The Teaching of Ajahn Suchart.
17 October 2024
Question: The ego cannot kill the ego so I ask myself: How do I transcend my ego - my false sense of separate self?
Than Ajahn: You use knowledge.
Because your ego is the production of your delusion, your ignorance.
Because in reality there is no ego. An ego is just an invention by your mind due to ignorance of the true nature of the mind. The mind is the one who knows, who thinks. But it isn’t an ego, it isn’t a self, it isn’t a person. It is just a function, like knowing and thinking.
But it thinks that this thinking is itself; is an ego. So you have to use wisdom or knowledge to get rid of your ego.
The knowledge of the truth. How do you get to this truth? You have to meditate. When you meditate, when your mind becomes calm, then your ego will disappear because your thoughts stop thinking. And you realize that your ego is the product of your thoughts, your thinking.
“Dhamma in English, May 24, 2019.”
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
YouTube: Dhamma in English.
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