…non-stop, like that. However, now, therefore the self-cherishing, therefore the mind is not the I, so there are many mistakes rises, this is just some examples, that which is not the daily life experience, which is not the reality. So since the mind is not the I, self-cherishing thought is not the I, selfish mind is not the I, I and the selfish mind, I is different from the, I exists differently from the self-cherishing thought, I is not self-cherishing thought, self-cherishing thought is not the I, mind is not the I, I is not the mind, I is not the aggregates, the aggregates, the association of body and mind is not the I, I is not the association of body and mind, so we have to know this clear.

So however, so the problem is not having studied these things, not having done analysis in these phenomena, these natures, conventional nature and the ultimate natures of these things, not having studied well, not having thought well or not having studied well. So however, and not having meditated in these things, not having done these analyses in/and the meditation, the conventional nature and the ultimate nature of these things. So because one hasn't realized and one doesn't meditate, so then, the false view, then according to the ignorance, then one follow, as there's, as oneself hasn't generated the wisdom so therefore there's nothing to follow the wisdom, so only what is left is ignorance. So, according to ignorance, according to the wrong concept, then the self-cherishing thought as identification of oneself, as that is the I, without that, there's no way to exist the I, so it becomes like this, the recognition or the philosophy.

So, for example, when there's a relationship problem, when one clings, one is dissatisfied with the present friend or the wife or the husband, dissatisfied, then one clinging, one is looking for, clinging to somebody else, when the mind is in such a state like this, so that is the action of the self-cherishing thought. This is what self-cherishing thought wants and this is what self- cherishing thought is doing it. Then from that, by depending on this, then attachment rises and attachment doing these things, by depending on that then attachment rises, then attachment doing these activities.

So psychologically how it happens is, when one thinks that this mind, this is the I, what I am, this is what I am, this mind is what I am and when one kind of thinks this way, then, so that means, that way, one become friend of self-cherishing thought, another way of putting it, one become friend of self-cherishing thought, so then that time, then there's, one is creating all these problems, rejecting one person and clinging to another person, making unhappy to another person, then clinging to another person, so one is creating these problems.

So, now think, now we analyze, when one think, this attitude which is self-cherishing thought, as if this is I, me, there's no other I than this, then that time there's a problem in the life. Or in other words, when one is friend with the self-cherishing thought there's a problem in the life, but as soon as one split, as soon as one think, as soon as one keep away from the self- cherishing thought, the minute you keep away from the self- cherishing thought, you don't have these problems, one is not creating these problems and one doesn't have these problems. The minute as one keep away from the self-cherishing thought, this attitude, the minute you analyze, the minute you recognize, the minute you keep separation, you and the self-cherishing thought, there's no problem, problem doesn't exist, that problem doesn't exist in the life.

So you can see the minute one keep away from, separation from the self-cherishing thought, you don't see any purpose of doing this, there's no purpose doing that, this discriminating things, you don't see any purpose, doesn't make sense. So, you have one view, you create one world when you are friend of self-cherishing thought or when you think that self-cherishing thought, this attitude is me. Which you are interpreting, and especially in the West, where according to the culture, however, or advised or taught, this self-cherishing thought is loving you, this thought is taking care of you, is loving you. Actually it's harming you, in reality it's destroying you, it's harming you, destroying your happiness, day-to-day life and not allowing to have temporary and especially ultimate, but even temporary success. However, in reality it's constantly harming you. It appears, when you do not analyze, when we do not meditate, when we do not analyze, it looks like the self-cherishing thought is taking care of you, loving you so much, but if you analyze with wisdom, what it does is only harm. So, all that part is hallucination, which we think, this attitude, this self-cherishing thought is taking care, loving you. So, that part is hallucination, that when we, so by analyzing, we can understand, by analyzing when we have problem in the life, then if you analyze whether that is related with self-cherishing thought or not, if I don't have this self- cherishing thought, whether there's this problem or not, whether this problem will happen or not. So if you analyze like this, can see extremely clear that if one doesn't follow the self- cherishing thought, that this problem won't happen, can see very clear how this problem came from this thought.

So, all this what appears to us, when we do not analyze or when we don't use the science, when we don't check the scientific or the reality, then, appears like that it is loving you or helping you. So however, all that becomes hallucination, when we check with wisdom then all that part become hallucination.

