body and and the the the the the the mind in in in this way we should contemplate whether the the the the body body that that that sits here—does it it it it proclaim itself to to to be be us? us? The mind that that that is is is uncluttered and light that that that does does does its its its its duty to to to experience—does it it it proclaim itself to to to be be us? us? This is is is the the the question question that that the the the the the the Buddha Buddha asked asked all the the the the the the monks (bhikkhus) The question question that that the the the the the Buddha Buddha asked asked the the the the the Pancavaggiya (the five original disciples of 95
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