..续本文上一页t stuck in the heart. Cold doesn”t get stuck in the heart. Hard, soft, whatever, in the body, doesn”t get stuck, doesn”t seep in. Everything gets spit out, all the way to mental consciousness. The mind lets go of its goodness. It doesn”t hold onto the view or conceit that its goodness belongs to it. It spits out evil, unskillful states, so that evil can”t leak in to get it soaked. It spits out all the various things it knows, such as, "That”s the consciousness of living beings with bodies... That”s the consciousness of living beings without bodies... That”s really my consciousness." All of this gets spit out. That”s what”s called viññanasmimpi nibbindati. Dispassion for consciousness, dispassion for mental objects. Viraga vimuccati. Everything gets spit out; nothing gets swallowed, so nothing gets stuck in the throat. The eye doesn”t swallow forms, the ear doesn”t swallow sounds, the nose doesn”t swallow smells, the tongue doesn”t swallow flavors, the body doesn”t swallow tactile sensations, the mind doesn”t swallow ideas. Vimuccati: Release. There”s no more turmoil or entanglement. That”s when you”re said to be in the presence of nibbana. Vimuttasmim vimuttamiti ñanam hoti, khina jati, vusitam brahma-cariyam — "In release, there is the knowledge, ”Released.” Birth is ended, the holy life has been fulfilled." When we can practice in this way we”ll know clearly what”s the consciousness of animals, what”s our consciousness, and we can let go of them all. That”s when we”ll know that we”ve gained release from all three sorts of consciousness.

　　The consciousness of living beings with bodies isn”t our consciousness. The consciousness of living beings without bodies isn”t our consciousness. Our consciousness, which is aware of these things, isn”t us. These things get let go, in line with their nature. That”s when we can be said to know the five aggregates, the six sense media. We gain release from the world and can open our eyes. Our eyes will be able to see far, as when we slide away the walls on our home and can see for hundreds of yards. When our eyes aren”t stuck on forms, we can gain clairvoyant powers and see far. When our ears aren”t stuck on sounds, we can hear distant sounds. When our nose isn”t stuck on smells, we can sniff the smell of the devas, instead of irritating our nose with the smell of human beings. When flavors don”t get stuck on the tongue we can taste heavenly medicine and food. When the mind isn”t stuck on tactile sensations, we can live in comfort. Wherever we sit, we can be at our ease: at ease when it”s cold, at ease when it”s hot, at ease in a soft seat, at ease in a hard seat. Even if the sun burns us up, we can be at our ease. The body can fall apart, and we can be at our ease. This is called spitting out tactile sensations. As for the heart, it spits out ideas. It”s a heart released: released from the five aggregates, released from the three sorts of consciousness. They can”t ever fool it again. The heart is released from stress and suffering, and will reach the highest, most ultimate happiness: nibbana.

　　Here I”ve been talking on the topic of consciousness. Take it to heart and train yourself to give rise to knowledge within. That”s when you can be said to know the worlds. The consciousnesses that have bodies inhabit the worlds of sensuality, from the levels of hell on up to heaven. The consciousnesses with no bodies inhabit the world of the formless Brahmas. Our own consciousness is what will take us to nibbana. When you know these three kinds of consciousness you can be said to be vijja-carana-sampanno: consummate in knowledge and conduct. Sugato: You”ll go well and come well and wherever you stay, you”ll stay well. All the beings of the world can then get some relief. In what way

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