The Truth of No-Self–A Key to Realizing True Happiness
Posted by George Shears | Filed under Mindfulness Meditation
Each of the following three bulleted links below will take you to an excerpt from (or related to) Bodhipaksa’s wonderful new book, “Living Like a River.” Together, they elucidate beautifully the truth of “no self” (“anatta”), which was taught by the Buddha as one of the three basic “marks of existence.” The other two of these three basic truths are: Impermanence (“anicca”) and suffering or unsatisfactoriness (“dukkha”).
Here are the three nuggets of wisdom generously offered by Bodhipaksa from his book in elucidating the truth of no-self.
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“If you come to think of it what a queer thing life is.” (P.G. Wodehouse)
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“We are like violins.” (Barbara Sher)
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Understanding this truth fully and deeply and then learning to live in accordance with it is truly a wise way to happiness. I strongly encourage you, then, to give yourself a life-enhancing gift by taking a few minutes to read these three excerpts.
The exceptionally powerful method that the Buddha discovered to gain full experiential recognition of the truth of no-self, as well as of impermanence and suffering, is a particular kind of meditation called “mindfulness.”
The free audios that you can access in the link below provide an in depth experiential introduction to mindfulness.
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In his seminal book, “Sacred Economics,” Charles Eisenstein describes the present era as “The Age of Separation.” Very cogently, he shows how our current form of capitalism/consumerism has alienated us from each other and from the biosphere . As an antidote, he prescribes the healing alternative of a new “gifting economy.”
According to the teachings of The Buddha, the greatest happiness is attained through awakening fully through meditation to our timeless essence, the Unborn, which is completely unstained and uncorrupted by the “burden of existence.”
In the following short video, Andrew Cohen presents this as also being the ultimate form of psychotherapy. I strongly recommend that you watch
The following is a complete listing, ordered by date, of all posts to this blog. Just click on each one to access the blog entry.
Craig Hamilton–An Introduction to Integral Enlightenment
Michael Dowd–Evolutionizing Your Life
This blog has been created as a resource to all people who are dedicated to increasing happiness and to decreasing suffering in their lives--and in the world--by learning how to live more wisely and skillfully.
It aims to include a distillation of what I have personally learned in theses regards, along with the collective wisdom of many others.
Our happiness is all a matter of perspective. The more we expect to gain happiness from something, the more we experience it. I guess this is related to being aware of what makes us happy, therefore taking control of our lives being relatively happier. By being mindful of ourselves, we are able to identify what will make us move forward to a happier and generally better way of living.
Salinya´s last [type] ..Matthieu Ricard- Habits of Happiness
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