The TWIM Retreat Series -Day Eight – MN 44 What is Identity?

In the talk tonight, Bhante discusses “Shorter Series of Questions and Answers”. This discourse is a discussion between bhikkhuni Dhammadinna and her former husband, the lay follower Visakha. It includes many excellent points on identity, feelings (vedana), cessation and Nibbana. What are the factors that give us this false impression that we have that there is a personal enduring SELF. These talks are selected from past retreats given by Bhante and cover the major topics he feels are the most important for his students. Retreats are typically 14 days and he covers one Sutta each night. Suttas are read from Wisdom Publication’s “Majjhima Nikaya” translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Bhante Vimalaramsi is an American Buddhist monk of 35 years experience and has a new perspective on the teachings of the Buddha.