Kalvin Kochhar has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors. The most-rated is The Taste of Freedom.
An Exhortation and Self-Image or Self-Knowledge
Summary
This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaf No. 105 by Ayya Khema, An Exhortation and Self-Image or Self-Knowledge. Excerpt from An Exhortation: Self-identification with one’s state of being is the great trap. So, we must first become aware of the props we use to maintain who we think we are. It begins with: “I’m a woman” or “I’m a man.” There’s strong identification. There’s strong support for the ego, for that “I am” is the ego itself talking. Next, we identify with our abilities and our knowledge. “This is what I can do!” and “This is what I know.” Two further strong supports for the ego. Excerpt from Self-Image or Self-Knowledge: Let go of all self-images, of all ideations, of all hopes and plans. Then, you can dwell in this particular moment - and no one can take that away from you. It can’t disappear, or be broken, or get lost. It just is. Security lies in the simple fact that in essence one has nothing, and one is nothing.
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The Taste of Freedom
Summary
Excerpt from The Taste of Freedom by Bhikkhu Bodhi. "If one practises the Dhamma to a limited extent, leading a house-hold life in accordance with righteous principles, then one experiences in return a limited measure of freedom; if one practises the Dhamma to a fuller extent, going forth into the homeless state of monkhood, dwelling in seclusion adorned with the virtues of a recluse, contemplating the rise and fall of all conditioned things, then one experiences a fuller measure of freedom; and if one practises the Dhamma to its consummation, realising in this present life the goal of final deliverance, then one experiences a freedom that is measureless. At every level the flavour of the Teaching is of a single nature, the flavour of freedom. It is only the degree to which this flavour is enjoyed that differs, and the difference in degree is precisely proportional to the extent of one’s practice. Practise a little Dhamma and one reaps a little freedom, practise abundant Dhamma and one reaps abundant freedom. The Dhamma brings its own reward of freedom, always with the exactness of a scientific law."
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