1 00:00:00,533 --> 00:00:04,300 < Ahan Sutra >: Twelve Causes to Disassemble the Underlying Code of Suffering 2 00:00:05,133 --> 00:00:07,966 How precise is the cycle of twelve causes? 3 00:00:08,633 --> 00:00:12,366 You went from the moment the alarm went off this morning to now 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,833 It's gone in one piece for an unknown number of rounds. 5 00:00:15,733 --> 00:00:18,900 Every time you're anxious about a piece of news 6 00:00:18,933 --> 00:00:21,866 Every time you get irritated by a thought 7 00:00:21,866 --> 00:00:27,400 Every time you know you shouldn't swipe your phone, your finger slides over it 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,666 It's all the same program running behind 9 00:00:30,733 --> 00:00:32,066 Buddha did not have a computer 10 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:34,000 No flowchart software 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,933 But he looked at it through pure insight. 12 00:00:35,966 --> 00:00:38,033 Take every step of this process 13 00:00:38,033 --> 00:00:39,333 Every jump 14 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:40,866 Each cycle condition 15 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:42,433 All reverse engineered 16 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:46,233 And he discovered something even more crucial 17 00:00:46,233 --> 00:00:47,666 There's a loophole in this cycle. 18 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,266 You just need to insert a breakpoint at the correct location 19 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:52,800 The whole program will stop 20 00:00:54,566 --> 00:00:55,133 Hello 21 00:00:55,166 --> 00:00:55,833 Hello. 22 00:00:55,833 --> 00:00:56,433 I am Wang Lijie 23 00:00:57,133 --> 00:00:59,866 Last time we took apart the Four Noble Truths 24 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,900 The Buddha's diagnosis for all mankind 25 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,100 The symptom is suffering 26 00:01:05,133 --> 00:01:06,633 The cause is thirst 27 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:07,566 Noji 28 00:01:07,566 --> 00:01:08,700 The prescription is the Noble Eightfold Path 29 00:01:09,866 --> 00:01:14,066 What we're going to do today is open the attachment to that diagnosis 30 00:01:14,066 --> 00:01:15,366 pathology report 31 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:17,533 The Four Noble Truths tell you 32 00:01:17,533 --> 00:01:18,466 Are you sick? 33 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:19,933 The reason is this 34 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,466 Twelve causes tell you 35 00:01:21,466 --> 00:01:25,700 What exactly is going on inside you at any given moment? 36 00:01:26,033 --> 00:01:27,433 Twelve Causes 37 00:01:27,433 --> 00:01:28,766 Sanskrit is called Twelve Origins 38 00:01:29,766 --> 00:01:31,033 Twelve links 39 00:01:31,033 --> 00:01:32,100 end to end 40 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:32,900 Form a closed loop 41 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,533 It's not a linear causal chain. 42 00:01:35,533 --> 00:01:37,366 It's a self-reinforcing feedback loop. 43 00:01:38,366 --> 00:01:42,400 I'm going to go through the names of the 12 links as fast as I can. 44 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:43,666 Let you have a panorama in your heart 45 00:01:44,566 --> 00:01:46,766 And then we came back. 46 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,033 Take it apart slowly 47 00:01:50,366 --> 00:01:55,100 ignorance, line, knowledge, name, six entry, touch 48 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:59,866 Receive, love, take, have, live, old age and death 49 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:01,766 Twelve links 50 00:02:02,633 --> 00:02:03,900 The last old man to die 51 00:02:03,933 --> 00:02:06,333 Receive the first ignorance 52 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:07,833 Form a closed loop 53 00:02:08,466 --> 00:02:08,600 OK 54 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:13,433 Now I'm going to break those 12 links down into three. 55 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:17,500 You will have a better understanding of what each paragraph corresponds to in your life 56 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:19,200 first paragraph 57 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,133 Ignorance, action, awareness 58 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:26,000 These three links are the underlying drivers of the entire cycle 59 00:02:26,033 --> 00:02:28,933 You don't even realize they're running 60 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:31,866 It's not that you are stupid 61 00:02:31,866 --> 00:02:32,800 It's not that you haven't read 62 00:02:33,566 --> 00:02:35,900 The original meaning of the word is not ignorance 63 00:02:35,933 --> 00:02:37,500 But can't see clearly 64 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:38,700 You don't know. You don't know. 65 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,466 You treat the impermanent as if it were eternal 66 00:02:42,466 --> 00:02:46,766 Treat something without a fixed essence as having a fixed essence 67 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,033 Use the mechanism that creates pain as a tool for the pursuit of pleasure 68 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,766 This lack of vision is not a personal intellectual disability 69 00:02:53,766 --> 00:02:54,700 It is factory set. 70 00:02:55,866 --> 00:02:58,666 Evolution has written it into your operating system. 