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The Four Pairs of Opposites: The Path to Liberation and Right View
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In this talk, Thay teaches the four pairs of opposite, the noble eightfold path, and the three doors of liberation.
The first part of the talk for children starts at 17:13. Thay begins a 17-minute teaching for the children on no coming, no going, and no sameness, no otherness. He uses a picture of himself as a teenager to illustrate sameness and otherness. Is it the same person as a picture of him today? Thay also uses the flame of a match to illustrate. Is it the same? This is the nature of things and we can see this if we meditate. The teaching of the middle way is a very deep teaching.
The second part of the talk for adults starts at 35:00. Thay continues with the adults. The third pair of opposites is no birth, no death, and the fourth is no being, no non-being. We can live with no fear if we remove these four pairs of opposites and have Right View. This removes discrimination and produces understanding and compassion. This is enlightenment, awakening, interbeing.
The Noble Eightfold Path includes Right View, Right Thinking, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Diligence, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. With Right View, we have understanding and we generate Right Speech, speech that is filled with understanding and compassion, and restore communication. Right Action involves thought, speech, and behavior. With Right View, we can also have Right Livelihood, Right Diligence, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.
The Three Doors of Liberation are emptiness, signlessness, and aimlessness. These too can help remove fear, anger, and despair.
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