However, so like this, so you can see now, this is the very root, the self-cherishing thought is the very root of the whole entire, from where all the obstacles come, because logic is that. In our daily life when we keep, when we are friend of that, there's a problem in the life, when we don't become friend of that, there's no problem in the life.

Same thing, so, when a friend left, when a friend doesn't love to oneself, left oneself, however, also that time, even one didn't create a particular that time, but from the other person, other friend stopped loving you or start to like, stopped liking you. So same thing again, also this time, when oneself become friend, when one is friend of self-cherishing thought, then this bothers to you. But if you don't, if one is kept away from the self-cherishing thought, then this person doesn't love you doesn't bother. So there's huge differences. Condition is the same, but depending how you deal with it, whether you are friend with the self-cherishing thought or whether you keep away, keep separation from that, it makes huge differences, one bothers, one doesn't, other one, this one becomes disturbing, the second way, keeping separated from the self-cherishing thought, doesn't bother.

Now same thing with the disease, so when one follow the self- cherishing thought it bothers, but when one keep away from the self-cherishing thought, thinking this problem, thinking of the shortcomings of self-cherishing thought, this problem caused by the self-cherishing thought, putting the blame on the self- cherishing thought rather putting the blame outside. Then, the cause of the sicknesses, rather pointing outside, pointing to the self-cherishing thought, pointing inside to the self-cherishing thought, then so like this, by thinking like this, keeping the I and the self-cherishing thought separate like this, then, there is space, then one can see the self-cherishing thought as one's own enemy, the real enemy, then one is able to use these meditations, giving the problem, using the problem as a weapon to destroy the self-cherishing thought. In this way then there's space, using the problem as a weapon to destroy the self-cherishing thought, giving the problem, the problem that is given to you by self-cherishing thought, you are giving back, you are sending back, returning back, you are giving back to the self- cherishing thought in order to destroy the self-cherishing thought, the real, the inner enemy.

So this way by destroying the self-cherishing thought, then one has altruism for all the sentient beings and then that leads you to the enlightenment, to the highest full enlightenment. Then, which enables to bring everyone to the highest happiness, full enlightenment, not only that, then, by the way, this altruism, this ultimate good heart brings even the temporary success, without expectation it naturally comes, even the temporary happiness, all the reputations, wealth and power and all the temporary success, whatever, naturally, without any expectation, they just come. [pause] Just mention one or two things, then I stop there.

So it's important to meditate on the shortcomings of self-cherishing thought, more details, because of these reasons, because of these shortcomings and benefits, the shortcomings of following the self-cherishing thought and the benefits of not following the self-cherishing thought, following the altruism, renouncing oneself and cherishing other sentient beings, the infinite benefits what it has, because of this, it is important to meditate on, to do extensive analysis on this, the shortcomings and benefits.

So as regards shortcomings, so first of all, the self-cherishing thought, like this, maybe to clarify a little bit then, as I mentioned already before, the body is not the I, the mind is not the I, even the association of body and mind is not the I, okay, nothing of this is the I, I is nowhere on this, the I, the self, is nowhere on this, cannot be found anywhere, okay. So what is the I? What is the I? The I is nothing other except only what is merely imputed by the mind depending on these aggregates, the association of body and mind, that's all the I that which exists, which does eating, which experiences happiness, which experiences suffering, create the cause of happiness, create the cause of suffering, which does sitting, standing, eating, sleeping, these things, okay.

So now, so that's all what the I is, other than that, any additional, the appearance of the I, the I anything more than that, the I anything more than what is merely imputed by the mind, depending on the aggregates, that is all hallucination, all the rest other than that is hallucination, anything slightest more than that is hallucination, doesn't exist in reality, that's the false I. So the I that which exists, that I doesn't exist, so the I which exists is what is merely imputed by the mind, depending on the aggregates, association of body and mind, so you see now what the I is, that's all, something simply or merely labeled by the mind. Then, this I doesn't appear to us, even though we labeled, our mind labeled, merely imputed, but we are not aware, in our creation, we're not aware in our creation, we are not aware that we created the I, each time, each time when we think I, we are labeling I, our mind labeling I, we are creating, we are making the I to exist, we are not aware. So, the I doesn't appear to us as it is merely labeled by the mind, doesn't appear to us that this I came from our own mind, doesn't appear that way. So, the way the I appears to us is independent, inherently existent, it exists from its own side, a real one in the sense existing from its own side.

