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  2. Defiant Like the Buddha
     … Greed, aversion, delusion: With these kinds of things, the Buddha said, “Put them out.” But there’s one negative mind state where he says, “Allow yourself to express it as long as you feel that something is accomplished”—and that’s grief. That one, he says, actually can be converted into something skilful. As he says at one point, it’s because of our … 
  3. The Self-correcting Mind
     … We have to learn how to look inside to see what strengths we have and learn how to utilize them, realizing that one of our problems is delusion. This is why we need the teachings from outside from someone else to alert us to what might go wrong. We also need to be self-correcting. That chant just now of the world being swept … 
  4. A Post by the Ocean
     … Those things can pull you away — because it’s not just gross manifestations of greed, anger and delusion that pull us away. Your misinformed sense of responsibility can also pull you away: that sense of, “Well, I’ve really got to think about this. I’ve got to prepare for that. I’ve got all these other responsibilities out there in the world, things … 
  5. We All Start with an Impure Heart
     … Did the Buddha really know what he was talking about? Is this just an Indian religion, or just for Asians? Is it a bunch of delusions? There will be that voice in the mind, and you’ve got to learn how to live with it, but not let it take over. Even when you’re confident that that voice will never come back, you … 
  6. Generating Power
     … And if our discernment is going to have the strength it needs to penetrate all the veils of delusion we’ve put up in the mind, it’s going to require good strong concentration, good committed concentration to do the work that leads to release.
  7. Possessiveness
     … The Buddha then took that as an opportunity to call the monks together and tell them what was needed to keep the community together, to make sure there wasn’t going to be an easy prey to the forces of greed, aversion, and delusion. So the story starts with a sense of the fragility of the Dhamma. Once the Buddha passes away, it could … 
  8. Samvega & Pasada
     … pleasure based on greed, pleasure based on aversion, pleasure based on delusion. That can be very chastening as well. There’s a word in Pali, samvega, which is very difficult to translate into English. Part of it is a sense of dismay: looking at your life realizing, “I’ve been spending a lot of time pursuing mirages.” And not only that, but also causing … 
  9. Developed in Body & Mind
     … And either they lose concentration or else they go into a state called “delusion concentration,” where the mind is still and it’s pleasant but very unfocused and very un-alert. Why is that? Because you drop the perception of the breath. You were overcome by pleasure. What we’re trying to do here is to give rise to a sense of pleasure, let … 
  10. Purity
     … greed, aversion, and delusion; sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and anxiety, doubt about what you’re doing. Get those things cleared out. Then there are subtler defilements—just the little wanderings of the mind. You clean those out. The question is, what do you clean out of the mind? Whatever is obviously not a good thing to have there, you clean … 
  11. The Story behind Impatience
     … If there’s any greed, anger, or delusion in the intention, you’re going to see it only in the present moment. After it’s passed, that intention is just a memory — and you know how memory tends to color things depending on what you want to see, how it fits into a good or bad narrative about yourself. But it’s just a … 
  12. Full, Focused Attention
     … It may be leaning a little bit toward desire, or leaning towards irritation or delusion. You want to notice that. Then there are the mental qualities you bring to this. You may notice the hindrances. If sensual desire comes up and pulls you away from the breath, note that fact. Remind yourself that you don’t have to go with that desire. You’ve … 
  13. Generosity & Virtue as Skills
     … But when you set up the rule for yourself that you’re not going to misrepresent the truth at all, then if you come across something that really would be harmful to talk about—and the Buddha recognizes there are some things that when you talk about them give rise to greed, aversion, or delusion, either in yourself or in others—you want to … 
  14. Discernment on the Path
     … That way, greed, aversion, delusion, conceit, and all the other things that can spoil your insights won’t be able to get a handhold. Another image is of the rafters of a house. Discernment is the culminating factor in the five strengths and the five faculties. The other four—conviction, persistence, mindfulness, and concentration—are the rafters that you put up. But they’re … 
  15. Mindfulness: The Whole Formula
     … There are times when the mind says, “I’d just like to have some emotion, it doesn’t matter what—greed, aversion, delusion. Something to spice things up.” It’ll look at things and find something to get worked up about. That’s what you’ve got to watch out for. Remind yourself that you’ve got something good here inside: your ability to … 
  16. The Mind Like Water
     … The same with greed, aversion, and delusion: They can arise in the mind and can kill off your goodness, even if there’s nothing outside disturbing you at all. So you have to look into these tendencies within the mind itself. This means that once we’ve made the effort to calm the mind down, it’s not the case that the job is … 
  17. Mindfulness Immersed in the Breath
     … You feel the impact of thoughts—in the sense of the quality of the energy in the thoughts—whether it’s helpful or not, whether there’s any greed, anger, or delusion inhabiting them. You want to sensitize yourself to this area because it’s from this point of view that you can see more clearly what’s going on in the mind, what … 
  18. A Slave to Craving
     … You realize a lot of it is based on ignorance and delusion. When you see clearly, you don’t fall for the things that you are used to fall for, the things that you work so hard to develop and then saw them being washed away. You realize it’s just not worth the effort. It can’t compare with results that come from … 
  19. The Five Aggregates
     … You could think about the past, you could think about the future, you could give rise to greed, aversion and, delusion. Or you can turn these things into concentration. Take the body as the object of your meditation. Use the breath to create feelings of ease, feelings of comfort. Think about the breath, picture it to yourself: That’s sañña, or perception. Direct your … 
  20. Faith in Karma
     … That means it’s good plus devoid of delusion. All too often we act on good intentions but we don’t really know what we’re doing. Or we’re not really clear on some of the underlying intentions that are lurking around our actions. Those kind of actions don’t necessarily give good results. So we’re trying to work from skillful intentions … 
  21. Breath vs. Distraction
     … See the drawbacks of thoughts that would pull you into greed, aversion, delusion, or sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and anxiety, uncertainty. Have a strong sense that these things could take over your life if you’re not careful, and the other techniques for dealing with distracting thoughts will come easily. You’ve shifted the balance of power inside so that … 
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