A Short Pointer Better Than Ten Thousand Words

 

Soh Wei Yu

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Sometimes lengthy writings and texts may not be as potent and powerful as a short and concise pointer deeply contemplated and penetrated. This short teaching by Buddha has led to my anatta breakthrough and for many others. A crucial pointer. English and Chinese:
In the seen, there is only the seen,
in the heard, there is only the heard,
in the sensed, there is only the sensed,
in the cognized, there is only the cognized.
Thus you should see that
indeed there is no thing here;
this, Bahiya, is how you should train yourself.
Since, Bahiya, there is for you
in the seen, only the seen,
in the heard, only the heard,
in the sensed, only the sensed,
in the cognized, only the cognized,
and you see that there is no thing here,
you will therefore see that
indeed there is no thing there.
As you see that there is no thing there,
you will see that
you are therefore located neither in the world of this,
nor in the world of that,
nor in any place
betwixt the two.
This alone is the end of suffering.” (ud. 1.10)







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Yin Ling
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Soh Wei Yu
Yin Ling made public
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Yin Ling
Soh Wei Yu thanks soh
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Tan Jui Horng
I'm wondering if I'm the only one who ended up with I Am insight while contemplating this sutta . Thankfully since the sutta also said nothing about this I Am I didn't end up stuck there.
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Soh Wei Yu
Tan Jui Horng you are not the only one
The Indonesian monk also
Later on i explained bahiya sutta and anatta to him, he realised anatta
Then he told me throughout indonesia no others have realised anatta
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Tan Jui Horng
Nice. Only 4 things to contemplate, very short so easy to hold in memory, little else to distract the practitioner so easier to get to "somewhere"
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Geovani Geo
Very powerful indeed
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