Guest guest Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Friends: Belief in an Ego is the Strongest Bondage linking to Death! At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said: Bhikkhus, the uninstructed ordinary person regards form as self, or self as possessing a form, or form as inside self, or self as inside a frame of form...This, bhikkhus, is called an uninstructed ordinary person, who is bound by bondage to form, who is bound by inner and outer bondage, who neither sees the near shore nor the far shore, who grows old in bondage, who dies in bondage, who goes from this world to the next other world in bondage...Such one regards feeling, perception, mental construction & consciousness as self or self as having feeling, perception, construction & consciousness, or feeling, perception, construction & consciousness as being inside a self, or a self as hidden inside feeling, perception, construction & consciousness!!!Such one, Bhikkhus, is called an uninstructed ordinary person who is bound by bondage, by clinging, by inner chains to feeling, perception, mental construction, and consciousness... Such one, Bhikkhus, bound by both inner & outer bondage, who neither sees this near shore nor the far shore, who grows old in bondage, who dies in bondage, will pass on in bondage to the next world still in bondage!!! Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 22:117 III 165http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html Warmest Regards, O. Prakash Ram Om Namah Shivaya ------------------------- My : If you are into religion, pls feel free to visit and join this group. Sri_Paandi_Muneeswaran_Koottai/ New and Improved Mail - 1GB of free storage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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