No Selfies - 08-31-22 by Sokuzan - sokukoji.org

SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery

So far, we are free - kind of. But, if you believe, disbelieve or ignore your thought patterns, you’re not free; you’re in a prison of your own making - hopes for this, fear of that - it’s a set up. The “selfie” I’m talking about is the seventh consciousness. It’s not easy to understand. It’s the aspect of consciousness called the klesha mind, also known as klisto-mano-vijñāna. This is that part of the mind that says yes, no or I don’t care. When something happens, the self-centeredness is a knee-jerk reaction. The ability to be aware of it is where you start. This awareness of the grasping at self might take some relaxing of the mind stream. https://youtu.be/Asft_h7BB7Y