Awakening From The Illusion Of Separation
by Thich Nhat Hanh, The Island of Self
The Open Mind
We are here to awaken from the illusion of separateness ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The following is a short excerpt from a 1998 Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, entitled The Island of Self: The Three Dharma Seals. Here he explains how awareness of the interdependence of all things in the universe can provide us with deeper insight into the Buddha’s teachings on non-self, emptiness and impermanence.
“What is non-self, Anatta? It means impermanence. If things are impermanent, they don’t remain the same things forever. You of this moment are no longer you of a minute ago. There is no permanent entity within us, there is only a stream of being.
There is always a lot of input and output. The input and the output happen in every second, and we should learn how to look at life as streams of being, and not as separate entities. This is a very profound teaching of the Buddha.
Read more »
Every Day is Earth Day
Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2016/03/awakening-from-illusion-of-separation.html