71 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:00,700 Because a creature who always feels that there is not enough 72 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:03,333 Has a survival advantage over a contented creature 73 00:03:04,233 --> 00:03:07,100 Natural selection doesn't care if you're happy. 74 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:08,766 It only cares if you survive or not 75 00:03:09,833 --> 00:03:11,033 So I can't see clearly. 76 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:13,066 It's the default mode it comes pre-installed for you. 77 00:03:13,833 --> 00:03:16,066 Driven by ignorance 78 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:17,566 It's not your walk 79 00:03:17,566 --> 00:03:18,600 It means artificial 80 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:25,233 Based on all the psychological impulses and behavioral responses that arise from not seeing clearly 81 00:03:26,333 --> 00:03:28,966 You think you're making choices freely. 82 00:03:28,966 --> 00:03:30,166 But most of the time 83 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,866 You're just executing an unspecified script 84 00:03:33,733 --> 00:03:37,666 These artifacts form imprints deep in your consciousness 85 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:40,200 In the language we use in the Consciousness Only series 86 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,000 The seed was planted into Alaya consciousness 87 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:44,400 Then comes the knowledge 88 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,366 In the context of the Twelve Causes 89 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,633 This knowledge is not a categorical framework of the eight kinds of knowledge in consciousness-only 90 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:56,866 It is closer to the original projection of consciousness - with the base color of ignorance 91 00:03:56,866 --> 00:03:59,333 With all the marks left by the pretense 92 00:03:59,366 --> 00:04:01,366 A cognitive system comes online 93 00:04:02,166 --> 00:04:03,733 These three links together 94 00:04:03,766 --> 00:04:05,000 What's that? 95 00:04:05,166 --> 00:04:06,766 It's before you open your eyes 96 00:04:06,766 --> 00:04:08,466 The system has completed the initialization 97 00:04:09,366 --> 00:04:13,166 You think you wake up every morning a blank slate 98 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:13,800 Actually, no. 99 00:04:14,666 --> 00:04:16,100 The moment you wake up 100 00:04:16,133 --> 00:04:18,500 Wuming is already running in the background. 101 00:04:18,533 --> 00:04:20,500 Your emotional response patterns from yesterday 102 00:04:20,533 --> 00:04:22,666 Already saved as seed 103 00:04:22,666 --> 00:04:25,000 Your mind carries these preconceptions. 104 00:04:25,033 --> 00:04:25,900 Start a new day 105 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,100 You have not chosen this starting point 106 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,800 But you start from this point. 107 00:04:31,533 --> 00:04:32,766 second paragraph 108 00:04:32,766 --> 00:04:35,200 Name, Six in, Touch, Receive 109 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:37,266 These four links 110 00:04:37,266 --> 00:04:39,133 It's your perception system that comes online 111 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,700 And start the process of receiving data 112 00:04:41,566 --> 00:04:44,333 Fame is your physical and mental structure 113 00:04:44,333 --> 00:04:46,033 Name is mental activity 114 00:04:46,033 --> 00:04:47,566 Color is a form of matter. 115 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,733 Combined, it is your entire hardware and operating system. 116 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:54,133 So, hexagon is six sensors. 117 00:04:54,166 --> 00:04:58,833 Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind 118 00:04:58,866 --> 00:05:01,166 All your information receiving ports are open. 119 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:04,700 The touch is when the sensor meets the data. 120 00:05:04,733 --> 00:05:08,733 Your eyes catch a message that pops up on your phone screen. 