VANAPRASTHA SANNYAS IN RISHIKESH

 VANAPRASTHA SANNYAS IN RISHIKESH 

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CONFUCIUS "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

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GAP OUT WITNESS SUBJECT - GOWS

GAP OUT AND PAUSE 

PAUSE LABEL CURIOUS COMPASSN ACCEPT - PLCCA 

 five-step process that can help you manage your mind, master your emotions, and feel more peace in the midst of conflict. When you feel overwhelming emotion and you’re tempted to react impulsively:

1. Stop and pause.
2. Label the emotion.
3. Lean in with curiosity.
4. Practice compassion.
5. Practice acceptancE

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B Is clinging to the idea of a self the reason we are reborn?

It is the primary reason. All ancillary conditions are contingent on this root cause. The avidyā or ignorance that underlies the clinging that drives the afflictive process of dependent origination related to I-making and mine-making is the root of samsara. Arhats and tathāgatas are only liberated because they have uprooted that delusion, bringing about the cessation of cause for samsara.

AN 7.49 Dutiyasaññā Sutta:

‘The recognition of selflessness in what is unsatisfactory, monks, when developed and cultivated, is of great fruit and benefit; it merges with the death-free, has the death-free as its end.’ Thus it was said. In reference to what was it said?

Monks, when a monk’s mind frequently remains acquainted with the recognition of selflessness in what is unsatisfactory, his mind is rid of “I-making” and “mine-making” with regard to this conscious body and externally with regard to all representations, and has transcended conceit, is at peace, and is well liberated.

For a more explicit statement in this regard, here is Atīśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna discussing the nature of self-grasping with his heart student Dromtönpa Gyelwé Jungné:

“In that case, what is the root of bondage [rebirth in samsara]?” asked Drom.

Atīśa: “It is the grasping at self.”

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