So then, now you can see it's something, now you can see the appearance of this I completely hallucination, now this I is completely hallucination, not true, this I that which appears real, something existing from its own side, it's completely not true, against to the reality. So now you see, now, then the mind cherishes this real I as most important, as most precious, among all the sentient beings, among all the holy beings, among all the sentient beings, this is the most precious, most important and to obtain happiness for this is most important, to not have problems for this is most important, so like this, yeah, so like this. Now, through this analysis, you can see, there's no such thing there, you can see what the self-cherishing thought, the I what the self-cherishing thought is cherishing, such an I which the self-cherishing thought is cherishing, a real I existing from its own side, it's so precious, most important among all these living beings, so this is actually completely hallucination, it's not there, what the self-cherishing thought cherishes it not there. It's like believing that in my purse there is a million dollars, strongly believing that in my purse there's a million dollars and then keeping that so safe, cherishing so much, thinking that day and night, all the time, thinking that on and on, remembering that and cherishing, and having worry, fears, unable to protect or how to keep it safe, all that, other people might attack or take away or things like that.

So similar, through magician, through other person's magician power, then the eye, the sense of eye become defective, hallucinated, then that you see having a million dollars, that other person giving you a million dollars. Then you see a million dollars, until the effect is there in the senses you see a million dollars, and cherishing so much. But when the effect is gone, you don't see a million dollars there, there's no dollar there at all, in reality, so that is the reality, seeing the reality.

So, like this, similar like this, as long as one follow this wrong concept looks like there's a real I existing from its own side, something worth to cherish. However, in reality, that's completely empty. So however, so this is the object, this is the description of the object what the self-cherishing thought cherishes, us ordinary beings, it's like this, when we do not analyze it's like this, when we analyze, through meditation or through the scientific or the reality, scientific which means the logic, the reality, so that is empty.

So then out of this self-cherishing thought, then because of this self-cherishing thought, then comes other ignorance, depending on this, then one can create ignorance, anger, attachment, these disturbing thoughts, so, then like this, out of these disturbing thoughts, then the action of killing happens. Now the action of killing, now we have to know, the point here, the point in this explanation what we have to know is what makes the action of killing, how does the action of killing become negative, what makes it negative, that's the main point here in this the later part of the teaching, what to understand.

So, [pause] so there are like this, action which benefits others, which brings happiness to others, then, and which result, benefits others, then, the action is motivated by the positive thought, that which is neither ignorance nor anger, attachment, not these disturbing thoughts, and not these disturbing thoughts and so, action done with the pure mind which is unstained by this, then of course, the action become virtue, the cause of happiness. Then especially when the attitude is unstained by self-cherishing thought, then the action become most pure action, most pure action because unstained by self-cherishing thought.

So now, the action of killing, so therefore the killing, generally regarded negative, commonly what is regarded as negative, but in reality, it depends on, whether the action of killing become negative or not, that depends on the person who does, it depends on the other person's level of mind, whether it is done with pure mind or impure mind. So now, the action of killing, if it is done out of self-cherishing thought then it becomes negative karma, cause of suffering. If the action of killing, if it is done out of bodhicitta, the altruism cherishing other, completely renouncing oneself and only cherishing other sentient beings, that, and then, so attitude like this, and then also there is wisdom, with that there's also wisdom knowing, by doing the action of killing that it has great benefit for other sentient beings, great protection, incredible protection, great benefit to this particular person, to this particular being, then also to many other beings. Then, however, that is the best one, however, this way then the action of killing become virtue.

So however, the action of killing, which becomes non-virtue, done out of self-cherishing thought, then there, one experiences four suffering results. The ripened aspect result, rebirth in the hell, hungry ghost, animals, so, one of those lower realms. Generally, so the negative karmas, if it's a very heavy one, then the hell, the narak, then animal, then preta, depending how heavy it is, generally it is like that. So however, ripened aspect result in the lower realms.