121 00:05:08,733 --> 00:05:11,600 Your ears hear the boss calling your name 122 00:05:12,366 --> 00:05:13,500 Then there is suffering 123 00:05:13,533 --> 00:05:14,800 Touch makes sense. 124 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:16,366 Attention 125 00:05:16,366 --> 00:05:18,933 This feeling is very primitive 126 00:05:18,966 --> 00:05:20,200 There are only three. 127 00:05:20,233 --> 00:05:22,366 Comfortable, uncomfortable, or insensitive 128 00:05:23,233 --> 00:05:24,633 It's much faster than your mind. 129 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,600 The moment you saw that message 130 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,333 Your body reacts before your brain does 131 00:05:31,366 --> 00:05:32,666 Stomach tightens slightly 132 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:34,200 Or the chest sinks 133 00:05:34,233 --> 00:05:35,566 Or the corners of the mouth rise slightly 134 00:05:36,566 --> 00:05:38,066 This reaction is automatic 135 00:05:38,066 --> 00:05:39,066 Extremely fast. 136 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,400 Almost out of your control 137 00:05:41,533 --> 00:05:42,566 So far. 138 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,000 Everything is still within normal limits. 139 00:05:44,866 --> 00:05:46,433 sensory reception data 140 00:05:46,433 --> 00:05:48,166 Produce primal feelings 141 00:05:48,166 --> 00:05:50,666 And that's what any conscious system would do. 142 00:05:51,666 --> 00:05:54,400 Reference before we "have two of you in mind 143 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:55,300 One is saying 144 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:58,366 A point of view that was listening to that video 145 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,633 The above part can be understood as a small local AI model of our physical body 146 00:06:02,633 --> 00:06:04,300 In automated operation 147 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:06,933 It's like Tesla's driverless FSD. 148 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:08,566 Or the NPCs in the game. 149 00:06:09,433 --> 00:06:11,533 The crux of the matter lies in the next jump 150 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,100 third paragraph 151 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:17,300 Love, take, have, life, old age and death 152 00:06:18,166 --> 00:06:21,166 This is the most crucial passage in the entire twelve causes 153 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:22,600 The Engine Room of Human Suffering 154 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:25,133 Before entering the analysis 155 00:06:25,166 --> 00:06:29,400 I want to give you a firsthand sense of what the Buddha himself said about this passage. 156 00:06:30,433 --> 00:06:32,033 In the Pali Classics 157 00:06:32,066 --> 00:06:36,000 There is a burning scripture called the Fire Sermon 158 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,333 The Buddha said to a thousand practitioners 159 00:06:38,333 --> 00:06:40,833 Your eyes are burning 160 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:43,066 What you see is burning 161 00:06:43,066 --> 00:06:46,066 The consciousness generated by the eyes is burning 162 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:48,400 Eye contact is burning 163 00:06:48,433 --> 00:06:50,800 All feelings generated by contact 164 00:06:50,833 --> 00:06:52,166 Whether it is comfortable 165 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,100 uncomfortable 166 00:06:53,133 --> 00:06:54,833 Still not bitter 167 00:06:54,833 --> 00:06:55,700 All are burning 168 00:06:56,566 --> 00:06:58,300 Burned by what 169 00:06:58,566 --> 00:06:59,933 Fire of greed 170 00:06:59,966 --> 00:07:00,966 Fire of hatred 171 00:07:00,966 --> 00:07:01,966 The fire of ignorance burns 172 00:07:02,666 --> 00:07:03,966 Ears are burning 173 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,500 The nose is burning 174 00:07:05,533 --> 00:07:06,933 Tongue is burning 175 00:07:06,933 --> 00:07:08,266 Body is burning 176 00:07:08,266 --> 00:07:09,000 Consciousness is burning 177 00:07:09,766 --> 00:07:11,366 Your entire sensory system 178 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,066 It's burning with these three fires all the time. 179 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,700 What is Buddha doing? 180 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,900 He wasn't explaining the chain of touch, reception and love. 181 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:21,166 He tore it open 182 00:07:22,133 --> 00:07:25,200 Your senses are not calmly receiving information. 183 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,000 They're burning. 