Page 28 - Because I know, I can let go

The ten saṃyojana represent a more refined level of defilement,
divisible into these ten:

1) Sakkāyadiṭṭhi (moha, delusion) - the sense that this is ‘me,’
that there is a ‘me,’ is called sakkāyadiṭṭhi. Consider, how familiar
is this feeling? We don’t need to intentionally create it, the feeling
of being ‘me’ emerges of its own accord. When still in the womb

we might not have this to any great extent, but once born we’ll be
experiencing feelings from contacts by way of the eyes, ears, nose,
etc. so repeatedly experiencing the delightful, the satisfying, and the
undelightful, the unsatisfying, which is what will cause the feeling of

being ‘me’ to arise again and again, so forming, with the passing of
the years, a very strong habit.

2) Vicikiccā (moha) - we’re still hesitant, doubtful, we don’t

have certain knowledge or understanding of anything as it really is.
We have doubts about what’s good or bad, about what we should
or shouldn’t do, as is the way with the defiled. We experience love,
fear, and desire of the various kinds which causes us to be continually

in doubt as to whether we’ll get what we want, or not, or whether
something is a danger, or not? We don’t understand anything clearly
enough to be able to put an end to doubt. We call this vicikiccā, doubt,
hesitancy, something we’re familiar with, something habitual for us

when we meet with things that interest us. We don’t understand
properly and so always have doubts.

3) Sīlabbataparamāsa (moha) - habitual blind belief (this

translation isn’t the same as that usually produced, but we believe
that it’s the most correct and easiest to understand). Don’t think that
in this 21st century everything is perfectly understood, because this
world is still full of fear, of blind belief in spirits, demons etc. We’re

born without knowledge so we’re continually beset by doubts, hence

28 Because I Know...