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Ep. 17 - The All

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Seeing Consciousness

Ananda was the buddhis cousin and attendant. A monk asked nanda, is it possible to explain the nature of consciousness thus for such a reason this consciousness is not self? So ananda replied, it is possible. We begin to see that the whole sense of i and mine, i'm seeing, i'm hearing, i'm thinking, the eye and mine, is completely extra you have certain conditions seeing, consciousness arises. Take the conditions away, there's no consciousness. It's very simple. There of seeing.

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