184 00:07:27,066 --> 00:07:28,200 Every touch 185 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:29,833 Behind every feeling 186 00:07:29,866 --> 00:07:31,900 There is a fire of greed, anger and delusion burning 187 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,166 It is said that a thousand listeners became enlightened on the spot 188 00:07:35,933 --> 00:07:38,166 Whether this account is exaggerated or not 189 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,766 The message was clear. 190 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,466 When you really see your sensory system burning 191 00:07:44,466 --> 00:07:45,866 The one who sees itself 192 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:47,000 It has the power to put out fires 193 00:07:48,333 --> 00:07:49,000 OK 194 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,666 Now back to the structure of the twelve causes 195 00:07:51,766 --> 00:07:53,900 And it creates a primal feeling. 196 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:55,300 Then love comes 197 00:07:56,233 --> 00:07:58,366 Love is not the love of love here 198 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,833 Its original meaning is thirst 199 00:08:00,866 --> 00:08:02,933 The one I talked about in the last issue 200 00:08:02,933 --> 00:08:04,166 Thirst like a fire in the throat 201 00:08:05,166 --> 00:08:06,900 Comfortable feeling rises 202 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:09,033 You automatically want more. 203 00:08:09,066 --> 00:08:11,066 Uncomfortable feelings arise 204 00:08:11,066 --> 00:08:12,366 You automatically want to drive away 205 00:08:13,166 --> 00:08:14,333 This automatically 206 00:08:14,366 --> 00:08:15,533 Is the key 207 00:08:15,566 --> 00:08:17,733 You haven't thought about it at all 208 00:08:17,733 --> 00:08:19,133 The reaction has already happened 209 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:21,366 Once the thirst starts 210 00:08:21,366 --> 00:08:22,533 Upgrade to take 211 00:08:22,666 --> 00:08:23,400 attachment 212 00:08:23,933 --> 00:08:25,366 Not just I want 213 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,233 But I have to get 214 00:08:28,366 --> 00:08:31,066 Deeper than love 215 00:08:31,066 --> 00:08:33,366 Because it's starting to hang on 216 00:08:34,433 --> 00:08:36,866 You don't just want to feel comfortable. 217 00:08:36,866 --> 00:08:39,433 You start to build a narrative around it. 218 00:08:39,466 --> 00:08:41,033 I deserve this. 219 00:08:41,066 --> 00:08:43,100 Lose this and I'm done 220 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:44,700 Why do others have it and I don't? 221 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,566 Take solidification as have 222 00:08:47,566 --> 00:08:48,266 inertia of existence 223 00:08:48,933 --> 00:08:51,333 Your behavior patterns are locked 224 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:53,666 Your identity is reinforced 225 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,633 You become the anxious one. 226 00:08:55,633 --> 00:08:57,933 The one who always feels mistreated 227 00:08:57,933 --> 00:08:59,233 The person who can't live without his phone 228 00:08:59,933 --> 00:09:01,133 Karma is formed here 229 00:09:02,166 --> 00:09:04,500 Then life and old age and death 230 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:07,333 Carry on with these solidified patterns 231 00:09:07,366 --> 00:09:09,266 And then existence dies. 232 00:09:10,766 --> 00:09:13,533 Decline itself creates new ignorance 233 00:09:13,566 --> 00:09:17,000 Because of the fear and confusion you experience from decline 234 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,700 It becomes the fuel for the next cycle 235 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,833 Closed loop complete 236 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:22,800 OK 237 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,433 The structure is demolished 238 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:25,966 Now I'm going to tell you 239 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,500 The most important thing in the entire Twelve Causes 240 00:09:28,533 --> 00:09:29,333 Where is the exit? 241 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,033 The exit is between acceptance and love 242 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:34,633 This is also the interface between consciousness and primordial spirit 243 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:36,600 Or rather 244 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,366 The interface between Tesla's steering wheel and the driver in autonomous driving 245 00:09:41,566 --> 00:09:45,566 Do you want Yuanshen to take over the self-driving driverless car? 246 00:09:45,566 --> 00:09:46,500 Just at this moment 247 00:09:47,433 --> 00:09:49,600 Moments you see a colleague get promoted 248 00:09:49,633 --> 00:09:50,133 This is touch. 249 00:09:51,233 --> 00:09:53,466 A complex feeling surged in his chest 250 00:09:53,466 --> 00:09:53,900 This is subject to 251 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,833 So far. 252 00:09:55,833 --> 00:09:56,766 You have no choice. 