Page 90 - Extinguishment of Self

better for for us us to to to to be be more aware of our our defilements defilements for for us us to to to to know how how to to to to to to make our our mind free from from defilements defilements from from bondage or or or or or how how how how to to to to to to let go go for for us to to to to to know how how how to to to to to sever sever natural conditions (arammana) how how how to to to to sever sever sufferings Therefore this is is a a a a a a a a a a a good opportunity during an an an important religious day for for us us to to to give ourselves some some time time As I have always said: By spending some some time time to to to to to study our our our own physical and and mental phenomena our our our our body and and mind to to to to learn to to to to know oneself to to to to be be aware of our our our desire our our our likes/dislikes—This is is is the most important thing for human beings How can we we be free or or step back from sufferings if we we do not pay attention to our our mind? Therefore dhamma practice here here is is is the the important thing By studying and contemplating our our our physical body our our mind constantly—this is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a way for us to learn about the the the the Ultimate Truth that the the the the the the Buddha taught regarding the the the the the the physical physical and and the the the the the the the mental phenomena the the the the the the the body body and and the the the the the the the mind That this physical physical body body is is is is is is governed by the the the the the Law of the the the the the Trilaksana—it emerges exists ceases—this cannot be controlled This is is is is is called: “Anicca (impermanence) dukkha (suffering) anatta (non-self)” that we we hear about constantly If we we have the opportunity to study and contemplate
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