Then, the other suffering result, the three others then one experience in the human realm. So the creating the result, now first, experiencing the result similar to the cause, so that one is even after some time, even after incredible length of time, when the karma to be in the lower realms, when that karma is finished, then, so depending on the individual being, when that karma is finished then, when the positive karma from other past lives, when that becomes stronger then one get reborn in the realm of the happy migratory being, deva, worldly gods, human beings, so when one get born as human being, then, one experiences the suffering result similar to the cause, so even, as soon as one reincarnate in the womb, one dies, or then, however, experiencing shortage of life, unable to live long, and then, you see, one get killed by others. Then, receives a lot of harm from others, many other harms. Then, also many other harms, human beings or the other beings, spirits and so forth, then you have many problems, also including disease, many things.

Then, the possessed result, that is to do with the place. Then, place where one is born, even one is…

…born in the human realm, but where one is born, place where there's a lot of fighting, wars or a lot of danger in the life, lot of disease and a lot of danger in the life, that's the possessed result. Then, very dry place or not glorious place, very dusty or something, also like that, kind of unhappy place, like that.

Then, creating the result similar to the cause, then because of the past action of killing then again, because of the imprint that which is left on the mind so this life, after one is born as human being, doing the action of killing again, it become the habit from past, leave the imprint then one does the action of killing again, harming others. Then, yeah, so this, one does the action of killing again, again, by completing the negative action of killing, then one experiences again the four suffering results from that cause.

So same thing, what makes sexual misconduct non-virtue, the cause of suffering, what makes it to become non-virtue it comes from the mind, it's the same as killing. There's no negative karma, the action of killing negative doesn't come from its own side, it came from the mind. So now same here, sexual misconduct, the negative karma, the sexual misconduct doesn't exist from its own side, it looks like, when we think of negative karma, for our hallucinated mind looks like they exist from their own side, there's real negative karma, there's real negative action, cause of suffering, from its own side, but that's not true, there's no such thing, it came from one's own mind. So what makes the sexual misconduct negative karma it's made by the mind. So, what makes it negative is, if it's done out of self-cherishing thought, then it becomes negative karma. So, then, because of that, attachment, so forth arises then those actions motivated by that, so that's how it becomes negative karma. So it depends on whether it is done out of self-cherishing thought or not, so similar as I explained before with the killing.

So again the action which becomes negative karma, the sexual misconduct which becomes negative karma, that again has four suffering results, so ripening aspect result, the lower realms. Then the possessed result to do, in the human realm, dirty place, unclean place, so in our life when we see dirty places, even though we are living in a clean place, but many times we meet, many times we experience dirty places, so those are the possessed result of the sexual misconduct. Then, the dirty, filthy, smelly, all those, for example, when we are traveling, so sometimes, while we are experiencing clean place, but suddenly we have to go through very filthy, dirty places, or very muddy places, time to time we experience these things, so that is the result of those karmas in the past.

Then, experiencing the result similar to the cause, then, the husband cannot, the wife doesn't become harmonious to the husband, husband doesn't become harmonious to the wife, oneself, so however, unable to control, not being harmonious, and then leaving away, the person, the companion or the friend get possessed by other person, so these things are experiencing the result similar to the cause from the sexual misconduct which become negative.

Then, creating the result similar to the cause, then because of the imprint left by that past action, the negative karma, the sexual misconduct. Then again happen in this life, when one is born in the human realm then again these things happening on and on. So, as these actions become negative because of self- cherishing thought, then again this has, this action which is completed, then again it produces four suffering results. So like that.

So these are the shortcomings of the, how the life problems comes from the self-cherishing thought, the karma or the action, non-virtuous action and problem, so these things, how it came from, caused by the self-cherishing thought. So, like that.

So there's two ways, this is the long way to analyze, to see how the problem came from the self-cherishing. Then the other way, how the problem came from the self-cherishing thought is day-to-day life while we are experiencing, there's association with the self-cherishing thought, it's also related with the self-cherishing thought, day-to-day, the moment, the hour when we experience problems, as I mentioned before, when you become friend there's a problem, when you don't become friend there's no problem, so like that. Day-to-day life [snaps fingers] that present when we experience problems, there's relationship to the self-cherishing thought, so there's two ways to meditate, two ways to realize how the problem came from the self-cherishing thought.

So, yeah, I stop here.

Due to the positive actions that we did in the past, as well as present, future, may the bodhicitta be generated in the mind of oneself, all sentient beings; those who have, may it be developed.

To achieve the highest peerless happiness, full enlightenment, due to all these positive actions, then to lead everyone to this state.

Thank you.