Page 260 - Extinguishment of Self

onto it it it as though it it it is is is is is is permanent and always exists in this form? That is is is is is is is is the question And does it it it it claim to to to be be us to to to be be ours? This is is is is is is is is how we we we should contemplate contemplate When we we we contemplate contemplate in in this way it it is is is is is like answering the the the question that the the the Buddha asked the the the monks: “Is this corporeality permanent permanent or or or or or impermanent? Does it it it it suffer or or or or or is is it it it it happy? Is it it it it self self or or or or or non-self?” Contemplate that when we we we experience like this what do do we we we we think think think “What do do we we we we think” has a a a a a a a a a a a a a a broader sense than simply thinking that we we we we we have have already experienced—Rather after we we we we have have experienced experienced what what do we we we we learn The comprehension of of the the the past and of of the the the present—what are the the the differences? Do we we we we still think that that (this corporeality) is is ours like before or or or or do do we we we we we comprehend that that we we we we we were deluded? Now do do do do we we we we we experience it it it as as an emptiness we we we we we we no no no no longer latch latch latch onto onto onto it? The phrase “do not not not latch latch latch onto” does not not not mean that we we we we do do do not not not latch latch latch onto onto onto it it it only while we we we we meditate Even in in our everyday lives we we we should always think of this this Ultimate Truth: While this this corporeality is is is an emptiness when when things impact our physical body body when when there are coldness-hotness-softness-hardness-tautness- heaviness-lightness impacting our physical body—Do we still think that that these these impacts that that affect us—these coldness-hotness-softness- 252
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