Looking At No Thing Desana

Adam Mizner' s Dhamma Talk on Looking at No Thing Desana. Adam Mizner has dedicated many years to the in-depth study of Daoism, western Hermetics and the Buddha Dhamma, is initiated into and teaches methods from these traditions. He is a senior lay disciple of Ajahn Jumnien in the Thai Forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. This deep spiritual background has a large influence on his approach to internal development teaching.

Please note: This track was recorded live and may contain background noises.

Transcript

At the heart of all spiritual practice,

At the heart of all spiritual philosophy,

At the heart of all religion,

We have the question of who am I,

What am I?

The question of the spirit,

The question of the mind.

What is it that we cultivate?

What is it that we try to purify?

What is it that's reborn or reincarnated?

So many people get caught up in countless theories,

Absorbed in various philosophies and develop a fuse and opinions from every direction.

Develop a forest of views,

A thicket of views,

Become lost in views.

As we accumulate views,

We accumulate ego.

We accumulate self-identification.

We identify with our views.

I'm a Buddhist,

I believe in not-self.

I'm a Christian,

I believe in the Holy Spirit.

I practice Hinduism,

I believe in the Hindu atma and self.

All these views accumulate within our mind and fabricate our self.

And then we cling to these ideas,

Identify with these ideas and these ideas directly create suffering.

They create suffering because nobody thinks the same as we do.

We want others to think the same as we do.

So we're pleased when they do and displeased when they don't.

It's not much different to having political views.

We sit down and.

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