Locked Down Inside Our Body - Ajahn Dhammasiha

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Apr 21, 2020 · 27m

Ajahn Dhammasīha challenges us to reflect on the idea of 'being stuck in a lockdown' on a deeper level. Are we truly free when the government enforced lockdown is lifted? Or do we not remain 'stuck' inside our body, and 'locked down' in attachment and delusion all the time?He quotes Suttanipāta verse 778, the famous verses on “The Cave” from the Chapter of Octads, where the Buddha compares our situation to being imprisoned inside the cave of our body, deeply submerged in delusion. Only through abandoning sensuality and releasing our mind from attachment to the physical body can we end the…