That which was never born can never die, therefore deathless. Is this "awareness"?

[rockyysdt]

In the teachings of the Buddha, there are a number of high level elements.

 

If I am incorrect in these, please correct me.

 

• That which was never born can never die (deathless).
• As our ego is an accumulation of conditioning over our life/lives, it is impermanent.
• Death is followed by endless cycles of re birth into future lives, driven by attachment to craving.
• The cycle of re birth continues, until one is awakened as a result of practice resulting in the quenching of craving.

 

Is the process of deep meditation (awareness without thought) the path to becoming aware of the unconditioned or deathless state (this state already exists, but we are unaware of it)?

 

If so, is this that which is common to the re born states? Is this that which "awakens"?

 

If there is nothing beyond the cessation of re birth, isn't this annihilation, as at least re birth gives you future cycles of life, all be it, good ones as well as bad ones?

 

Or, if pure unconditioned awareness is that which continues, why are we unaware of it during the unconscious state?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by rockyysdt

[khaowong1]

I think there are a lot of the Buddha's teaching's that are always going to be confusion for us.  Since the Buddha didn't speak English and it was a hundred years or so after he died before anyone thought to write down these teachings, I'm sure a lot of them were misconstrued.  Same as the teachings of Jesus.  

[save the frogs]

Trick question.

If there's a Buddhist teaching that doesn't seem to make any sense, is it because you're too stupid to understand it or is it because it's bullcrap?

Here is a Buddhist book I recommend to everyone. It's not written by a monk in a cave that has nothing to do all day except masturbate mentally and come up with flowery language.

 

It's written by a humble taxi driver who is reflecting on his own life and trying to apply some basic Buddhist principles to his own life.