A. These words seem to be an answer to the question ‘How can we recognise the true-Self when we hear dharma talks, or hear a Sutra read, or chanted?’.
Everything, whether a thing, a word, or a sound, has its beginning and end. Without them, a thing can’t be a thing, and a sentence can’t be a sentence.
However, the true-Self is formless and boundless, that is, the true-Self has no beginning and no end. So, the true-Self contains everything, and there is nothing beyond the true-Self.
Seeing and hearing only what has a beginning and an end is seeing a thing and hearing words when we see and hear. Seeing and hearing what has no beginning and no end whilst we see and hear is seeing and hearing the true-Self.
You should be able to see the true-Self while you read this writing.
©Boo Ahm
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