Download or read book The Discourse on the Root of Existence written by Bhikkhu Bodhi and published by Buddhist Publication Society. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This profound and difficult discourse of the Buddha aims at exposing and eliminating the concept of the ego at its most fundamental level. The commentary offers a detailed explanation of the sutta while a long introduction investigates the text's meaning and its implications for philosophy and psychology.