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　　 How can you say that you are wise and intelligent when you hold on to such things

　　 Since the day you were born, how many times has the mind tricked you into anger

　　 Some days the mind can even cause a whole family to quarrel, or cause you to cry all night. And yet we still continue to get angry, we still hold onto things and suffer. If you don”t see suffering you will have to keep suffering indefinitely, with no chance for respite. The world of samsara is like this. If we know the way it is we can solve the problem.

　　The Buddha”s teaching states that there is no better means to overcome suffering than to see that "this is not my self," "this is not mine." This is the greatest method. But we don”t usually pay attention to this. When suffering arises we simply cry over it without learning from it. Why is that so

　　 We must take a good hard look at these things, to develop the Buddho, the one who knows.

　　Take note, some of you may not be aware that this is Dhamma teaching. I”m going to give you some Dhamma that”s outside the scriptures. Most people read the scriptures but don”t see the Dhamma. Today I am going to give you a teaching that”s outside the scriptures. Some people may miss the point or not understand it.

　　Suppose two people are walking together and see a duck and a chicken. One of them says, "Why isn”t that chicken like the duck, why isn”t the duck like the chicken

　　" He wants the chicken to be a duck and the duck to be a chicken. It”s impossible. If it”s impossible, then even if that person were to wish for the duck to be a chicken and the chicken to be a duck for the rest of his life it would not come to pass, because the chicken is a chicken and the duck is a duck. As long as that person thought like that he would suffer. The other person might see that the chicken is a chicken and the duck is a duck, and that”s all there is to it. There is no problem. He sees rightly. If you want the duck to be a chicken and the chicken to be a duck you are really going to suffer.

　　In the same way, the law of aniccam states that all things are impermanent. If you want things to be permanent you”re going to suffer. Whenever impermanence shows itself you”re going to be disappointed. One who sees that things are naturally impermanent will be at ease, there will be no conflict. The one who wants things to be permanent is going to have conflict, maybe even losing sleep over it. This is to be ignorant of aniccam, impermanence, the teaching if the Buddha.

　　If you want to know the Dhamma where should you look

　　 You must look within the body and the mind. You won”t find it in the shelves of a bookcase. To really see the Dhamma you have to look within your own body and mind. There are only these two things. The mind is not visible to the physical eye, it must be seen with the "mind”s eye." Before the Dhamma can be realized you must know where to look. The Dhamma that is in the body must be seen in the body. And with what do we look at the body

　　 We look at the body with the mind. You won”t find the Dhamma looking anywhere else, because both happiness and suffering arise right here. Or have you seen happiness arising in the trees

　　 Or from the rivers, or the weather

　　 Happiness and suffering are feelings which arise in our own bodies and minds.

　　Therefore the Buddha tells us to know the Dhamma right here. The Dhamma is right here, we must look right here. The Master may tell you to look at the Dhamma in the books, but if you think that this is where the Dhamma really is, you”ll never see it. Having looked at the books you must reflect on those teachings inwardly. Then you can understand the Dhamma. Where does the real Dhamma exist

　　 It exists right here in this body and mind of ours. This is the essenc…

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