Gil Fronsdal returns to relay the story of the sudden awakening of Bahiya, in addition to the liberating poem from the Buddha which it impressed.
On this Dharma Discuss, Gil Fronsdal relays Buddhist knowledge within the type of poems and tales which level on the simplicity of liberation. Exploring true freedom as launch moderately than aid, he provides perception into how we are able to peel again our psychological overlays and judgements so we will be with the candy suchness of expertise.
“Who’re you if you’re not telling your self who you might be?” – Gil Fronsdal
This Dharma Discuss by Gil Fronsdal was initially printed on DharmaSeed.org
Buddha & Freedom: Liberation as Launch
Exploring mindfulness via the lens of the Buddhist teachings on freedom—noting liberation as coming via launch, moderately than aid—Gil Fronsdal opens the discuss by relaying one of many Buddha’s Udānas (impressed utterances/poems), setting the groundwork for the later telling the story of the sudden awakening of Bahiya. From this vantage, he stretches our perspective by sharing how true freedom is freedom from each ache and bliss.
“The place water, earth, fireplace, and wind don’t have any footing; there, the celebs don’t shine, the solar is just not seen, the moon doesn’t seem, darkness is just not discovered. And when a Sage, via knowledge, has recognized this for him or her-self, then from kind and formless, from bliss and ache, she or he is freed.” – The Buddha
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The Sudden Awakening of Bahiya (13:33)
Gil tells the traditional Buddhist story of the sudden awakening of the renunciate and disciple of the Buddha, Bahiya. Via this story, Gil illuminates the subjects of non secular maturity, honesty, growing old, demise, perspective, simplicity, in search of a instructor, enlightenment, timing, psychological overlays, our current second expertise, Dharma, and letting go.
“I suggest there are numerous issues individuals on this world maintain onto that aren’t actually price it. Should you did the cost-benefit evaluation, it doesn’t come out within the favor of holding on.” – Gil Fronsdal
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Liberation in a Nutshell // Simplicity & Suchness (30:03)
Persevering with on with the traditional Buddhist story, Gil relays the straightforward enlightening recommendation Buddha shared with Bahiya, highlighting how as a substitute of expertise actuality for the simplicity of what it’s, we regularly complicate it with self-preoccupation and judgements. From right here, he describes how after we nestle into the sweetness and ease of expertise with out including psychological overlays to it, we understand there isn’t a “me/you” in reference to it – there may be merely the suchness of expertise.
“The course mindfulness observe goes is changing into easy. It’s an act of generosity to grant every expertise now we have its pristine simplicity of what it’s in and of itself.” – Gil Fronsdal
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