01/25/2026
๐ชท ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ผ
๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ๐:
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ถ,
๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎโ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป โ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ถ ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ.
We respectfully invite all monks, nuns, and lay practitioners to listen with a calm mind,
without judgment or commentary, and simply allow the Dharma to sink into your heart.
โธป
Overconfidence is a sign of a deluded self.
That self is not โyou,โ
but a dream that controls you.
โธป
Please, everyone, quiet your mind.
The words you are about to hear
are not meant to be understood,
but to awaken you.
If you are still trying to understand,
please pauseโ
for the truth does not lie in thought.
โธป
Human beings, from moment to moment, live by mental states:
overconfidence, enthusiasm, exhilaration, irritation, resistance, confusion, escapeโฆ
They believe those states are who they are,
but in truth, they are being lived by the states.
Unable to awaken from the dream,
they cling to the self as real:
the dominant self, the arrogant self, the clever self, the self that โhelps others,โ the self that kills.
They do not have a self โ they are the self itself.
Attachment runs so deep
that there is no one left who is clinging;
only the ego remains, living, speaking, acting.
Like someone dreaming: within the dream, there is no โdreamer,โ only the dream unfolding.
Because they are that ego, they keep revolving through the three realms and six paths.
Without awakening from the dream of self-clinging, one cannot know who one truly is.
And without knowing who one truly is,
how can one walk the path of Buddhahood and liberation?
