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1. Desires for the End of Desire The Skills of Right Concentration
    … We also base our concentration on virtue to make it more honest, with a sense of the worth of what you’re doing, which is why virtue and views made straight are an important part of the foundation not only of mindfulness, but also of concentration. Now, as you master any skill, your sense of self begins to fade away as your actions fall … 
2. Desires for the End of Desire Conclusions
    … These qualities include wisdom, compassion, purity, virtue, concentration, discernment. These are your protections. Politicians can still hurt you physically and economically, but they can’t hurt anything that’s of real value within you. These principles were true in the time of the Buddha and they’re still true today, no matter what the rest of the world tells you, even if it tells … 
3. Desires for the End of Desire Delight in the Dhamma
    … The practice is a noble practice, one in which we engage in developing the noble qualities of our hearts and minds, such as virtue, compassion, and discernment. And the end is total freedom from restrictions of any kind. It’s a freedom that’s totally harmless. It’s a good Dhamma all the way through. Ajaan Maha Bua once said that if people who … 
4. Desires for the End of Desire Determined on Freedom
    … Or they might tell you that because contentment is a virtue, it’s best to accept them and be at peace with them. Or they may tell you that because the goal is without effort or desire, you can get there by exerting no effort or desire. All these ideas are a fake Dhamma, and they’re especially dangerous because they’re so attractive … 
5. Desires for the End of Desire Introduction
    … desiring to develop qualities like discernment, truth, virtue, relinquishment, universal goodwill, and calm. As the Buddha said, the path is admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in the end. So it’s a good path to be on even if you don’t get all the way to the end. This is a point we’ll emhasize several times in the … 
6. Desires for the End of Desire The Problem of Distraction
    … Or you can recollect some of your own generosity and virtue to give yourself a sense of self-confidence that, yes, you can do this practice as well. Or if you find that the mind is lazy, you can recollect death. You don’t know when death is going to come. You do know, however, that you’ll have to develop some skills before … 
7. Desires for the End of Desire Q & A
    … And although the Buddha points out that it is possible to get stuck on any level or stage of the practice—such as virtue or psychic knowledge—the problem is not with that particular part of the practice. The problem is that you just get satisfied with being there. There is one passage in the Canon where the Buddha says it’s possible to … 
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