The Buddha often used the schema of the Five Aggregates to show that what we take to be self is actually impermanent and unsatisfactory, and that clinging to the aggregates will bring suffering.
Much of our life is dedicated to establishing ownership of all that comes our way: things, territory, others, etc. In so doing we end up fragmenting both the owned and the owners. To become whole we need to divest from this project. Time: 39:34
The Buddha said many times that no self is to be found in the phenomena of our senses. But still, the sense of a self in us arises over and over. This talk explores through sutta references how this sense of self is created in the moment and how it can cease.