253 00:09:57,666 --> 00:09:59,300 Sensory exposure to data 254 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:01,233 The body produces primal feelings 255 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:02,300 This is automatic. 256 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,033 But then something happened 257 00:10:05,066 --> 00:10:06,400 Decided everything 258 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,266 You are pushed by this feeling 259 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,233 Or did you see this feeling? 260 00:10:10,633 --> 00:10:12,000 If you are being pushed 261 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,366 The uncomfortable feeling is automatically triggered: why is he promoted? 262 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:17,333 Not my reaction to the promotion 263 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:20,200 This is love. 264 00:10:20,233 --> 00:10:21,766 And then you regurgitate. 265 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:22,600 compare 266 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,433 make up stories 267 00:10:23,466 --> 00:10:24,833 This is taking 268 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:27,633 Emotions solidified that I was mistreated by the world 269 00:10:27,933 --> 00:10:28,400 This is there 270 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,966 The whole process may only take three seconds 271 00:10:31,966 --> 00:10:34,066 But the core structure of the twelve causes 272 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:34,933 Ran it all over again. 273 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,400 What if you saw it? 274 00:10:37,566 --> 00:10:38,566 You notice that 275 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,600 A feeling rose in my chest 276 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:41,200 Not very comfortable 277 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,633 You didn't reach out and grab it. 278 00:10:43,666 --> 00:10:44,900 Didn't turn around to run away from it 279 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:46,666 There you were. 280 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:47,000 Watch it. 281 00:10:48,166 --> 00:10:49,833 It only takes a few seconds. 282 00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:53,800 The automatic jump between receiving and loving 283 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:54,100 Broken 284 00:10:54,966 --> 00:10:57,000 The chain broke a link here 285 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,733 Take the back 286 00:10:58,766 --> 00:10:59,800 Yes. 287 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,600 raw 288 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,566 Old age and death have all lost their raw materials 289 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,433 This cycle can't go on 290 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:07,433 Congratulations! 291 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:08,433 That moment 292 00:11:08,466 --> 00:11:09,966 On a dangerous road 293 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,366 You successfully took over your driverless car 294 00:11:12,366 --> 00:11:12,966 Avoided danger 295 00:11:13,933 --> 00:11:14,733 That moment. 296 00:11:14,766 --> 00:11:16,933 You are a true gamer 297 00:11:16,933 --> 00:11:18,233 Rather than NPCs 298 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:20,700 This intervention point discovered by the Buddha 299 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:23,633 The core operation of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy today 300 00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:25,900 Point to the exact same location 301 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:27,266 You're not changing your feelings. 302 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,766 You're changing your relationship to your feelings. 303 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,300 And there's a saying that goes around. 304 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:35,466 There is a space between stimulus and response 305 00:11:35,466 --> 00:11:36,733 In that space 306 00:11:36,766 --> 00:11:38,566 There is the power to choose our responses. 