My very first exposure to the idea that the separate self did not exist came in reading a variation of something I'd later find out was this sutra.
To reveal the nature of the reality of self, no more than this is needed.
In the seen, there is only the
seen,
in the heard, there is only the
heard,
in the sensed, there is only
the sensed,
in the cognized, there is
only the cognized.
Thus you should
see that
indeed there is no thing
here;
this, Bahiya, is how you should
train yourself.
Since, Bahiya, there
is for you
in the seen, only the
seen,
in the heard, only the
heard,
in the sensed, only the
sensed,
in the cognized, only the
cognized,
and you see that there is
no thing here,
you will therefore see
that
indeed there is no thing
there.
As you see that there is no
thing there,
you will see
that
you are therefore located
neither in the world of this,
nor in
the world of that,
nor in any
place
betwixt the
two.
This alone is the end of
suffering.”
You write: "... something I'd later find out what this sutra."
ReplyDeleteI can't make sense of this except by altering "what" to "was", is this what you were intending?