The
Experience of the Change can uproot both Ignorance & Egoism!
At Savatthi the blessed Buddha said:
Bhikkhus, when the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated, then
it eliminates all sense desire, it also eliminates all lust for becoming
something else,
it also eliminates all ignorance and it finally uproots this deep conceit that
'I Am'...
Just as, bhikkhus, in the autumn, when the sky is clear & cloudless, the rising
sun
dispels all darkness from the space as it shines, beams and radiates, so too
when
the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated, then it eliminates
all
sense desire, it eliminates all lust for becoming something else, & it also
eliminates
all ignorance. Finally it even uproots this core conceit that 'I Am'...!!!
And how, bhikkhus, is perception of impermanence developed & cultivated so that
it eliminates all sense desire, so that it eliminates lust for becoming
something else,
so that it eliminates ignorance & so that it finally uproots the conceit that 'I
Am'??
Such is this form, such is the origin of form, such is the passing away of
form...
Such is feeling, such is the origin of feeling, such is the passing away of
feeling...
Such is perception, such is the origin of perception, such is it's passing away
...
Such is mental construction, such is the origin of construction, & it's passing
away...
Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is it's passing
away...
That is how the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated so that
it
eliminates all sense desire, so that it eliminates all lust for becoming
something else,
so that it eliminates all ignorance & so that it finally uproots this conceit 'I
Am'...!!!
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 22:102 III 155-7
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
Causes of origin cause emergence when present, while
ceasing when they are absent:
The Body is caused by Food, Ignorance, Lust for Form, and Intention resulting in
Form.
Cause of Feeling is Contact, Ignorance, Lust for Feeling, & Intention resulting
in Feeling.
Cause of Perception is Contact, Ignorance, Lust for Perception, & Intention
resulting in
Perception. Cause of Construction is Contact, past Ignorance, Lust for
Construction, and
Intention resulting in Construction. The Cause of Consciousness is
mentality-&-materiality,
prior Ignorance, Lust for mentality-&-materiality, and Intention resulting in
Consciousness!
Ignorance is not knowing Suffering, Cause of Suffering, End of Suffering & the
Noble Way
to End Suffering...
Whether going above, across or back again, wherever he goes in this world
let him carefully scrutinize the arising & ceasing of all constructed
things...
Itivuttaka 120:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/khuddaka/iti/index.html
More on the Universal Fact of Impermanence:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Transient_formations.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Perceiving_Transience.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Impermanence_Anicca.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Internal_Transience.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_External_Transience.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Experiencing_Impermanence.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Contemplating_Impermanence.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Contemplating_Impermanence_2.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Experiencing_Universal_Transience.htm