307 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:42,433 This quote is often attributed to Victor Frankl 308 00:11:42,433 --> 00:11:44,933 The exact origin is still in doubt 309 00:11:44,933 --> 00:11:46,633 But the space it describes 310 00:11:46,633 --> 00:11:51,633 And the gap between receiving and loving that Buddha discovered through Vipassana under the Bodhi tree 311 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:52,533 Is the same location 312 00:11:54,066 --> 00:11:57,366 Frankl's personal experience in Nazi concentration camps 313 00:11:57,366 --> 00:12:00,300 It is the strongest evidence that this space really exists 314 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:02,166 You might ask 315 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,866 This gap is too narrow 316 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:04,933 Less than a second 317 00:12:04,933 --> 00:12:06,533 How could I possibly squeeze in? 318 00:12:06,766 --> 00:12:10,200 This is why there is mindfulness and concentration in the Noble Eightfold Path 319 00:12:11,166 --> 00:12:12,133 The function of mindfulness 320 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:14,400 Just widen that gap 321 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,400 Never less than a second 322 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,633 Become two seconds 323 00:12:16,633 --> 00:12:17,200 Three seconds 324 00:12:17,233 --> 00:12:17,933 Ten seconds 325 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,066 The function of positive definition 326 00:12:20,066 --> 00:12:23,566 Is to keep your attention firmly anchored in that gap 327 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,000 Not to be swept away by the waves of feeling 328 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,233 As you continue to train awareness 329 00:12:28,233 --> 00:12:30,966 The space you have between receiving and loving 330 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:31,933 It's going to get bigger. 331 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:33,833 Big to the end 332 00:12:33,833 --> 00:12:35,866 You can stand in that space. 333 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:38,600 Watch the whole cycle run in front of you 334 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,800 Without getting caught up in it 335 00:12:40,466 --> 00:12:43,266 This is the prescription for the Four Noble Truths I talked about in the last issue 336 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:44,466 Noble Eightfold Path 337 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:47,733 The exact connection point with the twelve causes and conditions I talked about today 338 00:12:48,533 --> 00:12:51,266 The Four Noble Truths say that suffering can end 339 00:12:51,266 --> 00:12:54,466 Twelve causes tell you where it ends 340 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:56,433 The Noble Eightfold Path tells you how to end 341 00:12:57,333 --> 00:12:58,400 Three sets of frameworks 342 00:12:58,433 --> 00:12:58,900 A system 343 00:12:59,733 --> 00:13:04,133 Finally, I'd like to use two other original dialogues from the Ahan Sutra 344 00:13:04,166 --> 00:13:05,700 Let's wrap up today's content 345 00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:08,433 The first paragraph is the Arrow Parable Sutra 346 00:13:09,366 --> 00:13:11,566 A cultivator named the boy 347 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,833 Went and asked the Buddha a series of metaphysical questions 348 00:13:15,833 --> 00:13:19,066 Is the universe eternal or not? 349 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:23,533 Are the soul and the body the same thing or different things? 350 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:24,333 Buddha does not answer 351 00:13:25,833 --> 00:13:26,566 So he says. 352 00:13:26,666 --> 00:13:28,900 You're like a poisoned arrow. 353 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:30,166 Before the arrow is drawn 354 00:13:30,166 --> 00:13:32,866 You have to find out who fired the arrow first 355 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:34,633 What material is the bow made of? 356 00:13:34,633 --> 00:13:36,400 What shape is the arrow? 357 00:13:36,633 --> 00:13:37,733 You haven't figured it out yet 358 00:13:37,766 --> 00:13:38,500 Is already dead 359 00:13:39,333 --> 00:13:40,466 This conversation 360 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,966 It is the attitude of the Buddha towards the learner of the twelve karma 361 00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:47,633 You don't have to ask the ultimate question of where ignorance comes from. 362 00:13:48,433 --> 00:13:51,566 The Twelve Causes are not for your philosophical speculation 363 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,766 It's a blueprint. 364 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:54,566 What you need 365 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,166 Is to find that breakpoint 366 00:13:56,266 --> 00:13:57,966 The gap between acceptance and love 367 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:58,766 Then do it. 368 00:13:59,466 --> 00:14:00,800 Arrow on you 369 00:14:00,833 --> 00:14:01,266 Draw the arrow first 370 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:03,133 One more paragraph 371 00:14:03,133 --> 00:14:03,833 It's the Snake Parable 372 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:07,333 Buddha drew an analogy 373 00:14:07,333 --> 00:14:08,433 Someone wants to catch a snake 374 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,966 If he scratches the snake's tail 375 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,100 The snake will turn back and bite him 376 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,166 If he first holds the snake in place with a forked stick 377 00:14:16,266 --> 00:14:18,100 Hold it firmly by the neck again 378 00:14:18,133 --> 00:14:18,733 Won't be bitten 379 00:14:19,666 --> 00:14:20,533 Buddha said 380 00:14:20,566 --> 00:14:22,166 That's what I teach. 