An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on anatta (not-self), and the importance also of honoring personhood and cultivating flexibility of view so as to respond appropriately to circumstances. The emptiness of all phenomena is also briefly explained and explored.
The unawakened worldly mind seeks to accumulate. It generates a sense of self from holding on. The Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta points to release and letting go. We practice standing back from phenomena, allowing things to move and shift without reacting to them. Just witnessing and awake – this is liberation.
An exploration of ways of practicing with perceptions of the five elements - earth, water, fire, air, space - so as to cultivate samadhi, realize non-self (anatta) and understand the appearance and fabrication of perception and intention.
