No Self, No World - (IMS Forest Refuge)

Talk titled: "No Self, No World", given during the event "IMS Forest Refuge". Held at IMS Forest Refuge, Barre, Massachusetts on 2009-05-15. Topics covered: not-self (anatta), emptiness/insight: moving on spectrum between self and not-self, middle way of emptiness, emptiness/insight: fading, unfabricating, three characteristics, personality level - working with reified self Teacher's note on suitability: anatta ('not-self', or 'no-self') is one of the buddha's most subtle and profound teachings, and a full understanding of it involves seeing how not only the personal self, but also the entire world of experience, is empty of any intrinsic essence or existence. this talk explores some of the possible ways a meditator might work in practice to develop and strengthen such radical and liberating insights. --- To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it. Original audio: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/ta... Transcript link: https://dl.airtable.com/.attachments/...