Once the Venerable
Ānanda approached the Blessed One and asked him:
Venerable Sir, it is said: Empty is the world, empty
is the world...
In what way, Venerable Sir, is it, that this world is Empty?
It is, Ānanda, because it is empty of a self, and of what belongs to
a self,
that it is said, the world is empty...
And what is it, which is empty of any self, and of what belongs to a
self?
The eye, all forms, visual consciousness, eye-contact and all the
feelings
arisen caused by eye-contact, are empty of any self, and empty of
what
belongs to a self...
The ear, all sounds, auditory consciousness, ear-contact, and all
feelings
arisen caused by ear-contact, are empty of any self, and empty of
what
belongs to a self...
The nose, all smells, olfactory consciousness, nose-contact, all
feeling arisen
from olfactory contact, the tongue, all flavours, all gustatory
consciousness,
tongue-contact, all feeling arisen by tasting, the body, all forms
of touch,
all tactile consciousness, all body-contact, all feelings arisen
caused by body
contact, that too is empty of any self, and of what belongs to any
self...
The mind is empty of any self. All thoughts and ideas are empty of
any self.
Mental consciousness is empty of any self. Mental-contact is empty
of self.
Whatever feeling arisen caused by any mental-contact, that too is
empty
of any self, and of what belongs to any self...
It is, Ānanda, because all this is empty of any self, & of what
belongs to any
even assumed made-up concept of self, that it is said: Empty is this
world...
An inflated void is any concept of "I", "Me", "Mine" & "Self"
The Ego Tunnel - Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger TED video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjY1fAcESs
More on the ultra-light Selfless Anti-Egoism
Anattā = No-Self:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Empty_of_What.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Egoless.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Prison_of_Pride.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Double_Problem.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Sandcastles.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Not_Yours.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Ego-Projection.htm
Though outwardly different, are all beings internally empty of any
same self!
Source:
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV
[54]
Section 35: On The 6 Senses. Empty is the World: 85.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
Empty of
EGO!
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