Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 47-minute teaching, a Buddhist instructor explores the core faults of self-cherishing and self-grasping in the context of thought transformation practice. Drawing an analogy with worldly decision-making—how we abandon jobs we see as defective and pursue ones offering benefits—the teacher frames the spiritual path as a matter of recognizing disadvantages and advantages. Self-grasping and self-cherishing are identified as the root causes of cyclic existence, generating all afflictive emotions, negative karma, and suffering. The teacher uses vivid examples: a chronic illness paralyzing us, precious resources weaponized for destruction, seeds sown in consciousness that bear fruit as repeated rebirth. Self-cherishing blocks happiness, prevents attainment of liberation and Buddhahood, and even masquerades as self-doubt and defeatism. The teaching ends with a technical philosophical clarification distinguishing ordinary self (which must be cared for) from the inherently existent self that is the object of negation. Suited for practitioners engaged in mind-training practices who have prior exposure to Buddhist philosophy.
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File: tbi-duplicate-kr-thought-tranf-suns-radiance-suns-radiance-of-thought-transformation-9b-1989-09-05
Teacher: TBI (duplicate – KR Thought Tranformation 1989)
Collection: Sun's Radiance (TBI (duplicate – KR Thought Tranformation 1989))
Date: 1989-09-05
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~2,384