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Offline Caz

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Re: Dharma Tantrums.
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2010, 05:55:49 am »
People get upset about that which is close to their hearts.

Exactly!
Their own opinions are closer to their hearts than the other sentient beings with whom they're having the discussion. In direct contradiction to the dhamma/dharma.
This is of course attachment to views.
Mmm.. this tea's nice. Perhaps I'll try one of those wafers after all...

with Metta

Quiet right *Caz sips tea*
It would be nicer if we could let go of this self grasping and just enjoy the tea and biscuits with good company, and encouragement for our own Dharma practise  :blush:
A man sees the rope in the twilight he mistakenly apprehends a snake and develops fear. To remove this fear he must remove the mind apprehending a snake by realizing that there is no snake. Even then, if the rope is left in the same place there is a danger that the same mistake will be made in the future. The only way to remove this danger is to remove the rope. Similarly, sentient beings observing their aggregates in the darkness of their ignorance mistakenly apprehend an inherently existent I. This mind grasping at an inherently existent I is the root of samsara and the source of all fear. To remove the fears of samsara we must remove this mind by realizing that there is no inherently existent I.

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