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- Death Is Normal… In the same way, when the mind is attached to greed, aversion, and delusion, it’s going to burn. But when it can let go, it’s freed. Notice: The greed and aversion and delusion don’t latch on to us. We’re the ones latching on to them. When we let go, that’s how we’re freed. When you think about this …
- Concentration Nurtured by Virtue… So if you find that you’re looking out of greed, try to see the unattractive side of what you’re trying to use your greed to stir up. After all, it’s not just because things are attractive that you feel greed—often the greed is there and then you look for things to get greedy about. It’s the same with anger …
- What You’re Bringing… You notice that when the Buddha describes the factors that come prior to sensory contact, he doesn’t say things like greed, aversion, and delusion. Just things like intention and attention and perceptions and feelings. Now, this doesn’t mean there isn’t any greed, aversion, or delusion in there. There certainly is quite a lot. But we don’t see those factors in …
- Responsible for Your Actions… And whether you believe in possession of that kind or not, what you notice is that you start saying things under the influence of greed that you would never say if there wasn’t any greed. The same with anger. Same with delusion. When these things take over, they’re irresponsible. You’re being irresponsible. Wouldn’t you rather be responsible, in light of …
- Cleansing the Mind… lack of inordinate greed, lack of ill will, and right view: “making your views straight,” he calls it. How do you develop lack of greed? Part of it is the practice of what’s called empathetic joy. You see that other people have good things and you’re happy for them. You see them doing good things and you’re happy for them. You …
- A Well-stocked Memory… Usually it’s defined as being mindful of the body in and of itself, feelings, mind, mental qualities—in other words, the four frames of reference for establishing mindfulness, in and of themselves,—ardent, alert, and mindful, putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world. This is the practice leading up to right concentration. Then in that context, there’s the next …
- A Valuable Gift… The extent to which you can get rid of greed, aversion, and delusion inside yourself means that there’s less greed, aversion, and delusion to inflict on other people. And you’re setting a good example: True happiness is found not by going out and trying to straighten out other people. It’s found by straightening out your own mind, because the source of …
- Lift Your Mind… As for what you put aside, the Buddha describes it as putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world. Anything about the world right now that would give rise to greed, anything that would give rise to distress—put it aside. You’ve got more important work to do. There are a lot of things that the world wants out of you …
- Your Game Leg… the greed member, the anger member, or the simple observer? If you see there’s any greed involved in your motivation for looking, don’t look. Also, check to see what’s happening as a result of your looking. What this means is that you’re looking at your engagement with the senses as part of a cause-and-effect process. What’s motivating …
- The Skill of Restraint… You want to look at things in such a way that you’re not exciting greed, anger, or delusion. You want to listen to things in such a way that you don’t excite greed, anger, or delusion. And so on down through the senses. This is a skill. You want to be able to do it in such a way that you don …
- Everybody Benefits… As for the recipient, the recipient either has to be free of greed, aversion, and delusion or on the path to be free of greed, aversion, and delusion. When you look at it in one way, of the six characteristics, the three that apply to the donor are the donor’s responsibility and the three that apply to the recipient are the recipient’s …
- The Lotus in the Mud… You watch to see when there’s greed or no greed, aversion or no aversion, delusion and no delusion. You do this not as an end in and of itself, but so that you can notice what comes and goes along with them. You realize that they’re not necessarily part of the innate nature of the mind. They’re just events that come …
- Putting Out the Fires… Even though we may think that things outside provoke lust, greed, or anger, the potential for lust, greed, and anger is there, just waiting in the mind, ready to pounce on things and latch onto them. What we have to do is learn how to let go. The letting go is what frees us. Like that chant we had on the body just now …
- Restraint Leads to Freedom… When you look at something, why are you looking at it? Who’s doing the looking? For what purpose? Is greed doing the looking? Anger? Delusion? Or is wisdom doing the looking? What is your purpose in doing these things? This is one of the insights you’re going to have to develop as you meditate as it gets deeper and deeper and more …
- Maybe the Buddha Knew Something… A lot of our culture is derived from greed. They like to aggravate our greed, they like to aggravate our aversion, they like to aggravate our delusion, so that we enjoy being greedy. “Greed is good,” remember that? Look where it’s taken us. People find it in their interest to get everybody really angry to the point where we can’t talk to …
- Resisting the Germs of Defilement… certain types of greed, aversion, delusion, lust. And normally we can resist them. But when our resistance is down, when it’s weak, they take over. There are other things that sneak into the mind and we don’t recognize them at first as being a problem. They move in and they take over. And only when you realize that you’re suffering from …
- Strengthening Conviction… It teaches you that greed is good, that true happiness is impossible, that the happiness that can be bought is good enough. It teaches you that if you don’t follow your sensual desires, you’ll end up twisted and mentally unbalanced. There’s a lot in Western culture, that feeds on our greed, aversion, and delusion, that encourages our greed, aversion, and delusion …
- Victory in Battle… Look into your own greed, your own aversion, your own delusion. Use the tools of the path. Create the sense of well-being inside that allows you to do work comfortably here in the present moment, and realize that the victory over every little defilement in the mind is really worth it. I was talking with someone the other day who was saying that …
- On Denying Defilement… At the same time, of course, our economy depends on greed, aversion, and delusion to keep going, and so the media keep encouraging those states of mind, saying that you should be proud of your greed, proud of your anger and delusion—basically, proud of your defilements. Of course, that means not seeing them as defilements, but if you don’t want to admit …
- Victory… You didn’t harm yourself by breaking any of the precepts, by stirring up greed, aversion, delusion. And you didn’t harm any others by trying to get them to break the precepts or intentionally trying to stir up their greed, aversion, or delusion. There are other motivations for justice besides anger, and you want to focus on those. But again, this is a …
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