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- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- Four Steps for the Heart & Mind… When greed, aversion, or delusion arise, you can’t blame things outside. They may be the focal point, but the real cause is inside. What makes you want to go for these things? Notice also that these mind states pass away. They’re not a constant tone. They come for a bit, then they stop. Then they come again, and they stop. They come …
- 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 …
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