The Vanishing ‘I’: Finding Freedom in "Otherness"

Send us Fan MailShantideva, a famous 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk, shared with us a very wise realization: "All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others." When we desire that others be free of suffering and attain happiness, we swiftly lose our ego-based-self-cherishing and self-centeredness. In that precise moment a spontaneous feeling of peace, connection, and contentness, no longer obscured by our personal “I,” reveals itself from the center of our being. It may be brief, but if we catch it we will know it by heart.Please join me in this discussion and the special practice of Tonglen, Sending and  Receiving.Support the showWelcome to my PodcastsOn my website below you will find many resources and a sign-up link to our Sunday morning Zoom teaching and meditation. Everyone is invited.Your support by subscribing is appreciated ...www.elliottdacher.orgAware, Awake, Alive on Amazon