381 00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:23,633 If you grab the wrong spot 382 00:14:23,633 --> 00:14:24,866 It will harm you in turn 383 00:14:25,733 --> 00:14:26,500 This sentence 384 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:29,066 For all those who study the twelve causes 385 00:14:29,066 --> 00:14:30,533 Is an extremely important warning 386 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:34,566 You can memorize the twelve links by heart 387 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,566 You can use it to analyze other people's emotional responses 388 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,533 Well analyzed 389 00:14:39,533 --> 00:14:42,033 But if you just think of it as a mind game 390 00:14:42,033 --> 00:14:44,033 As an after-dinner conversation 391 00:14:44,066 --> 00:14:45,300 You're scratching the snake's tail. 392 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:48,366 Really grasp the twelve causes correctly 393 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,233 Is to use it in your own life 394 00:14:51,233 --> 00:14:55,566 The next time you feel the moment you are raised 395 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,000 Can you walk without being automatically pushed? 396 00:14:58,133 --> 00:14:59,266 That's catching the snakehead. 397 00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:04,833 So, 2,500 years ago, the Buddha made this 12-step flow chart. 398 00:15:04,866 --> 00:15:06,300 Its core message 399 00:15:06,333 --> 00:15:10,233 It's not that life is an endless cycle, you accept your fate 400 00:15:10,233 --> 00:15:10,900 Quite the contrary. 401 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:12,800 It's telling you. 402 00:15:12,833 --> 00:15:15,066 Although the loop is the default state 403 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:17,066 But the default state can be overridden 404 00:15:17,866 --> 00:15:19,733 The exit is not outside the loop 405 00:15:19,766 --> 00:15:22,400 You don't need to step out of your life to stop the pain 406 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:25,766 The exit is inside the loop 407 00:15:25,833 --> 00:15:27,433 Just between receiving and loving 408 00:15:27,466 --> 00:15:28,900 In that gap of less than a second 409 00:15:29,633 --> 00:15:31,833 The starting point for all your spiritual practices in life 410 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:33,900 Maybe that's the moment. 411 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,233 The feeling rises 412 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:36,733 You are not being pushed 413 00:15:36,766 --> 00:15:37,500 You saw it. 414 00:15:38,866 --> 00:15:40,733 And once you see it once 415 00:15:40,733 --> 00:15:43,166 You can't pretend you didn't see it anymore 416 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,000 In the next issue, we will leave Ahan Sutra 417 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,833 Enter one of the most famous Buddhist scriptures 418 00:15:49,833 --> 00:15:50,333 Diamond Sutra 419 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,466 There should be nothing to live in but a heart 420 00:15:53,466 --> 00:15:57,633 This is probably the most well-known Buddhist scripture in all of China 421 00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,266 What are you talking about? 422 00:15:59,433 --> 00:16:02,733 It is related to the Four Noble Truths and the Twelve Causes established by us in these two periods 423 00:16:02,766 --> 00:16:04,200 What is the relationship? 424 00:16:04,366 --> 00:16:06,300 For the twelve causes discussed today 425 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,066 How do you feel? 426 00:16:08,166 --> 00:16:10,900 Especially the gap between love and love 427 00:16:10,933 --> 00:16:12,466 You are in your daily life 428 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:14,700 Have you ever captured that moment? 429 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,700 The feeling rises 430 00:16:16,733 --> 00:16:19,466 But you're not immediately pushed around. 431 00:16:19,566 --> 00:16:21,166 Even if only once 432 00:16:21,266 --> 00:16:22,366 Welcome to let me know in the comment area. 433 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:24,366 I am Wang Lijie 434 00:16:24,466 --> 00:16:25,333 See you next time.