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  2. The Train Trestle
     … And all too often, we do it with greed, aversion, delusion, envy, jealousy: all kinds of unskillful mind states, along with that sense of being threatened by the collapse of things behind us. So we tend to do a shoddy job, which is why we find ourselves in worlds that we wouldn’t like to be in. So here, as we meditate, we have … 
  3. Conviction in the End of Suffering
     … It gives you the strength you need in order to overcome your greed, your aversion, and your delusion—and it reminds you that death is not the end. For a lot of people for whom death is the end, the current pandemic is really cause for dismay. And of course, there really is dismay in the fact that so many people are dying, and … 
  4. In a World of Crooked Wheels
     … Now he’s a Buddha, good at getting rid of the crookedness of greed, aversion, and delusion in his students. You can read this parable in a lot of ways, one of which is that the Buddha’s Dhamma-and-Vinaya is like the first wheel. It’s well designed. It’s going to last for a long time. Look at it: Over 2 … 
  5. The Middle Way
     … You’re ardent, alert, and mindful, putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world. That’s the definition. How it works out in practice is that you focus on the breath without any reference to anything else outside—just what it feels like to be breathing right now. As for any thoughts that’d pull you away to something else, you say … 
  6. Strong Against Anger & Fear
     … The Buddha’s approach is counterintuitive in a lot of ways, but it’s counterintuitive only to our greed, aversion, and delusion. When you see things clearly, you see that he is really right. If you think that your wealth lies in things that people can take away, you’re constantly going to be afraid. As for the fear of death, you’ve got … 
  7. When Nothing’s Happening
     … Not mistakes based on greed, aversion, or delusion. Not mistakes based on breaking the precepts. Simple mistakes based on having the wrong information. That’s possible. So there is still right and wrong for them in this area. But in the area of nibbāna, there is no right or wrong. As Ajaan Lee says, right view and wrong view are matters of the world … 
  8. Meditate to Win
     … If you can’t laugh at your greed, aversion, delusion, and lust, it’s going to be a grim battle. But if you can laugh, you can basically step back. That’s what discernment is all about: stepping back. I mentioned this the other day around the issue of metacognition: You watch the mind thinking, you watch the mind as it focuses, you watch … 
  9. For What It’s Worth
     … They may have worth in terms of the world outside, but for the time being you’re putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world. That’s what the texts say. So those thoughts have no meaning, no worth. When you can regard them that way, then you can see more clearly what’s happening in the mind. The best thing of … 
  10. Believing & Knowing
     … The only sure way is to get rid of those defilements—your greed, aversion, and delusion—so that someday you’ll find your bull elephant. You’ll see for yourself that what the Buddha taught was true. The Buddha really did know what he was talking about. To get back to the house analogy: You’ve finally got the ridgepole in place. Everything else … 
  11. No Dharma Without Karma
     … You’re not totally driven by your defilements, by greed, anger, or delusion. You have some moments of clarity and large-heartedness, you can act on them, and it makes a difference. So generosity teaches you two important lessons about the Dharma. One is that you can’t learn about the Dharma without giving. As the Buddha once said, there’s no way you … 
  12. A Good Path to Be On
     … You overcame your own greed, your own stinginess, your own narrow-mindedness. You gave a gift. It’s refreshing. It opens up the mind. It’s like opening windows in a narrow, stagnant house to let some fresh air in. The way the Buddha taught karma is that we have choices in the present moment. There are influences coming in from our past actions … 
  13. Determined to be Happy
     … But especially meditation—getting the mind under control so that your greed, aversion, and delusion don’t take over: That’s a gift, not only to yourself, but to the people around you. So when you think about the goals you want to aim at, it’s good to think about looking for a harmless goal, a happiness that’s harmless. As for the … 
  14. Initiative
     … As long as your efforts are in line with right effort, right livelihood, and all the other right factors of the path, then really devoting yourself to that is not greed. It’s initiative, energy. That’s the first principle for happiness. The second principle is that whatever you’ve gained, you look after it. You maintain your wealth well. Whatever you have, you … 
  15. The Buddha Teaches a Yakkha
     … You ask yourself, “What would be the long-term consequences of following this particular idea?” This is especially important with defilements like greed, aversion, and delusion. You have to stop and ask yourself, “If I act on these emotions, what will the results be?” And you have to learn how to hold yourself in check when you see that the results would be bad … 
  16. You Should Heed These Shoulds
     … What does comprehension mean? It means that you understand suffering to the point of having no more greed, aversion, and delusion around it. Craving, the second noble truth, is to be abandoned. How do you abandon it? First, you have to figure out where your craving is focused. Suppose you think you have a craving for a person. But is it really focused on … 
  17. Help Others, Help Yourself
     … Your greed, aversion, and delusion don’t go prowling around the neighborhood, disturbing the neighbors. Other people benefit, too, from your practice. But in that sutta, the Buddha isn’t talking just about how helping yourself helps others. He also talks about how helping others helps you. Unfortunately, there’s no image to illustrate the principle, which is why that part of the sutta … 
  18. A Promise to Yourself
     … Make up your mind that you’re going to stay here and watch over it. “Putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world”: Anything that comes in to pull you away from the breath right now, you’ve got to say No, No, No. Sometimes you have to give yourself reasons. As you can imagine, discernment is also a promise you make … 
  19. A World Apart
     … The other is putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world—in other words, all your emotions about the world outside, or any other worlds that are not related to the breath in and of itself. It may seem like you’re turning your back on that world, but you’re actually being very responsible, because the shape of your mind is … 
  20. Intelligent Restraint
     … terms of their causation, and their causation is almost always in the heart. In your mind. This is why he uses the word *effluent. *Things come flowing out of the mind. Greed goes flowing out of the mind and it finds something to land on outside. Sometimes it goes flowing out and you’re not really quite sure what you want to be greedy … 
  21. Issues of Control
     … You’re ardent, you’re alert, and you’re mindful, and you put aside greed and distress with reference to the world. So you stay focused on the breath. Any other thoughts that would get in the way of the breath, you put them aside. And for the time being, thoughts of jhāna might count as thoughts related to the world because all too … 
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