Hi Ed, > The anatta aspect may need a little more effort to penetrate
....more effort and as much letting go. Siska -----Original Message----- From: "ED" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:48:05 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Zen, zen and Theravada Buddhism Hi Pain underscores the three characteristics of being in Buddhism: dukkha (suffering), anicca (impermanence), and anatta (no-self). The anatta aspect may need a little more effort to penetrate. --ED --- In [email protected], siska_cen@... wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > Vipassana meditation encourages you to face that discomfort and gain insight into the impermanence of that pain/discomfort and how our body/mind reactes to it (usually aversion). > > I've seen you relating pain to insight into impermanence a few times. I often read this in books or articles too. Why isn't it related to suffering and no-self too? When experiencing pain, one can see it as pain instead of *my* pain. This is not insight of impermanence, is it? > > Siska
