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- Succeeding at Happiness… The Buddha recommends looking for people who are free from passion, aversion, and delusion, or who are on the path trying to get rid of those qualities in the mind—because those people will be the ones most likely to make the best use of your gift. So you look at the recipient. Then you look at the gift: What are the things you …
- Self-Control… no greed, no anger, no delusion. That requires a lot of strength. Most people live their lives in line with what the texts call yatha kamma, which means in line with your past actions. Your past actions push you in particular way and you just keep going along with the flow. Whatever comes up in your life, you let yourself get swayed by it …
- Infinity… It was through your intentions based on your views, and your views based on who you respected—whether you respected the noble ones or respected your greed, aversion, and delusion more. That was how you determined the course of your lives. But the power of your views at the moment of death alerted him to the fact that mental actions in the present moment …
- Concentration & Insight… Say you sense that there’s greed, anger, or delusion lurking around in the mind. The Buddha says if you really want to understand them to the point of getting past them, you have to understand not only their drawbacks but also their allure. Why is it that that particular state of mind is so attractive? Why are you willing to play along with …
- Asalha Puja… Is it really worth it? Look at the pleasure you get out of greed, aversion, and delusion. Then look at the drawbacks. The human mind is generally very poor at weighing drawbacks and advantages, drawbacks and benefits. We tend to go for the short term and forget about the long term. Then we complain about our suffering, forgetting that, well, we made the choice …
- You Can Make a Difference… That’s what his teachings are all about, why he called his goal *nibbāna, *which means the extinguishing of the fires of greed, fires of aversion, fires of delusion. The fires are burning, and we can put them out, so don’t just sit there burning away. Adjust the flame. That’s what the image of jhāna is for. *Jhāyati, the verb for doing …
- Self-Reliance… If there’s any greed, anger, or delusion—passion, aversion, harmfulness, ill will, any of these things—then once you know how to sense that, you can know right away: This is not a thought you want to follow. You’d better drop it. Other times, it takes time to watch. After all, you’re learning about a person here. Even though you may …
- Two Guardian Meditations… That means that the teaching he gave wasn’t influenced by any greed, aversion, or delusion. That’s one of the reasons why we can trust that teaching. Then there’s the bull, which is a symbol of his strength. As he said, as he was practicing different practices while trying to find the way to awakening, he developed qualities of conviction, persistence, or …
- In the Eyes of the Wise… We try to get a sense of what it means to have the mind really balanced—so that it’s not leaning under the power of its likes or its dislikes, or under the power of its delusions or fears. As the Buddha said, there are four ways that the mind gets biased: leaning under the influence of things you like, things you dislike …
- Part V : Finding a Teacher… One of our main problems is that we suffer from delusion. Thoughts come into the mind and it’s hard for us to tell, “Is this a good thought or a bad thought?” Even if part of the mind recognizes that it may be a bad thought, another part says, “Well, no, maybe it’s got its good side after all.” After all, there …
- The Seven Treasures… When greed, anger and delusion come, when lust and fear come, you don’t believe them. You realize that these defilements focus on only a very narrow picture, a very narrow slice of life, and they almost willfully block out everything else, so that whatever you desire looks really good or whatever you hate looks really bad. But discernment is a quality that opens …
- You Are Not a Textbook… It’s what they call delusion concentration, where things are still but you don’t know quite where you are. That’s because the mind’s not active enough. So you try to activate it. You become more conscious in thinking about the different parts of the body and how the breath relates to different parts of the body and how you can breathe …
- Harmless & Clearheaded… Our greed, anger, delusion, distraction, or pain all get in the way. These are obstacles or hindrances. So we have to do our best to overcome them and not get discouraged when we see them. I don’t know how many people give up their meditation and say: “I can’t meditate. My mind is too distracted.” It’s like saying, “I can’t …
- Constructing & Deconstructing… That means understanding how you cling to them until you arrive at the point where there’s no passion, aversion or delusion around them. Your duty with regard to the craving that would lead you to be passionate about these things is to abandon it. As for anything that’s good, that’s helpful in the path, that’s something you try to develop …
- Actualizing Your Potentials… When you keep that sense of distance, you can deal with setbacks a lot more effectively, remembering that the most important thing is to learn and act in a skillful way, i.e., with a minimum amount of greed, anger, and delusion, trying to be as harmless as possible. After all, whatever responsibilities we take on, whatever jobs we take on, there’s a …
- Breath Teaches the Bramaviharas… When you’re more centered inside, other people are less subject to your greed, aversion, and delusion. When you’re more solid inside, people can rely on you more. At the same time, you begin to realize there are opportunities for well-being that you may not have thought of before. For me, Ajaan Lee’s method of breath meditation was very different from …
- Multi-Dimensional Dhamma… That’s because we all tend to view our unskillful qualities as our friends—we like our greed, aversion, and delusion—and only by developing dispassion for them can we see through that supposed friendship. The second inner attitude is contentment with the physical conditions surrounding you. Contentment fits in with being unburdensome and finding seclusion. You learn to be content with the food …
- One Point, Two Points, Many Points… As for the other leaves, if they’re not helpful for your disease, why bother with them right now? The mind has this disease of ignorance, craving, greed, anger and delusion. And if we don’t take care of it, it’s going to fester, going to cause a lot of suffering for a long time to come. So focus on the leaves that …
- A Sense of Yourself… You can’t just give in to your greed, aversion, and delusion. You need to have a sense that you are competent to take them on. You have the tools you need. If you don’t have the tools you need, you’re going to work on them. This is where having a sense of yourself comes in: knowing what inner tools you have …
- Practicing on Your Own… So when you’re looking at something, ask yourself, “Who’s doing the looking here?” Is it you or is it your greed or your anger or your delusion? What’s the purpose in the looking? What are you looking for? Are you looking for trouble? If you see the mind is giving free rein to its unskillful attitudes, learn how to look at …
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